TEODORA VELU

• Lead for People Manager Upskilling Program (over 2`500 people)

• Partner with Leaders, Managers and Employees in delivering the P&O agenda

• Champion culture and lead implementation of corporate initiatives

• Drive quality, effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement for P&O related processes

• Provide strategic P&O Partnering by translating the CMO & Patient Safety P&O strategy into tangible action for the function
• Review and fine-tune the organizational design for the CMO & Patient Safety organization
• Develop an impactful talent and leadership development strategy and plan for the CMO & Patient Safety sub-functions in charge including: driving the talent agenda in partnership with the business, establishing quality succession planning for critical positions with development plans of key talent and building up the leadership pipeline
• Drive the culture agenda for the CMO & Patient Safety sub-functions in charge in line with the overall CMO & Patient Safety culture focus areas including fostering collaboration for impact, building psychological safety, courage & trust
• Leverage data & analytics for business insights to inform decisions and actions
• Activate business ownership and advise on and handle diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels

• Partner with assigned leaders on advancing people agenda and shaping Novartis culture aspiration
• Build strong relationship with client groups & extended P&O community, seek understanding of their needs, requirements and business challenges
• Actively coach People Managers into driving talent agenda as well as building and executing robust development plans
• Foster talent exchange across functions and divisions
  Drive management of low performers, care management cases and special/difficult employee relation cases
• Manage P&O projects on GDD TRD level (Change Manager for HR Transformation, YE process, Promotion cycle, Our Voice)

• Partner with global HR CoEs Heads in developing of global HR Policies and Standards
• Steer stakeholders cross divisionally for simple, relevant and compliant global policies & standards
• Drive organization towards a coaching culture by building internal coaching network (PowerUp)

• HR Project Manager EU - HR Services Implementation
  Analyze, design and transition 17 EU countries into the new operating model
• Design and implementation of HR Services Processes, SOPs and risk & controls framework (Hire To Retire) to enable HR Transformation
• Head fit-gap analysis and process mapping for entire employee lifecycle resulting in streamlined and automated H2R processes
• Lead EU network (HR professionals on a variety of roles at all levels) targeting harmonized HR processes across the region