Alvaro Gijón Francis

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Strategic People Partner

tb.lx by Daimler Truck

Oct 2023 - Current (2 years 10 months)

Partnered with C-level leaders and senior managers to align the people agenda with company strategy; led talent reviews, succession planning, and high-potential identification, reducing future leadership vacancy risk by establishing clear development pipelines. Co-led performance calibrations for 130+ employees using standardised rubrics, decision logs, and consistent debrief templates, improving perceived fairness in annual engagement surveys by 15%. Coached 20+ engineering managers and team leads on expectation-setting, difficult feedback conversations, and conflict resolution; codified the approach into reusable Manager Playbooks. Built lightweight people analytics snapshots tracking engagement, satisfaction, and retention; turned pulse

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HR Specialist

Cleanwatts

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023 (9 months)

Scaled TA foundations by redesigning recruitment processes, reducing time-to-hire by close to 15 days through optimised sourcing and interview planning; filled 100% of engineering and operations roles within target timeline. Built and maintained HR operational foundations to support growth, including policy documentation, onboarding playbooks, benefits setup/administration, and performance-cycle operations, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with company culture and leadership expectations. Enabled managers through HR process guidance and hands-on support, rolling out practical toolkits and coaching for structured hiring decisions, performance expectations, and development conversations. Oversaw HR systems selection and implementa

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Keyrus

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 (5 months)

Ran full-cycle recruitment for data engineers, solutions architects, and tech specialists; managed global candidate pipeline and offer negotiation. Collaborated with hiring managers to develop role design, interview scorecards, and feedback capture systems, ensuring consistency and reducing hiring timeline variance. Advised managers on selection methodology and competency-based questions; partnered with HR to enhance employee engagement initiatives across offices. Contributed to Employer Branding visibility; supported EVP refinement, and internal mobility communication. Delivered company-wide HR training sessions on policies, benefits, and professional development.

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HR Specialist

GoodBarber

Apr 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Built HR foundations (recruiting processes, onboarding journeys, learning programs, HR policies, and performance frameworks from scratch) and acted as trusted advisor to leaders and employees across all HR matters. Designed and launched structured onboarding experience (buddy program, async welcome materials), and engagement rituals (stay interviews, regular check-ins). Documented outcomes for leadership reviews (resulted in increased new-hire time-to-productivity by 20%). Supported engagement survey execution and action planning with teams, and tracked actions and adoption. Introduced growth conversation frameworks and embedded them into manager 101s so development became a repeatable habit. Supported payroll preparation by maintaining cor

Recruitment Specialist

Talent Search People

Feb 2021 - Apr 2021 (3 months)

Managed full-cycle recruitment processes for client placements. Coached candidates through recruitment journey, providing feedback and support; improved candidate satisfaction NPS by 20%. Advised internal and external stakeholders on hiring strategy and candidate experience best practices. Built and maintained strong client relationships through regular progress reporting and needs assessment, ensuring 95% renewal rate while collaborating with internal teams to deliver tailored hiring strategies and exceed client KPIs.

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Freelance Recruiter

Seven Lives HR

Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 (6 months)

Managed full-cycle recruitment processes. Helped define company-wide employer branding efforts.

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