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Sherene GonsalvezSG

Sherene Gonsalvez

HR Assistant | Office Manager

€250/day
Berlin, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sherene

I'm an experienced HR professional having driven operational excellence across employee lifecycle management, HRIS administration (Personio, Zoho People, Keka), executed Performance Management and Talent Reviews and Talent Acquisition. I'm adept in process optimization, HR analytics and HRIS administration. I am certified in German Employment Law and Working with Work Councils. I focus on delivering exceptional employee experiences that create organizations who succeed. I am HR professional who partners with organization to execute HR processes smoothly.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelancer
    HR Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    March 2025 - December 2025 (9 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    Partnered with a start-up HR Consulting to collaborate with European and Indian organization on niche talent challenges.
    • • Led end-to-end recruitment for niche roles using Personio ATS, ensuring successful hiring within a 45-day time-to-hire period
    • • Designed and implemented SOPs, frameworks and HRIS workflows for onboarding, offboarding, contract management, and HR reporting
    • • Redesigned the onboarding framework through a participatory workshop to improve early engagement and experience by 67%.
    • • Facilitated organization-wide talent reviews for critical organisational restructuring process
    • • Provided supplementary L&D insights from talent reviews for leadership development.
    HR Strategy Organizational Restructuring Personio Onboarding Talent Reviews
  • Dasra
    HR Team Lead
    February 2021 - October 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
    Led people operations, including end-to-end employee lifecycle process, leave management, compliance, and monthly payroll processing.
    • • Owned HR processes & HRIS (Zoho) for 100+ employees across teams
    • • Managed monthly payroll processing ensuring accuracy and timely salary disbursement
    • • Implemented process optimization for Performance Management on Zoho HRIS, automating workflows and improving cycle completion by 35%
    • • Managed appraisal cycles and facilitated promotion discussions for leadership teams
    • • Executed annual HR audits, identifying gaps and improving adherence to HR policies.
    • • Built quarterly HR analytics dashboards with KPIs and talent metrics to enable data-driven decision making
    • • Designed DEI policies informed by talent insights, improving inclusion index scores by 58%.
    • • Designed internal initiatives for leadership updates, engagement, and culture-building.
    • • Provided HR support to employees for concerns and policy interpretation.
    Zoho Onboarding & Offboarding Performance Management HR Policies HR Dashboards
  • Central Square Foundation
    Manager – Talent Management & Organizational Development
    April 2018 - February 2021 (2 years and 10 months)
    Built and operationalized core HR processes and employee lifecycle processes to support a growing organization.
    • • Drafted the organization's first Employee Handbook and Code of Conduct, standardizing organizational policies.
    • • Led employee engagement forums and analyzed talent metrics quarterly, improving engagement scores by 18% next year.
    • • Designed and implemented a competency framework and facilitated talent reviews assessing individual performance and tracked succession plans.
    • • Managed end-to-end recruitment across Research, Edtech and other teams, successfully hiring 65+ roles across levels.
    • • Supported office operations, engagement activities, L&D initiatives building an engaged, connected and collaborative workplace.

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Education

  • Working with Work
    Councils (Betriebverfassungsestz)
    Working with Work
  • Haufe Akademie

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