Trinidad Fernandez

• Supporting over 250 team members, both direct employees and contractors. Teams are based in the US, Japan, Romania, India, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panamá and Peru.

• As HR Specialist I´m the single point of contact for every employee and contractor on HR related matters.

• Main responsibilities include: managing payroll , review and re- design Employee Handbook and Company Benefits, Manage employment contracts and terminations, manage LOAs, review and develop training programs, manage internal communications. Currently re-designing the Performance review process as well as onboarding and off boarding processes.

• Major achievement: successfully drive the team though the re-structure process that started in December 2022.

• Supported Accenture Technology for North America Market. As HRP I was the single point of contact for +200 employees at the practices I supported. Provided individual employee coaching and guidance based on a strong understanding of a person's interests, aspirations and knowledge of our business.

• Duties included: connect with leaders to understand the business/practice strategy and use that knowledge to coach our people, while also coaching Practice Leaders based on knowledge of our people. Work with HR colleagues to understand talent priorities and talent programs to make employees aware of specific opportunities.

• Additional activities: coordinating the onboarding initiative for ONE NA, being faculty for different HR topics, and helping develop learning materials for the practice I supported. Led the Upskilling initiative and was positioned as local Operations team POC.

• As CHRO I led the development of workforce training plans, detected opportunities for improvement, and coordinated workforce development for continued company and employee growth. Other duties included standardizing procedures to optimize employee development, detection and training of potential leaders within the company. Led a team of 2 HR analysts that executed operational duties. Designed the HR strategy for the company to set base for its growth. Supported over 200 direct employees in Argentina, 25 in the US and advised franchisees in HR matters for +300 employees.

• As IFC I led the international expansion to US and Uruguay. Contacting and negotiating with potential franchisees and international suppliers to ensure successful execution of projects at the international level. I was also responsible for implementing standardized operating procedures, and coordinating several teams (+30 team members) while working on the development of new markets. I coordinated the opening of the first store in the US and Uruguay, and also planned and coordinated the first product export from Argentina to US, having to learn and understand FDA and other regulatory policies.