Daria Bouridah

Led a multicultural team of up to 110 through five restaurant leaders, managed employee lifecycle including onboarding, appraisals, and disciplinary cases, and drove engagement improvements.

Remote full-cycle recruitment for a five-ship fleet and Holland America Line; the team hired 1,000+ crew in 2022. Onboarded and mentored a network of eight international recruiters (functional leadership): first three months, work plans, targets, quality checks. Consistently exceeded 15 hires/month (peak 20+); sourced from 30+ countries.

Led HR transformation after the 2022 separation from the global group (Workday → TopFactor HCM + 1C:ZUP; new policies). Ran data-driven HR: turnover analysed by reason and tenure stage — production turnover −7% YoY (2024). Huntflow ATS (time-to-hire −25%) with recruitment chatbots. Managed employee relations end-to-end with legal counsel.

Led HR for 700+ employees across two sites. Led a two-recruiter team (targets, weekly 1:1s, plan-vs-actual) across up to ~37 concurrent vacancies; weekly recruitment reporting to management and Group HR via a Telegram bot + Excel model. Governed employer brand in job ads; built university and technical-college partnerships. Advised senior leadership on workforce and headcount budget.

Led a multicultural team of about 40 from 40+ countries, built department training and competency standards, and implemented a retention programme funding job-related education.

Completed the CIPD Level 5 Diploma in Human Resource Management from ICS Learn, Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 2021 to 2022.

Completed the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, London, United Kingdom, in 2018.

Grade: Diploma with Honours

Earned a Law Degree (Jurisprudence) with Honours from Rostov State University of Economics (RINH), Russia, specializing in Finance, from 2001 to 2006.