Friederike (Levana) S.

Chief People & Culture Officer

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Detmold, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Mar 2024
1 year 3 months

Chief People & Culture Officer

Bergman Clinics Germany

  • Talent management
  • HR business partnering
  • Building a progressive HR department and improving company culture
Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 9 months

Owner & Co-Founder

Culture@Heart GbR

  • Interim management
  • Advisory on culture & leadership
  • Leadership development, team development
  • HR strategy
  • EVP, employer branding, talent, performance
  • Facilitating and training
Jan 2021 - Mar 2022
1 year 3 months

Chief People Officer

Marley Spoon AG

  • Developing the people function through internal development, coaching, and external hiring
  • Creating the people strategy, talent strategy, and total rewards strategy
  • Defining the employee value proposition, launch, and employer branding activities
  • Leading a people team of 49 across Europe, US, and Australia
  • Establishing and improving internal HR processes from office security to hybrid working culture
  • Establishing the HR business partner function
  • Supporting creation of company values and culture-building initiatives
  • Collaborating with the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board
  • Creating an inclusive talent and performance management approach respecting the idiosyncratic rater effect
  • Preparing launch of global payroll provider and new HRIS landscape
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
3 years
Heidelberg, Germany

HR Director DACH & Nordics, Business Unit Hygiene

RB Hygiene Home Deutschland GmbH

  • Heading the HR function and facility services (about 20 employees) for commercial business and R&D site
  • Creating and implementing HR strategy and strategic priorities for the region
  • Collaborating with centers of excellence on reward and learning & development
  • Participating in global projects, including introduction of SuccessFactors modules (talent, recruitment, onboarding)
  • Leading and implementing restructuring projects and transformation into two separate business units
  • Onboarding and coaching new management team members
  • Preserving and enhancing corporate culture and purpose-led company image
  • Cooperating with local works councils and preparing EWC meetings
Apr 2015 - Sep 2017
2 years 6 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Talent Director Europe & North America, Russia & CIS, AUS & NZ

Reckitt Benckiser B.V.

  • Talent management: succession planning, assessment & development centers, future leaders program, talent upgrade program, talent toolkit creation & implementation, talent evaluation process, global onboarding, scaling best practices, SuccessFactors talent module implementation
  • Talent acquisition: implementing and leading six talent acquisition teams across North America, Europe, and ANZ, scaling best practices, global recruitment workshop rollout including unconscious bias training, KPI-driven recruitment process implementation with cost savings
  • Learning & development: leadership journey implementation, train-the-trainer for HR facilitators, facilitating leadership workshops, designing and implementing training calendar, advising local HR teams, managing area commercial graduate program, scaling best practices
Oct 2012 - Mar 2015
2 years 6 months
Heidelberg, Germany

Senior HR Business Partner / Commercial HR Manager

RB Germany

  • Responsible for all HR areas for German commercial business
  • Leading a team of six: HRBP, HR controller, HR generalists, recruiter
  • Partnering with the business focusing on sales functions
  • Cooperating with commercial works councils
  • Implementing Taleo system
Jul 2010 - Sep 2012
2 years 3 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Manager HR Business Partner

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

  • HR strategy, HR business partner role, compensation & benefits, HR concepts
  • Recruitment and implementation of ATS, assessment centers, and development centers
  • Competency-based interviews and coaching
  • Leading a team of four HRBPs and one HR controller/C&B specialist
  • Works council cooperation, scope: 1,200 internal employees
Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
7 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Teamleader HR Business Partner

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

  • Led introduction and development of HR business partner model in Germany
  • Led a team of three HR business partners
  • Managed internal recruitment throughout Germany
  • Advised senior executives on personal-related and labor law matters
  • Supported restructurings and negotiated with works council on social plans
Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

HR Generalist

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

Mar 2008 - Dec 2008
10 months
Bucharest, Romania

Consultant Executive Search

Stein & Partner Management Consulting / Amrop Hever Global Executive Search

Apr 2007 - Feb 2008
11 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Internal Recruitment Manager

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

Sep 2005 - Mar 2007
1 year 7 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Assistant to Director Permanent Placement

Manpower GmbH & Co. KG

Summary

My passion is to craft & drive the best people experience & an energizing & inspiring company culture which enables better attraction, retention & inspires people to unleash their potential which will enable business performance & success.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Italian
Intermediate
Dutch
Elementary
Romanian
Elementary

Education

Oct 2001 - Jun 2002

Humboldt University of Berlin

Languages, Business, Economics · Berlin, Germany

Feb 2000 - Nov 2000

The University of Queensland

Business Management · Brisbane, Australia

Oct 1998 - Jun 2004

The University of Freiburg

Magister Artium · Languages, Business, Economics · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Business Trainer

Certified New Work Facilitator

Certified Korn Ferry 360 & KFALP Coach

Certified Business Coach

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