Madalina Smarandache

Acting PM for Workday optimization projects and Rooster implementation:

• Coordinate internal and external meetings with consultants and client stakeholders.
• Gather client requirements and document them.
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Draft the project plan based on the agreed SOW.
• Take meeting notes and send meeting recaps.
• Track open items and project status.
• Coordinate with the consultants to complete configuration and address any issues/concerns with the system.
• Monitor progress and ensure project stays on schedule.
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolving issues as they arise
• Communicate with stakeholders to provide updates and gather feedback.

Workday Functional Specialist:

• System clean-up.
• Gather client requirements and documenting them.
• Testing new configurations for Workday recruitment module.
• Workday Docs-employment agreement letter configuration and testing. I
• Involved in delivering client webinars.
• Design and deliver internal workshops for peers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements for system enhancements.
• Perform testing and validation of system changes and updates.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Workday functionality.
• Stay updated on Workday releases and new features.
• Document system configurations and processes.

• Training and coaching new joiners in the recruitment team.
• Overseeing the recruitment activity for SAP department.
• Delivered trainings for new hires.
• Collaborated with managers to identify and address employee relations issues.
• Enhanced candidate experience by streamlining the recruitment process and improving communication channels.
• Negotiated competitive salary packages to attract top talent while maintaining budgetary guidelines.
• Managed onboarding processes, ensuring new employees had a seamless transition into their roles.
• Reduced time-to-fill rates by implementing efficient sourcing strategies and prioritizing urgent hiring needs.
• Partnered with external agencies when needed to expand the reach of talent pools and improve candidate quality.
• Provided ongoing support to internal stakeholders regarding recruitment best practices and legal compliance matters.
• Developed strong relationships with hiring managers, understanding their requirements and providing tailored talent pipelines.
• Collaborated with human resources departments in creating effective employee retention strategies resulting in decreased turnover rates.
• Continuously updated job descriptions and requirements to ensure alignment with evolving company needs, promoting accurate candidate targeting.
• Boosted employer branding by collaborating with marketing teams to create engaging job advertisements and career pages.
• Worked with recruiting teams and human resources representatives to accomplish hiring objectives.

• Liaise with hiring managers to discuss their requirements and specifications for candidates.
• Facilitate the full lifecycle recruitment process from interviewing candidates, assessing their qualifications, and recommending them to hiring managers.
• Reviewing resumes and other application materials to identify potential candidates.
• Creating and maintaining databases of potential candidates.
• Interacting with candidates to understand their interests and motivations and whether they would be a good fit for the company culture.
• Communicating regularly with hiring managers to ensure that they are satisfied with the progress of the recruiting process Identifying potential candidates who meet hiring managers' requirements.
• Delivering trainings for new joiners in the talent acquisition team and technical interviewers.
• Deliver onboarding presentations for new joiners.
• Take part in the employee mood monitoring process.

• Work closely with the leadership team to transition Recruitment activities from the assigned countries to Samsung SSCE
• Develop standard operating procedures and templates for the transitioned processes
• Conduct in-depth searches to find the best talent across European countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland)
• University recruitment at European level
• Conduct interviews with candidates both locally, as well as internationally
• Create effective and targeted candidate sourcing strategies to support talent pipe-lining at European level
• Build strong candidate pipelines for the assigned countries
• Ensure market comprehension and mapping at European and regional level
• Market intelligence, succession planning, and competitor insight projects
• Take part in Workday testing during the end-to end and UAT phases
• Develop user procedures, guidelines, documentation, and training materials for the Workday system
• Assist with general troubleshooting of issues with the Workday system

• Creating a partnership with hiring management to understand business needs, facilitate full lifecycle recruitment, as well as developing and executing recruiting and sourcing strategy.
• Single point of contact for the assigned Business Units Managing the end to end recruitment process for all open positions, including developing attraction strategies Supervising and coordinating the activities of the sourcing team on the assigned projects.
• Establishing, building and managing key partnership with external suppliers such as recruitment agencies, job boards, etc

• Creating a partnership with hiring management to understand business needs, facilitate full life cycle recruitment.
• Single point of contact for the assigned Business Units Managing the end to end recruitment process for all open positions.
• Develop attraction strategies.
• Establishing, building and managing key partnership with external suppliers such as recruitment agencies, job boards, etc Representing the company in job fairs SME for the background check process Delivering training to new joiners

• Providing support to the candidates during and after the recruitment process.
• Deliver trainings and offer support for the team members Working with Taleo database on a daily basis.
• Identify the most successful sourcing channels for each role.
• Publishing vacancies on internal and external job boards.
• Pre-screening candidates via phone.
• Conducting interviews with candidates.
• Building and managing talent pools for potential future vacancies.
• Scheduling face to face interviews.
• Providing feedback to candidates on all stages of recruitment process.
• Responsible for pre-employment check.
• Delivering innovative sourcing strategies and solutions to meet business growth needs and generate diverse pipeline and candidates pool.

• Offer support for HR-related issues for clients across EMEA

• Certified translator and interpreter for the following pairs: English-Romanian, Romanian-English, FrenchRomanian, Romanian-French, English-French, French-English