Claudia Cavallo

Total workforce: 1,400+. Solid reporting line to the Hub Manager Europe; dotted reporting line to the Global BU HR Manager. Lead a team of 5 local HRBPs. Main accountabilities:

• Collaborated with leadership to align HR strategies with business objectives to support sustainable growth.
• Advised management on employee relations issues, promoting a positive workplace culture.
• Spearheaded initiatives to enhance employee engagement and retention rates.
• Streamlined performance management processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Implement Performance Management and Compensation Strategies
• Consult with Managers on strategic Human Resources goals and objectives, including organizational design, succession planning, staffing

Countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland including Headquarter, Turkey. Employees: 900+. Reporting line to the Global HR Manager for Functions. Lead the local HRBP team in the Hub (8 direct reports in CH, CZ, DE, ES, IT, TR). Main accountabilities:

• Partner with leaders to transform organization to meet future strategic objectives
• Act as advisor of line managers to support their business and talent strategies
• Consult with managers on pay-related decisions to align with organizations and HR policies and guidelines
• Implement Performance Management and Compensation Strategies
• Consult with Managers on strategic Human Resources goals and objectives, including organizational design, succession planning, staffing
• Interface with Global HR Business Service on administrative activities

Global HR Business Partner Reiwa Program (June 2020 - July 2024)

Reiwa Program is a Global project that will integrate our core business functions and processes (finance, procurement, manufacturing, sales and distribution, service management, logistics and warehouse management) into a single platform, improving and simplifying ways of work for over 30,000 employees across 60+ countries. As Global HRBP for the Program I support the Program Management Team in staffing and managing the Program, facilitating the cross-country collaboration and ensuring that all the standard processes are in place and correctly applied for the project employees. In this role, I report to the Program Director.

Global HR Business Partner for Finance Function (Jan 2021 - March 2025)

In this role I support the CFO and his direct reports on all the HR Topics and on the global organizational design of their functions.

• Carve out Project: responsible for implementing and coordinating the carve out milestones and activities in my geographical area of responsibility to ensure that the new ABB PG company will be stand alone on Day 1 (July, 1st 2020) when the new stakeholder Hitachi will take over the Company from ABB.

February 2018 – September 2019: Country Corporate Functions HR Business Partner

Directly reporting to Country HR Manager, I am responsible for Group Functions in Italy (about 300 employees + 15 Global Reference Positions).

July 2017 – January 2018: Europe HUB HR Business Partner – Electrification Products Division – Business Unit Electrification Solutions

Countries: Italy, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Switzerland (about 1.200 total employees; in Italy 160 employees; 2 plants with 2 different national labour contracts – Metalmeccanico and Gomma Plastica). Functionally lead a team of 8 Local BU HRBP in the countries.

January 2013 – June 2017: HR Business Partner - Electrification Products Division

About 250 employees; 2 plants with 2 different national labour contracts – Metalmeccanico and Gomma Plastica

September 2008 – December 2012: Senior HR Specialist – Talent Acquisition

White collars recruitment for Process Automation Division, Power Systems Division, Power Products Division and Low Voltage Products Division.

• Italian leading Recruitment Company of middle management profiles.
• As a Senior Consultant I worked in ABB S.p.A. in the Source&Select Department in the HR Center. I implemented the recruitment process, in accordance with ABB’s Global Recruitment Policy in the newly created HR Center and in Process Automation Division, mainly focusing on LBU Oil&Gas. I was involved in the opening of a new Engineering Department in Genova, supporting Line Managers in identifying the correct distribution of junior and senior profiles in the new structure.

• Italian leading Recruitment Company of middle management profiles.

• Multinational recruitment company for middle management and executive search.

• Italian Recruitment Company of middle management profiles.