Location:

Belgrade

Work permit:

Сербия / Serbia

Education level:

Кандидат наук / PhD

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HR Manager

Work experience:

– PepsiCo
– Campus Lead / Project manager in Talent Acquisition department

– ● Reorganized the Company’s Campus Development Strategy in line with current and future business needs.
● Adapted the global EVP to the specifics of BU in order to attract talented employees to the business and create an attractive working
environment for a cohort of young professionals.
● Headed internship programs in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia regions for Sales, Insights, Finance, Marketing,
eCommerce, Supply Chain: 8 countries, 140 participants, 87% success rate.
● Organized promo campaigns to attract right candidates (SMM, landing pages, digital advertising campaigns, promo materials,
merchandise, external and internal events in online and offline formats, collaboration with universities): competition amounted to
more than 1780 people per place.
● Simplified and digitalized ongoing selection, assessment, hiring, talent development and performance management processes in
collaboration with internal departments and external IT providers. Reduced selection costs by 38%, increased selection efficiency
by 23%; employee retention over 87% within 2 years.
● Developed effective pre- and onboarding, T&D & Project frames, collaborated with senior stakeholders, internal Centers of
Expertise and external providers, supervised participation and operational execution.
● Organized and managed programs flow (mentorship & buddy system, group & individual projects execution, training, team
meetings, trainees rotation allocation, pitches, assessment centers, townhalls, individual talent development, performance
management, sanity checks, graduation, assignments, postgraduation development and other lifecycle milestones).
● Managed budget and measured campus programs effectiveness to drive further methodological and operational enhancement.
● Trained, supported and consulted internal stakeholders, aligned the expectations of stakeholder groups (VPs & Directors, HRD &
HRBP, Heads of Functions, Line Managers, Mentors, etc.) to meet changing business needs and ensure the best solutions for
Campus.
Received PepsiCo Bravo Team Award For amazing job in rolling out the first wave of Dare To Do More development program.

– May 2021 – June 2023

Work experience:

– PepsiCo
– Learning & Development Manager

● Provided training of leadership competencies for managers in 9 countries.
● Clarified and prioritized business needs on an ongoing basis and offered optimal training solutions by function, job level and region.
● Adapted global corporate L&D approaches to the specifics of the BU in collaboration with global and sectoral Centers of Expertise.
● Digitalized the full cycle of L&D agenda and promptly transferred into a remote format due to the pandemic situation.
● Organized large annual events for all employees in online and offline formats (Knowledge Day, Biblio Night, Career Days).
● Designed, rolled out and leaded L&D programs: Managers Quality, Coaching, Mentoring, First Time Manager, etc.
Received PepsiCo Bravo Award for the creation and successful launch of the new Managers Quality development program,
PepsiCo Faster. Stronger. Better Award for engaging and caring for the well-being of employees during a pandemic.

– Aug 2018 – May 2021

Work experience:

– Smart Skills Group, Community of HR professionals, trainers and business consultants
– Co-founder, Senior Business Consultant

● Founded a partner community of HR professionals to share best practices, mutual learning, and increase the quantity and quality
of joint consulting projects.
● Led 20+ consulting projects in the field of talent management, competency assessment, training, development, engagement,
retention and recruitment in companies in the automotive, food, manufacturing, IT and telecommunications industries.
● Developed MBA training programs for Green City Business School and Higher School of Economics; lectured management courses
at Lobachevsky State University.
● Coordinated the launch and initial development of the consulting company Creators Consulting Ltd, supported in the business
strategy development, processes organization, team training and clients search, consulted in the implementation of projects.
Won the «Business Trainer of the Year» competition and received an award as the best facilitator.

– April 2016 – Sep 2018

Work experience:

– Provento, Inc – Manufacture and sale of electrical products
– Head of Training and Development

● Implemented training, development, assessment, onboarding and mentoring systems for manufacturing and sales departments,
launched continuous improvement projects that allowed to reduce staff turnover by 32% during the year.
● Monitored the organizational socio-psychological climate, suggested employee engagement metrics, worked out the program to
increase satisfaction and engagement, and designed a Corporate code of Ethics, improved Total Rewards system for production
departments (increased employee engagement by 26% during the year).
● Analyzed the company’s benefit system and redesigned the EVP, organized Employer Branding activities to attract talented people.
Increased labor productivity in manufacturing departments by 2.3 times for 1 year.

– Nov 2016 – Apr 2017

– GAZ Group, Inc – Automobile production
– Corporate Trainer & HR Project Manager

● Redesigned internal training system in the company with focus on promotion of self-learning organization, organized Company’s
Internal Trainers Institute, Club of Trainers, Train the Trainers.
● Created and delivered 10+ new learning programs hands-on in various formats (training, webinar cycle, game, business quest and
other T&D assets) for different target audiences from top management to personnel reserve.
● Implemented complex T&D projects such as Mentoring, School of Production Leaders, Development system for Mid Managers.
● As a project lead designed Technical Minimums for senior positions to ensure a hard & soft skill benchmark for their development.
Received CEO recognition for the development of the Institute of Internal Trainers and the implementation of the production
management development program.

– Feb 2014 – Nov 2016

Key skills:

Project & Program Management
Organizational Diagnostic & Analysis
Early Career Development
Client Management & Retention
Talent Management
Leadership &Team Management
Employer Branding
Budgeting
Stakeholder Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Public Speaking
Facilitation & Communication

Edicuation:

– Nizhny Novgorod State University
– Faculty of Social Sciences
– Sociology
– 2012

Edicuation:

– Higher School of Economics
– MBA
– Innovative Management
– 2016

Additional information

A results oriented HR Manager with 10+ years of extensive experience in regional and large international companies and in the
consulting services market. Proven track record of creating, leading and managing strategic international projects in Learning and
Development, Employer Branding, Talent Acquisition & Talent management across Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia regions.
Specialize in launching new learning and talent management programs from concept to roll-out and building organizational
capabilities from the ground up. Expertise in improving team performance for increasing labor productivity in my client’s production
departments by 2.3 times for 1 year.