Maria Cecilia M.

Maria Cecilia M.

HR Advice Team Lead - Latin America @ Shell

About

With 14+ years of experience in human resources, I am currently the HR Advice Team Lead - Latin America at Shell, where I lead a diverse team of advisors across Brazil and the Philippines. My focus is on delivering strategic HR support, fostering talent development, and aligning people strategies with organizational goals. Passionate about empowering teams and driving a culture of engagement and innovation, I strive to create impactful people solutions that enable business success and individual growth for leaders and team members. At Shell, I oversee the HR Advice function, supporting line managers and teams across Latin America. My scope includes delivering comprehensive HR guidance on complex cases, talent development, performance, and engagement strategies. With a strong focus on collaboration and inclusivity, I contribute to aligning local and global priorities, ensuring the seamless deployment of HR initiatives that drive business transformation and employee satisfaction.

Country

Brazil

City

Rio de Janeiro

Industry

Oil & Energy

Skill

Psychology, Recruiting, Contractor Selection, Marketing, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, Translation, Project Planning, Project Management, Human Resources, Portuguese, HR Consulting, PowerPoint, Training, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Organizational Development

Experience

Shell

HR Advice Team Lead - Latin America

Shell

LinkedIn
2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

- Leading a team of 7 advisors (2 focused in BR LFRs and 5 focused in LatAm), based in Brazil and in the Philippines. - HR Advice scope.

Shell

HR Advisor

Shell

LinkedIn
2021-12 - 2025-1 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

- Member of the HR Advice Brazil team, providing general business partnering support to line managers with Brazil-based teams, in all aspects of employees' lifecycle (focal point for teams: Renewables & Energy Solutions, Development, Operated Ventures, Commercial). - Accountable for the delivery of an integrated People agenda connecting country priorities & HR Operations general priorities, and for providing high-quality HR support for leaders. - General HR advise to line management and teams: coaching and advise aligned with the broader people plan and priorities: learning, people development, engagement, performance, reward & recognition, talent management, hiring, onboarding, international mobility etc. - Local deployment of global projects and change initiatives. - Partnership with other HR teams (COEs) to provide integrated HR support and solutions to leaders and teams. - Additional role of DE&I Ambassador for the teams of HR, Real Estate, Health & Security in Shell Brazil.

bp

People & Culture Advisor | Consulting Americas

bp

LinkedIn
2021-1 - 2021-11 · 11 mos

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

- Member of the People & Culture Consulting Americas team (Capability & Transformation) providing general business partnering support to all bp employees in Brazil, in all aspects of their lifecycle (businesses: Production & Operations, Customers & Products, Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Trading & Shipping, Shareholders' office). - Accountable for the delivery of an integrated P&C agenda for all bp businesses in country, and for providing high-quality HR support for leaders and teams. - General HR advise to line management and teams: coaching and advise aligned with the broader people plan and priorities: learning, people development, engagement, performance, reward & recognition, talent management, hiring, onboarding, international mobility etc. - Management of local learning sessions & training events, monitoring employee experience. - Local deployment of global projects and change initiatives, such as Reinventing bp (reorg) & Mindset (change programme for the legacy Upstream business). - Member of the consultants’ pool dedicated to work on local & global agile projects around People & Culture matters for the business (scrum & other agile methodologies). - Define and implement action plan to address gaps & opportunities identified through the results of our annual internal survey for employee feedback. - Partnership with People & Culture teams (Services and COEs) to provide integrated HR support and solutions to leaders and teams. - Additional role of Ethics & Compliance Liaison for the Production & Operations business in Brazil.

bp

People Advisor | Upstream LatAm

bp

LinkedIn
2019-1 - 2020-12 · 2 yrs

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

- Member of the Regional HR partnering team supporting Upstream Latin America business (Brasil, México, EUA & Argentina). - Accountable for deploying and delivering P&C agenda in country, and for providing high-quality HR support for leaders and teams in Latin America. - General HR advise to line management and teams: coaching and advise aligned with the broader people plan and priorities: learning, people development, engagement, performance, reward & recognition, talent management, hiring, onboarding, international mobility etc. - Management of local learning sessions & training events, monitoring employee experience. - Local deployment of global projects and change initiatives, such as Reinventing bp (reorg) & Mindset (change programme for the legacy Upstream business). - Member of the consultants’ pool dedicated to work on local & global agile projects around People & Culture matters for the business (scrum & other agile methodologies). - Define and implement action plan to address gaps & opportunities identified through the results of our annual internal survey for employee feedback. - Partnership with People & Culture teams (Services and COEs) to provide integrated HR support and solutions to leaders and teams. - Additional role of Ethics & Compliance Liaison for the Production & Operations business in Brazil.

Globo

HR Analyst II

Globo

LinkedIn
2019-1 - 2019-1 · 1 mo

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Member of the Talent & Organizational Development team, providing support to teams from all Globosat group's channels & support areas. - Define, design and lead implementation of new performance management process & system - from the development phase until final steps: campaign to engage & relaunch the programme. - Customization of learning strategy & toolset for leadership aligned with the implementation of a digitalization strategy - mapping & management of training vendors and content customization. - Creation of a Commercial Academy dedicated to reskill & upskill the sales workforce in line with the business strategy. - Annual development of corporate training paths & journeys - offers in line with identified business needs & strategy. - Define and implement action plan to address gaps & opportunities identified through the results of our annual internal survey for employee feedback. - Define content strategy for our internal learning app (Globosat Educação). - Joint work with LMS colleagues for course set-up and management. - Talent Management process for high-level leadership (Globosat, JVs and Grupo Globo). - Development of SER – ESG initiative.

Globo

HR Analyst I

Globo

LinkedIn
2016-7 - 2018-12 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Member of the Talent & Organizational Development team, providing support to teams from all Globosat group's channels & support areas. - Define, design and lead implementation of new performance management process & system - from the development phase until final steps: campaign to engage & relaunch the programme. - Customization of learning strategy & toolset for leadership aligned with the implementation of a digitalization strategy - mapping & management of training vendors and content customization. - Creation of a Commercial Academy dedicated to reskill & upskill the sales workforce in line with the business strategy. - Annual development of corporate training paths & journeys - offers in line with identified business needs & strategy. - Define and implement action plan to address gaps & opportunities identified through the results of our annual internal survey for employee feedback. - Define content strategy for our internal learning app (Globosat Educação). - Joint work with LMS colleagues for course set-up and management. - Talent Management process for high-level leadership (Globosat, JVs and Grupo Globo). - Development of SER – ESG initiative.

Globo

HR Assistant III

Globo

LinkedIn
2016-5 - 2016-7 · 3 mos

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Member of the Talent & Organizational Development team, providing support to teams from all Globosat group's channels & support areas as a contractor. HR Assistant III / Training & Development team @ Globosat (Brazil) - National company in the Communications segment.

Statoil

HR Intern

Statoil

LinkedIn
2014-6 - 2016-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Member of People & Leadership HR team. - Support people processes, such as learning, headcount control, salary review, talent & succession plan, strategic workforce and competence planning, and many projects provided to internal customers in the business-partnering model.

Maternidade Escola - UFRJ

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Maternidade Escola - UFRJ

2012-8 - 2013-7 · 1 yr

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Undergraduate student researcher with CNPq Scholarship @ Maternidade Escola da UFRJ, one of the university hospitals in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Insight Consultoria - Empresa Júnior de Psicologia da UFRJ

Junior Consultant

Insight Consultoria - Empresa Júnior de Psicologia da UFRJ

LinkedIn
2011-1 - 2011-8 · 8 mos

Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

- Insight is the Junior Company of Psychology in my university. I was responsible for tasks concerning company's internal and institutional marketing, and customer satisfaction. - Additionally, I was also responsible for the company's activities beyond the marketing board, such as human resources projects: recruitment services, employee’s performance appraisal, training and staff development.

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