1. TANIA DE SMET
+32 479 980634 or +32 53 629783 - taniadesmet@telenet.be
https://be.linkedin.com/in/tania-de-smet-468a452
As an International experienced Talent & HR manager I want to deploy and in depth develop my
passion for talent management in line with the business strategy and in partnership with the
management. Working with employees working at their best is one of my main drivers next to
achieving results in cooperation with the stakeholders.
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Eastman - Solutia 2008 - 2015
Talent Development Manager EMEA
 Implementing the regional talent management priorities via projects e.g. ATS
implementation, referrals, 70/20/10 development methodology, performance management,…
HR Manager Belgium
 Responsible for HR, Ghent site & Zaventem Office
 Coach of the HR team, 4 employees
HR Manager Multiple Sites
 HR responsibility of the Ghent, 2 German and a French manufacturing site.
HR Manager
 Responsible for HR, Ghent manufacturing site and Shared Service Center Finance, 330
employees
 April 2009 - December 2010 : combined HR Ghent with HR Europe
 Coach of the HR Team, 4 employees
 Implement HR business partnership as way of working and thinking for the HR team
 Site Leadership Team member
Bekaert 1998 - 2008
HR Manager 2001 - 2008
 Responsible for HR, Aalter manufacturing site, 750 employees
 Lead the HR team of 9 employees
 Management team member
 Major achievements:
 Transformation from a 4 to a 3 shifts system with a CLA negotiation
 Implementation of a weekend team; selection and training of the WE-workers

2. TQM facilitator and Training coordinator 1998 - 2001
 Responsible for training of operators, salaried and management
 Responsible for training of employees of other sites (Aalter – training center)
 Manage the TQM policy, specific goal deployment process
 Major achievements:
 Implementation of a competence model for Blue Collars - fully integrated in the HR
processes
 Introduction and implementation of performance appraisal for Blue Collars
British A merican Tobacco 1995 - 1998
HR Officer
 Assistance of HR Manager of the manufacturing department, 320 employees
 Major achievements:
 Implementation of a 4/5 rotational system
 Implement assessment center for internal promotion for 1st
line supervision with
internal trained assessors
 Introduce testing for operator selection
EDUCATION
Psychology, personnel-, labor- & organizational psychology 1991 - 1995
Universiteit Gent
Distinction, paper : Discrepancy between job requirements and the individual capacities:
implication for training
Social Worker, social policy 1988 - 1991
Katholiek Vormingscentrum voor Maatschappelijk Werk
Satisfactory, paper: Employability of lower skilled unemployed women
Science B 1982 - 1988
St-Teresiainstituut, St-Denijs-Westrem
LANGUAGES
Dutch fluent, mother tongue
English fluent
French good
German basic
IT SKILLS
Ms Office: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
SuccessFactors, PeopleSoft, SAP, OpenHire, Taleo