Miguel Angel Morales Avila Head of Talent Acquisition

Head of Talent Acquisition, LATAM

Jun 2022 - Current (3 years 11 months)

- Rocked it with the growth of our Engineering hub in Mexico - it's set to be our biggest international region by year-end. - Inspired and led a team of Senior Recruiters and Sourcers, helping them ace a complex functional matrix. - Nabbed a leading role in the company's expansion in Latin America. - Cranked up recruitment strategies to supercharge team performance, across Mexico and Brazil. - Teamed up with folks from compensation and HRBPs to nail down winning compensation strategies attracting top-notch talent. - Built kick-ass relationships with senior leaders across multiple business units, syncing up hiring expectations and getting a hand when needed.

Talent Acquisition Head - US / LATAM / India & New Markets

Yalo

Sep 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for designing, creating, and scaling the Talent Acquisition area according to our hyper-growth hiring needs with over 250 hires. - Build a team of 7 specialized recruiters / sourcers (Engineering / Product / Sales & Marketing / Corporate / Executive) - Implement Greenhouse as our new ATS - Define and implement tailor-made hiring strategies for each business function - Partner with content / PR teams to define and launch our EVP strategy - Define our staffing partners' strategy (Source, negotiate, select & enablement) - Launch a new referral program across regions

Talent Acquisition Manager for LATAM

DiDi

Jan 2020 - Sep 2020 (9 months)

Responsible for the hiring of high-growth functions in Mexico & new markets across LATAM while leading a team of 6 recruiters based in MX & Colombia. - DiDi Food expansion from 3 to 20+ cities in MX (Field Sales, KAM and Sales Managers) with 300 + hires - Marketing function (Brand, Product, Creative, Customer) for DiDi Food and ride-hailing business lines. - Part of the TA launch team for Russia market - Responsible for all hiring needs in Spanish Speaking LATAM (Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Argentina & Chile)

LATAM Talent Acquisition Manager

WeWork

Nov 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 2 months)

As part of the Talent Acquisition leadership team in LATAM, my focus areas are: Key Accountabilities: • Being responsible for the entire recruitment processes across LATAM for the New Building Development function (Construction, Interior Design, Architecture and Project Management). • Temporarily responsible for the entire recruitment processes for the Growth function (Sales & Marketing) for North LATAM. • Partnering with HR, Business Leaders and HR Shared Services to develop tactical & technology recruitment strategies. • Identify improvement areas, proactively suggesting and driving changes aimed at process optimization. • Acting as SME regarding process of recruitment across the entire region • Lead and coach a team of Sr. Recruiters

Staffing Leader at Honeywell

Honeywell

Mar 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 9 months)

• Responsible for talent acquisition for Aerospace, Construction, Oil & Gas, Security, Building Automation, Energy Solutions & IT, industries. • Involved in all types of hires, including graduate, experienced & executive hires for Mexico City sites. • Partner closely with the business and HR to ensure Right and Fast approach to hiring talent • Positively influence stakeholders at all levels through providing data-based advice • Create robust project plans and proactively drive recruitment strategies according to them. • Work on numerous initiatives aiming at reducing Time To Fill and improving Hiring Manager and Candidate Satisfaction • Coach and guide hiring managers to deliver best practice recruitment • Identify and work on removing ba

Talent Acquisition Team Lead

Wipro

Feb 2016 - Mar 2017 (1 year 2 months)

- Responsible for the recruitment at our Nearshore Delivery Center based in Guadalajara. - Align as a Business Partner with Hiring Managers and Heads of Sales / Delivery in order to share market insights such as, clusters of niche skills, salary ranges for specific roles, compensation structure of competitors and main challenges to attract talent to the company. - Define TA strategies along with Hiring Managers and HR in order to meet tight deadlines. - Align processes that support TA activities such as Employee ID / Email creation, Referral Program and ATS implementation. Main Achievements: • Successfully designed & implemented the recruitment team for the Nearshore Center in Guadalajara. • Remotely in charge of 2 IT Recruiters; 2 Custo

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IT Searcher / Headhunter

Randstad México

Feb 2015 - Feb 2016 (1 year 1 month)

- Responsible for executive recruiting for specialized positions in industries such as: Banking, Marketing, Financial, Telecom, E-Commerce, among others. - Teaming up with HR leaders, Hiring Managers and Sales Consultants, working under tight KPIs - In charge of providing Hot Leads for potential new customers or to renew contracts with current clients. - Responsible for providing guidance to commercial consultants regarding job market salary ranges and availability of specialized talent. - Responsible for providing guidance to Hiring Managers regarding the best strategy to attract talent form their specific industry. Main Achievements: • Key contributor for the RPO model in Mexico by participating during the design, presentation and implem

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Ericsson

Feb 2014 - Feb 2015 (1 year 1 month)

Working in a multicultural cross regional team (Global Service Center), responsible for full life-cycle recruitment, managing all recruitment tools and platforms. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: -Drive full life-cycle recruitment; following up on approvals, posting positions, sourcing, interviewing, technical interview arrangements, verifications and assessments, offer elaboration, feedback and hiring. -Update and engage all stakeholders and related areas (Total Rewards, Hiring Managers, HR Services, and more) -Proactive recruitment; keep close follow up of all open positions and upcoming needs. -Manage and update all platforms and tools. -Ensure quality in all steps of the recruitment process. -Build a Talent Pipeline for all critical vacancies f

IT Recruiter

Praxis

Jan 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 year 2 months)

- Responsible for obtaining qualified candidates by using recruitment/selection strategies and practices when sourcing, selecting and hiring candidates. - Sourcing and Screening IT candidates with experience in Telco, SAP, BI, J2EE, JEE, .NET, C#, C/C++, Peoplesoft, Siebel, Business Analysts, Oracle, DB2, Mainframe, SQL for positions such as Technical Support, Jr and Sr. Developers, Software Engineers, Analysts, Technical-Functional Leaders, PM, Architects, Electromechanical design Engineers and Electrical design Engineers. - Utilizes a variety of internal and external resources to develop diverse applicant pools to include networking with individuals and organizations. - Designs / Develops / Establishes Behavioral Interviewing Questions. -

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