Guiyan Patricia

Human Resources Business Partner (U.S. & Canada & Mexico)@Hanshow
FemaleHuman Resources DirectorLive in ChinaNationality China
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Work experience

  • Human Resources Business Partner (U.S. & Canada & Mexico)

    Hanshow
    2023.08-Current(3 years)
    • Lead HR strategy planning and overall HR operations across the Americas region (USA, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil), driving HR localization initiatives and ensuring alignment between people strategies, global expansion objectives, and business growth priorities. • Serve as a key bridge between China headquarters and local teams across the Americas, facilitating the implementation of corporate strategies, company culture, management frameworks, and talent development programs while adapting them to local market practices and cultural expectations. • Played a critical role in Hanshow’s global expansion by scaling the Americas organization from 10 to 70 employees within 12 months, building and strengthening core functions including Sales, Presales, Technical Support, Finance, Legal, Logistics, Operations, Marketing, and Administration, supporting business growth and market expansion across North and Latin America. • Led executive-level talent acquisition initiatives, successfully recruiting two Country Managers and eight C-level senior advisors, accelerating market penetration, expanding customer networks, and enhancing industry influence. • Drove the implementation of headquarters-led talent management programs across the Americas, including performance management, talent reviews, management trainee programs, employee engagement surveys, and organizational development initiatives, continuously improving organizational effectiveness and leadership pipeline development. • Provided strategic guidance to business leaders on U.S. employment law compliance, employee relations, organizational development, and talent management, ensuring compliance with local regulations while supporting business objectives. • Established comprehensive employee benefits programs across the United States, Canada, and Latin America, including but not limited to 401(k) retirement plans, healthcare coverage, paid time off (PTO), sick leave, short- and long-term disability insurance (STD/LTD), and life insurance, achieving 100% employee coverage and significantly strengthening employer branding and talent retention. • Managed immigration and global mobility programs across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including L-1 (Individual and Blanket), H-1B (Cap and Transfer), OPT, CPT, and Canadian work permits, supporting more than 10 expatriates and international employees with compliant employment solutions while establishing standardized immigration compliance processes. • Promoted cross-cultural integration and corporate culture development, helping align China-headquartered management practices with North American workplace expectations and enhancing collaboration, communication, and execution across multinational teams. • Supported office expansion initiatives in Dallas, Chicago, and Toronto, optimized administrative operations, and implemented the TravelPerk travel management platform, reducing annual travel expenses by 10% Wonders (2022.6-2023.6) New York, U.S. Recruiting Supervisor (Report to Co-Founder, President) ● Partnered with C-level executives to develop, enhance, and execute recruitment strategies. Overall responsibility for the full life cycle recruiting of various positions in the GTM team, successfully filling more than 70 positions in one year. ➢ Partnered with the VP of Client Success to scale the client success team and hired 20+ people within three months, including two director-level positions. ➢ Partnered with the VP of Marketing to scale the marketing team and hired 15+ people within two months, including three director-level positions. ● Led and managed two in-house sources, providing direction, training, and coaching to ensure they successfully met the company’s hiring goals and delivered high-quality candidates.
  • Recruiting Supervisor (Report to Co-Founder, President)

    Wonders
    2022.06-2023.06(a year)
    ● Partnered with C-level executives to develop, enhance, and execute recruitment strategies. Overall responsibility for the full life cycle recruiting of various positions in the GTM team, successfully filling more than 70 positions in one year. ➢ Partnered with the VP of Client Success to scale the client success team and hired 20+ people within three months, including two director-level positions. ➢ Partnered with the VP of Marketing to scale the marketing team and hired 15+ people within two months, including threedirector-level positions. ● Led and managed two in-house sources, providing direction, training, and coaching to ensure they successfully met the company’s hiring goals and delivered high-quality candidates. ➢ Served as Recruitment Program Manager, led two in-house recruiters, built Malaysia team from scratch, and recruited 40+ people in 3 months, including three leadership roles. ● Developed and rolled out an employee referral program; 5 new employees were hired through this program ● Sent weekly recruitment reports to C-level and regularly monitored and analyzed recruitment information to identify trends and opportunities to improve recruitment capabilities and results. ● Built strong relationships with all staff levels across the organization and ensured a smooth integration of new hires.
  • Sr. Recruiter

    Rolls-Royce
    2021.10-2022.04(7 months)
    Sr. Recruiter onsite Rolls-Royce (Report to Client Operation Director) ● Led two recruiters and two sourcers and was fully responsible for recruiting all positions, covering mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Coached and developed four direct reports to ensure a great employee experience for the TA team. ➢ Filled 70+ positions within six months, including 10+ director-level and above positions. ● Worked directly with business stakeholders, including senior management, to acquire outstanding industry talent. Developed effective working relationships with HR Business partners and senior business leaders to lead and manage the recruitment process to meet short-term and long-term talent planning and gap strategies. ● Managed recruitment database, generated recruitment reports weekly, and supported the growth of the candidate pipeline ● Supported specific projects as required, including but not limited to campus recruitment and employer branding activities.
  • HR Advisor & Learning & Development Advisor

    TotalEnergies
    2017.03-2021.11(5 years)
    HR Advisor -Recruitment & HR Branding (2019.1-2021.11) Report to China Recruitment & HR Branding Manager ●Fully responsible for the full life cycle recruitment of management positions, including sales, marketing, human resources, finance, IT, supply chain, procurement, HSE, R&D and factory functions. ➢ Filled 70+ positions in 2019, filed 50+ positions in 2020 due to the pandemic, filled 50+ positions in Jan.-Oct. 2021. Headhunting fee reduced from 0.07M in 2019, to 0 in 2020 and 2021 ● Organized and implemented employer branding activities, university relationships, and early talent and trainee programs to boost employer brands within the China region. ➢ Implemented 2019 and 2021 Totalenergies Management Trainee programs hired 10 fresh graduates each year. ● Adapted the global employer branding strategy (EVP) to China, with a focus on leveraging the appropriate social media tools to create a highly engaging candidate journey for top talent that reflects brand value. ➢ Operated TotalEnergies China's official recruitment account in WeChat, and tweeted articles every two weeks. Followers grew from 2K to 10K+ within one year. ● Assisted in the creation of industry trends and talent map reports based on in-depth analysis and findings. Developed a talent database in line with the latest indicators in the market, covering reports on skills, diversity, qualifications, salary, benefits, etc. Learning & Development Advisor (2017.3-2018.12) Report to China L&D Manager ●Interfaced with department heads and HRBPs, conducted training needs analysis based on business strategy and individual development goals, recommended training solutions for local talents. ● Developed an annual training plan according to the role competency modeling, evaluated the effectiveness of the training toensure that the training is consistent with the company strategy. ➢ Participated in the development of internal training courses, and served as a lecturer for two internal training courses, "Performance Management" and "Structural Thinking". ● Organized and implemented annual/monthly training plans and evaluate training results.
  • SFE & Sales Training Coordinator

    Novartis
    2014.02-2017.03(3 years)
    ● Identified training requests, analyzed training needs and developed an annual training plan and calendar ● Ensured all training was well implemented on schedule, and provide on-site support for classes. Acted as internal trainer for new employee orientation. ● Managed data in the CRM system and communicated with all levels of the field force regarding SFE-related work.
  • Legal Assistant & HR Specialist

    Manpower
    2010.07-2014.02(4 years)
    HR Specialist 2013.1-2014.2 Report to HR Director ● Led junior positions in the end-to-end recruitment process independently.Improved the recruitment process and optimized candidate's interview experience. Recruitment channel management, including job boards, websites, and internal referrals. ● Organized the new employee orientation and cooperate with speakers to carry out the first day. Collected business training needs and make annual training plans. Legal Assistant 2010.7-2012.12 Report to Legal Director ● Led the establishment of the company's contract system and the supervision and management of daily operations. ● Filled in the key information of the contract in the system and make a hard copy. ● Assisted supervisors in collecting evidence related to disputes and issues related to arbitration, litigation, government investigations, etc.

Educational experience

  • Tongji University

    Bachelor's degree Business Administration
  • Renmin University of China

    Master's degree Human Resources Management

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