People Specialist

at  Vtex

WHO YOU ARE

• An experienced and pragmatic HR professional with a track record of at least 6 years in People functions, as well as expertise in structured hiring practices.
• A skillful and effective communicator, both in written and oral forms: English C1. Portuguese and/or Spanish are a plus.
• A professional truly interested in and capable of developing a deep understanding of the disciplines and businesses they support.
• A person with a high level of self-awareness who leverages self-reflection as an instrument to adapt their approach to the needs of different people, styles, and contexts.
• Experience in B2B and/or SaaS companies. Previous experience in the Digital Commerce ecosystem will be a plus.

ABOUT VTEX

VTEX (NYSE: VTEX) is the composable and complete commerce platform that delivers more efficiency and less maintenance to organizations seeking to make smarter IT investments and modernize their tech stack. Through our pragmatic composability approach, we empower brands, distributors, and retailers with unparalleled flexibility and comprehensive solutions, enabling them to invest solely in what provides a clear business advantage and boosts profitability. VTEX is trusted by 2,600 global B2C and B2B clients, including Carrefour, Colgate, Motorola, Sony, Stanley Black & Decker, and Whirlpool, having 3,500 active online stores across 43 countries (as of FY ended on December 31, 2023). For more information, visit www.vtex.com.
At VTEX, you will work in a challenge-driven environment and collaborate with amazing peers. If you are powerful individually, join us, and we will be unstoppable together.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a People Specialist for Growth at VTEX, you will have a broad role that involves managing various human resources functions to support the needs of a technology-focused organization. These include actively participating in recruitment activities, performance management, talent management, leadership support and advisory, data administration, reporting, among others.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

• Execute and provide guidance in processes such as hiring, performance management, talent management, onboarding, offboarding, and total compensation, to ensure a people strategy that sets our teams for success, in alignment with local laws.
• Advise managers on best practices for handling day-to-day challenges, providing frameworks and tools to help them improve team performance.
• Coordinate performance review processes to assess and enhance employee performance.
• Serve as a point of contact for employee inquiries and issues, providing guidance and support about HR policies and procedures;
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date information about staff allocation on HR systems, serving as point of contact, ensuring compliance with data protection laws.
• Advise the leaders on how to achieve the Growth KPIs by designing and executing end-to-end people strategy - performance management, leadership development, rewards & compensation, talent acquisition, conflict management, onboarding, offboarding, culture, employee relations issues, employees journey and experience, rituals.
• Be a VTEX culture evangelist and advocate for our principles in every action and decision of the company.
• Partner with Leaders and People Partners to identify business needs and develop the proper people products to address them.
• Reinforce an inclusive and respectful environment that allows individuals to maximize their potential.
• Build trusted relationships with the main leaders and influence key stakeholders regarding people strategy.
• Design and support change management plans.
• Translate crises into high-level conversations.
• Act as a trusted confidant for employees, proactively reaching out to identify opportunities for improvement.