CATHERINE DESMARAIS-BRAZEAU

During my 18 month rotation, my mandate is to:

• Lead a team of 8-10 professionals
• Position Talent Acquisition as a strategic partner
• Foster efficiency through KPIs, process improvements, vendor optimization and headcount governance
• Implement a diversity sourcing strategy
• Lead Talent acquisition efforts for regulatory-related projects (ex: Privacy requirements, Federal Pay Equity, Accessible Act)
• Contribute to key projects such as the internal rotation initiative and the Veteran transition program.

• Lead a team of 4-5 HRBPs
• Act as the lead HRBP for assigned business groups (Technology, Data & Operations, Capital Markets, Risk Management, HR and Communications, Legal Affairs and Compliance)
• Leverage in-depth understanding of business groups to support leaders on all HR-related topics
• Build confidence with leaders as a trusted advisor
• Using data, metrics and people analytics, provide leaders with key insights
• Act as a coach, change agent and critical thought partner
• Contribute or lead key initiatives in collaboration with the business groups (ex: outsourcing, organizational structure evolution)

In my last position, as Manager, Human Resources :

• Lead a team of 3-4 HRBPs
• Together with my team, supported a population of 1400 professionals (Engineering, Marketing, Strategy, Legal, Communications, Sales)
• Advisory role for 3 vice-presidents

In my 9+ years at Bombardier Business Aircraft, I held the following positions :

• Senior HR Business Partner
• Senior Business Partner, Organizational Development
• HR Business Partner
• Internal Communications Advisor

Progressed from Human Resources Coordinator to Training Manager and Assistant HR Director from July 2007 to March 2009.