Eveliene Witjes

I-denty is a curated lifestyle ecosystem built at the intersection of strategic reinvention and selective commerce. Designed for scalable global growth and premium brand collaboration, I-denty serves a discerning audience prioritizing filtration over saturation. More information about the ecosystem can be found here: https://i-denty.com/

Increased efficiency by 90%, reduced costs by 50%. Attrition below 5% (YOY), YOY growth 75-80% average during expansion phase. As global Head of HR, I've helped the company to prepare for a global expansion. Starting with its operations and expansion in Asia Pacific, followed by the Middle East and further expansion across Europe and the USA. We've tripled our headcount in 1.5-year with 18 different nationalities on board. My core focus involved the set-up of the HR department/team to support a growing and global business in day-to day operations and being part of the executive leadership team. A lot of development from ground up implementations I've managed with a small team: People Operations & Management (HRIS/HRM), Employee Benefits & Compensation programs (Total Rewards), Company Compensation Philosophy (comp hierarchy, job levels, salary benchmarks), Payroll management (incl set-up, tax & annual returns), Equity management, Work policies (hybrid and remote), Employment contracts and employee handbooks, Mobility programs (short- & long-term deployments), Optimizing Talent Acquisition/hiring/talent roadmap, Succession planning and budgeting, Design of Employee lifecycles, Performance management (performance reviews/bonus/objectives/ PIPs &PDPs), Voluntary programs, company committees - (wellbeing and CSR) and company CSR policy, Travel Management policies & procedures (incl BTM), L&D programs (hybrid) and Career progression program (cross functional roles/expertise), Team optimization / restructuring, Employee Rewards & Recognition program, Employee Wellbeing program, Internal/external stakeholders management, Contractors management + EORs, Entity set-up new markets and intercompany transfers, HR DD/Auditing. On our continuous growth journey, we've had to face internal changes to adapt to market needs, including but not limited to relocations, retrenchments, retention management, team & role restructurings.

(Glue Up formerly EventBank) Upon joining date I’ve started working on the APAC expansion and developed and build the HR department from scratch up. A few months later I became responsible for more markets, USA and EMEA to start further expansion in. Furthermore managed our HR team in China and Philippines and eventually had to take over. Currently in charge of leading and running the global HR (APAC, USA, LATAM, EMEA, China). ● Managing our USA, Philippines and China HR teams (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou). ● Operational leading the Human Resource department; management, coordination, optimization, strategic development and structure globally - one direct line with CEO & President. ● Currently operational in 50+ countries, with offices spread out over 15 countries, including Washington DC, Sao Paolo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Moscow, Cape Town, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Seoul, Manila, Singapore, Bangalore. ● Implementations I’ve worked on globally: HR Admin, HR CRM, Employee Compensation & Benefits, Legal & Representative during disputes in court, Talent Acquisition& Recruitment, Onboarding & Training, Relocation & Immigration, Payroll & Contributions, Annual Taxation, Annual Budgeting, Offboarding program, Monthly Budgeting & Headcount Analyses, Organization Charts, Performance Management, Company Rewards Program, Employee Satisfaction& team bonding, Sales Deals & Commission Database, HR Policies & Procedures Manual (HR Handbook), Office Policies, HRIS, Expense &Claim Management, Learning& Development, Career Compass, Annual Strategy & Manpower growth, HR Process Guidelines for HR admins. (currently operating in 50+ countries).

In charge of leading the APAC region, and the company's further expansion (APAC currently includes Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia). On the side managing the USA & China market. Together with leading the full Human Resource Management optimization, development and structure for the company globally - one direct line with CEO. (currently operating in 35+ countries).

● Immigration and emigration services for companies and individuals in the Netherlands. ● Various relocation packages, support and services. ● B2B office support -CoC, taxes, employee & employers benefits for companies. ● Dutch Labor law & taxes + employment law specialist and adviser. worked with individual clients and started on project basis with LVMH (Paris/Amsterdam)

-emigration to Singapore- Recruited, hired and on boarded 50 employees globally in 6 months, completion of HR Management (design/ implementation of handbooks, global policies and new HRIS). Project manage the re-structure and coordination of the San Francisco office aligned with what I've implemented for our HQ office. (short term deployment). Reported to the Vice President Human Capital. One direct report. ● Project managed the Implementation of Health & Safety program. ● Benefits & Compensation plan implementation for all global offices. ● Annual Performance Management implementation plan for all offices. ● Implementation and design of local HR handbooks and workbooks for new arrivals. ● Build the company’s Executives framework in Betterworks. ● Transitioned the HR department from minimal HR functions into a comprehensive operational global leading HR organization, focused on industry standard HR policies, HRIS, continuous learning & development. ● Established organizational structure and organogram's development, strategic new defined needed roles, responsibilities and job descriptions (Succession Planning). ● Managed the (strategic) design and implementation for a global Talent Acquisition. ● Project managed the design and implementation of a global Mobility plan for all offices. ● Strategic development of costs budgeting and analyses preparation for all project operational process implementations.

Lead the HR department of the Head office and restructured former HQ in Paris. ● Developed, implemented HR resources programs, policies and practices. ● Developed, updated employee handbooks, HR policies and operating procedures. ● Immigration/work/ visa applications + full spectrum relocation work. ● Onboarding, induction/ orientation programs+ offboarding and exit programs. ● Monthly payroll and statutory contributions. ● Employee benefits and compensation programs incl. enrollment. ● Talent and performance management. ● Moved and restructured the Paris office (250 employees), including management and training support to back office support team.

● HR Management: Employee Benefits, Recruitment, visa processing, relocation and on-boarding. ● Facilitate Employee Performance Evaluations and development plans.

● Set up of the new International headquarters in the Netherlands incl new vendors, banks, insurance companies and suppliers. ● Setting up financial business operations incl new systems, cost centers, expense and billing procedures ● Coordination of the full spectrum of HR cycles and developing onboarding and strategic plans.

● Managed the recruitment, training and onboarding of new hires for 3 departments (Telesales , NA & New Business) ● Point of contact for executive board on HR matters (recruitment, hiring, onboarding, admin and training).

● Coordinating office management, EA work, events & seminars and recruitment / training support new hires. ● Responsible for restructuring, managing and training the secretarial team in Brussels, hired and onboarded 60 new HC in 3 months.

School of Journalism at Inholland Select Studies in Rotterdam. Abbreviated semi private bachelors program of four year training into 3 years. Specialized in TV journalism, with additional newspapers, radio and internet journalism. Extra seminars added and finalized: Commercial Economy, Marketing, American studies & politics.