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Nicoleta Gheorghe

@nicoletagheorghe

HR Director with 16+ years leading compliance-driven people strategies, talent management, and performance for organizational growth.

Romania

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead HR strategy end-to-end—policy, compensation, pay equity, performance management, and engagement—partnering with executives to scale teams, using data-driven HR metrics and practical talent programs across EMEA.

I’m an HR Director with over 16 years of progressive HR leadership experience across Romania and EMEA/US scopes. I align people strategy with business objectives—building HR policies and labor-law compliance frameworks, strengthening HR operations, and driving pay equity through compensation and benefits programs.

I’m known for connecting talent management to measurable outcomes: I oversee performance management consistency, employee relations and conflict resolution, engagement initiatives (surveys and exit interviews), and recruitment through onboarding/offboarding. I also bring hands-on HR systems expertise (including HR databases and payroll platforms) and use HR metrics to support decision-making, continuous improvement, and organizational design.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

HR Director

Current

Akkim Europe

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Developed HR policies, labor-law compliance, compensation/benefits strategy, and pay equity, while designing reward and recognition programs. Managed employee relations, engagement initiatives, payroll/HR administration, performance management, and recruitment, advising the executive team using HR metrics to drive continuous improvement.

HR Policies Labor Law Compliance Compensation And Benefits Pay Equity Employee Relations Payroll Administration Performance Management Compensation And Rewards

Plant HR Manager

Trico Wipers (First Brands Group)

Jan 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Led the extension of the Ploiesti plant (new lines transferred) and partnered with leadership on workforce planning for rapid growth. Managed HR policies and performance review governance (Hay levels), overseeing HR KPIs (FTE, absenteeism, attrition), onboarding/offboarding, HR records confidentiality, and labor-law compliance.

Workforce Planning HR Compliance Compensation Governance (Hay Levels)Onboarding And Offboarding Labor Law Compliance

EMEA & US HR Business Partner

Trico Wipers (First Brands Group)

Mar 2023 - Jan 2024 (10 months)

Defined regional HR strategy and implemented SSC policies across EMEA and the US by partnering with business leaders on workforce needs. Managed end-to-end recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, HR compliance (labor and data privacy), and tracked recruitment and engagement metrics to support decision-making.

Workforce Planning HR Business Partnering Onboarding And Offboarding Labor Law Compliance Data Privacy Compliance

Plant HR Business Partner

Trico Wipers (First Brands Group)

Jan 2018 - Mar 2023 (5 years 2 months)

Served as the primary HR point of contact for employees and managers and supported business strategy and operational goal setting. Implemented HR processes and projects including competency management, retention and recognition, candidates’ experience, employee representative elections, job mapping (Hay levels), 360 feedback, and succession planning.

HR Business Partnering Employee Relations HR Processes Succession Planning Competency Management Job Mapping (Hay Levels)360 Feedback HR Project Management

Admin & Payroll Specialist

Trico Wipers (First Brands Group)

Nov 2016 - Jan 2018 (1 year 2 months)

Centralized payroll supporting information (timesheets, leaves, salary changes, bonuses, and benefits) and maintained accurate salary data in the HR payroll system. Managed employment documents (contracts, addendums, terminations), handled new hire/leaver processes, and supported employee relations and HR data maintenance.

Payroll Administration Employee records management HR Documentation HR systems Employee Relations