
Delia Petean
Senior Training and Communication Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Training & Communication Manager with 15+ years of expertise in L&D, project management, and multilingual education. Founded BelEsprit Language Center, designed e-learning content for Orange, and managed international rollouts for major corporations. Specialized in creating training programs, team leadership, and delivering results across French, Spanish, English, and Romanian markets.
Work experience
Project Manager
CFAC Club Francophone d'Affaires de Cluj
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Cluj, Romania · Hybrid
Project Planning - Define project scope, goals, and deliverables. - Create detailed project plans, including timelines, resources, and budget estimates. Team Management - Manage internal and external project teams. - Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members. - Motivate team members and resolve conflicts. Communication - Serve as the main point of contact between stakeholders, internal members and the board - Ensure transparent and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle. Budgeting and Cost Control - Prepare and manage the project budget and make adjustments as needed. - Monitor expenses to ensure the project stays within budget. Risk Management - Monitor risks throughout the project and take action when necessary. Quality Control - Ensure deliverables meet the required quality standards. - Collect feedback and make improvements if needed. Monitoring and Reporting - Provide updates to the board and upper management. Project Execution and Delivery - Ensure milestones are achieved on time. - Organize and manage internal and external events or services as agreed upon. Project Closure - Conduct post-project evaluations (lessons learned). - Represent CFAC before authorities, institutions and internal members.
Founder and L&D Senior Manager
BelEsprit Language Center
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Provide language assessments and translation services, online courses in: English, French, Spanish and Romanian. - Provide HR expertise in the areas of feedback, employee relations, development and coaching, compensation, and organizational development. - Create ad-hoc reports, analyze trends and metrics to increase my teams 'satisfaction - Organize and run the year-end compensation process of teachers - Help managers develop their team members through career pathing - Educate team members on compensation practices, including compensation, performance feedback, performance calibration, and career transitions.
French/Spanish/Romanian Senior Teacher
Bridge Language Study House
Jan 2022 - Present
4 years 10 months
Cluj, Romania · Hybrid
- Assisting the Course Director in the overall management of the academic programme and the teaching team, ensuring that the highest standards of teaching are delivered to allow students to derive the maximum benefit from their course. - Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned groups. - Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school (summer camps, language workshops, etc)
E-learning Content Creator with French
Orange
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
11 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
- Develop and design learning material, coordinate, and review educational content, and incorporate current technology in developing specific eLearning curricula. - Create customized storyboards in French and English according to clients 'needs. - Support the deployment of learning programs including uploading and updating courseware and curricula, training assignments, learner notification text and rules in LMS. - Work with Instructional Designers, Graphic Designers, and programmers to support eLearning content requirements. - Manage eLearning content from vendors to ensure it is compatible with our internal systems. - Run demos of the system and provide training to individuals and users groups
Senior Training Manager with HR duties
EXL
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
7 months
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Review existing training programs; suggests enhancements and modifications to improve engagement, learning and retention. - Partner with Learning & Development to work on value-added programs in areas of training, development, career mobility, and job performance. - Maintain knowledge of new methods and techniques for training, and training requirements applicable to the organization and/or industry. - Identify problems and opportunities such as operational changes or industry developments that training could improve. - Conduct or facilitate required and recommended training sessions. - Develop people strategies and design approaches for diagnosing and enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction. - Establish and ensure successful, productive, collaborative partnerships with functions, leaders and HR colleagues to bring awareness into their processes,
Project Manager
TrustYou
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
5 months
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Rollout & Integration Management: - Handle the complete onboarding and rollout process for international hotel chains from start to end - Guide customers smoothly through the whole onboarding / integration experience - Support Key Account managers with onboarding/offboarding processes in Salesforce for our largest clients. Project Management: - Define & agree upon scope, schedule and budget of the project with different stakeholders (internal & external) - Create and maintain project plans - Coordinate all project deliverables with all stakeholders (internal & external) - Proactively follow up on open items with different stakeholders (internal & external) - Ensure project documentation, track project changes & share with all stakeholders - Manage escalations and resolve project issues Project Communication: - Establish a clear and transparent project communication with all stakeholders - Manage customer expectations - Develop close working relationships with client stakeholders and with internal teams (Engineering, KAM, Customer Support, Sales, …)
SYKES
Apr 2018 - Aug 2021
3 years 5 months
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Training Team Coordinator
Jul 2020 - Aug 2021
1 year 2 months
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
▪ Identify and collect soft skills and language development needs within the organization (countrywide) ▪ Develop new online course material using LEARN training tool ▪ Manage the delivery of soft skills and language training programmes ▪ Coordinate training sessions based on site/regional needs ▪ Provide language department team members with regular feedback and improvement opportunities ▪ Support managers and executive level employees to create customized action plans. ▪ Seek ongoing skill development on an ongoing basis (i.e., participating and conducting skill classes, cross-training, etc.). ▪ Draw regular reports on the department's activities
French & Spanish Language Development Trainer
Apr 2018 - Jul 2020
2 years 4 months
Cluj County, Romania
▪ Support recruitment activities by running language skill evaluations for both external and internal candidates. ▪ Maintain stakeholder relationships across the local site and the wider Global EMEA Region. ▪ Ensure that all language assessment documentation is administered effectively ▪ Manage respective candidate pools to ensure qualified candidates remain engaged in current or future opportunities. ▪ Communicate regularly with HR department to get a clear view of company’s hiring needs and organizational goals. ▪ Work closely with marketing department to develop creative ways for addressing talent acquisition challenges. ▪ Build the annual training program and prepare teaching plans ▪ Develop or oversee the production of classroom handouts, instructional materials, aids and manuals ▪ Deliver training courses (French & Spanish language classes, soft skills, communication) ▪ Act as an internal consultant for managers on career development, performance management, and employee engagement
Emerson Network Power
Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
4 years 1 month
Lyon Area, France & Cluj County, Romania
Training and Development Advisor
Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year 7 months
Lyon Area, France & Cluj County, Romania
▪ Work with the French HR Management to develop and manage training budgets, forecast costs, and identify cost-effective training solutions for our employees. ▪ Identify, select and manage external training and accreditation bodies, agencies and providers necessary to deliver required training to appropriate standards. ▪ Measure training effectiveness and develop training programs (either paper-based and/or e-learning). ▪ Support the Training Academy Team as needed for appropriate technical trainings and e-learning courses (across EMEA) and develop train-the-trainer programs where applicable ▪ Build and develop internal and external network of facilitators, build strong supplier relationships. ▪ Conduct in the annual performance evaluation (for both Paris and Lyon sites) ▪ Support the learning and development goals, objectives, associated processes, and tools to ensure integration with other areas of Human Resources. ▪ Support the on-boarding program by providing specific trainings to the new hired employees ▪ Work closely with HR colleagues across the business to monitor, review and update all policies in line with current legislation and best practice. ▪ Act as a backup for the Training and Development Senior Manager, when needed.
L&D Specialist - France
Dec 2013 - Jul 2016
2 years 8 months
Cluj County, Romania
• Prepare training documentation (notes for participants, questionnaires and other support materials). • Monitor the training logistics (preparation of training sessions, find training rooms, ensure all necessary equipment and catering arrangements as well). •Provide front line customer service, answer questions and solve problems regarding all training and development initiatives. • Maintain and update internal reporting, KPI files and dashboard statistics. • Be in charge of the DIF, CIF, VAE requests. • Update and translate (French to English and English to French) Job Descriptions. • Write and translate internal procedures. • Liaise with other training departments, financial institutions and accounting services in France and Belgium. • Undertake other duties from time to time as required by the Recruitment Manager or Head of HR.
Project Manager- Switzerland
Just Immo Sàrl & Truemedia
Dec 2012 - Dec 2013
1 year 1 month
Switzerland & Cluj County, Romania
• Responsible for costing, estimating and planning projects. • Managing the 3D design team including any subcontractors (for the IT services). • Delivering results on time, within budget, and to the highest swiss quality. • Working closely with clients (architects and real estate agents) in order to understand their needs and manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the project. • Monitoring all work in accordance with schedules • Regularly communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders and use their feedback to optimise progress. • Making budgets and bills for every project
E-marketing Service Specialist
EmailStrategie
Dec 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 1 month
Cluj County, Romania
• Create email marketing campaigns to promote products or services. • Coordinate and monitor the maintenance, integrity, and security of several databases. • Optimize .txt, .csv and .xls email files for routing. • Prepare the HTML code for an optimal display on web mails (using Dreamweaver). • Assist in testing /analyzing e-mails for improved performance (content, headlines, subject lines, opens, clicks, conversion) to maximize revenue generated • Ensure messages are sent in proper form and template. • Schedule and deliver emails according to plans and email marketing calendar. • Proactively communicate with key stakeholders and partners on email campaign brief, deadlines, production progress, delivery, and post-send analysis.
Process Associate Credit & Collection - France
Office Depot
Apr 2008 - Dec 2011
3 years 9 months
Cluj County, Romania
• Manage the assigned outstanding accounts for Office Depot French market. • Notify customers with overdue debt and attempt to secure payment using telephone, fax, email, letters • Handling calls from customers and from our retail stores. ▪ Record information about financial status of customer and status of collection efforts • Establish and monitors credit limits.
Education
FSEGA, Babes-Bolyai
Master's degree
2008 - 2010
2 years 1 month
Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University
Licentiate degree
2005 - 2008
3 years 1 month
Universidad de Zaragoza
Bachelor’s Degree
2005 - 2006
5 months