Kata Hodi

Recruiter

15 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 10+ years of HR experience in global environments
  • Awarded for knowledge leadership and team collaboration
  • Expert in designing efficient HR processes
Stackforce AI infers this person is a HR professional with expertise in SaaS and global HR operations.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Hr OperationsProject ManagementOnboarding

Other Skills

Account ManagementAccount managementAgile project managementAssessment CenterCross-functional collaborationEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployee relationsEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHR process designHR process implementationHuman Resources

About

Experienced international HR professional with 10+ years in HR operations, business partnering, and project management across global, remote-first, and matrixed environments. Skilled in process design, onboarding, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong focus on compliance and efficiency. Recognized for a pragmatic, quality-driven mindset and awarded multiple times for knowledge leadership and team collaboration. OPEN TO WORK! - Ideal jobs: Seeking full-time REMOTE HR roles worldwide between GMT+5 and GMT-5 via EoR setup (so no need for relocation or visa sponsorship) - Ideal roles: HR Project Manager / HR Manager / BP / Generalist / Knowledge & Learning & Development Specialist - Ideal companies: Strong preference for fully remote companies with a people-first culture. Especially interested in organizations with a meaningful mission (e.g.: NGOs with social, environmental, educational, etc. focus), and also open to start-ups / scale-ups where there’s space to build solid HR processes from scratch. - Available: within 2 weeks Do you know any remote teams looking for a motivated, people-focused HR professional? Please pass this along to anyone who might help me land my dream job! Thanks for your support - and if I can return the favor, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Experience

Career break

Health and well-being

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos

  • Take a career break to focus on my physical and mental health
  • ⚠️ Looking for my next remote HR role ⚠️
  • House renovation: working on our own home with my own hands, and learning new skills like how to build and cover walls, etc.

Workmotion

2 roles

Senior HR Infrastructure Lead (full remote, individual contributor role)

Promoted

May 2022Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Designed & implemented HR processes for new entities (50%)
  • Saved more than 50,000 EUR on a monthly basis by launching 3 new entities (HR, HU, FR
  • Portage)
  • Designed 150+ end-to-end HR process manuals for onboarding, lifecycle, offboarding for
  • European countries (e.g.: UK, FR, HU, HR, CZ, etc.) keeping in mind the local laws
  • Support Operational teams (30%)
  • Collaborated with HR Ops team by sharing country-specific knowledge in 10+ countries (L2
  • support); managed incoming operational cases
  • Maintained the internal knowledge basis; earned an all-company Guru champion award
  • Best team player award
  • Conducted OKR projects (20%)
  • Covered topics (with at least 80% completion rate): Offboarding Risk assessment / Process
  • manuals redesign / France Portage entity go-live / Work permit & Tax Certificate process, etc.
  • Applied approach: Agile project management
HR process designHR process implementationKnowledge managementAgile project managementHR OperationsProject Management

Onboarding Specialist

Nov 2021May 2022 · 6 mos

  • Led Talent's onboarding in 15+ countries (Balkan, Eastern Europe, Malta, UK):
  • Served as a main point of contact in dedicated countries for local Partners, Talents, and Clients
  • Provided a smooth onboarding experience
  • Ensured country-specific knowledge is stored properly
OnboardingTalent managementCross-functional collaboration

Borealis

International HR Generalist

Jan 2021Apr 2021 · 3 mos · Budapest, Hungary

  • HR Business Partner for 5 countries (80%)
  • Controlled end-to-end HR operation including recruitment, on- and offboarding, promotion,
  • disciplinary procedure
  • Liaised daily with foreign payroll vendors across 3 countries, ensuring 100% accuracy in payroll
  • processing and timely resolution of payroll discrepancies
  • Learning and Development activities (20%)
  • Processed Talent Development Program for 3 selected Talents
HR operationsRecruitmentEmployee relationsHR Operations

Sony pictures entertainment

Senior HR Generalist

Mar 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Budapest

  • HR operation (80%)
  • Served as a primary point of contact for line managers and local employees resolving
  • inquiries with a 95% satisfaction rate and improving response time by 30%
  • Increased overall operational efficiency with 40% by digitizing all the paper-based personnel
  • files and creating an easy-to-access employee register
  • Owned recruitment for 30+ openings on a regional level; selected employees stayed with the
  • company for more years
  • Controlled onboarding process (with full redesign of the onboarding training materials)
  • improving onboarding efficiency by 30%, benefit administration and monthly payroll
  • preparation ensuring 100% compliance in payroll processing
  • Office coordination (20%)
  • Supervised 3 receptionists
  • Participated in organizing team events (e.g.: team buildings, X-mas dinners, film shootings,
  • charity programs, cake fairs, carnival, etc.) & office relocation and refurbishment
HR operationsRecruitmentOnboarding process redesignHR Operations

Ge

HR Specialist/Onboarding & Account Manager

Jul 2014Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Budapest

  • Onboarding (60%)
  • Achieved over 96% SLA by ensuring compliant contract signing with new hires (~20
  • employees/week); created employment contracts, initiated background checks and
  • relocations, and registered new hires in Oracle
  • Led HR Operations presentations during weekly new hire induction training (50-100 new
  • joiners per session), consistently recognized as the top presenter in the team
  • Account Management: Hungary & Croatia (30%)
  • Facilitated weekly alignment meetings with business stakeholders in HU & HR; guided their
  • transition to the SSC model by educating them on operational processes (onboarding,
  • lifecycle, offboarding)
  • Awarded Trusted Business Partner recognition for the support
  • Countrywide functions (10%)
  • Trusted as representative for electronic personnel file management tool; awarded for
  • coordinating 7 countries’ testing processes exceptionally
  • Trained business HR managers for HR operational processes
OnboardingAccount managementHR operations

Budapest college of communication and business

HR Assistant

Jan 2012Jul 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Budapest

  • HR administration (30%)
  • Contact person in all HR-related questions (30%)
  • Recruitment (20%)
  • Payroll preparation (10%)
  • Training and medical examinations organization for employees (5%)
  • New HR procedures creation and implementation (5%)

Manpower

HR Consultant

Mar 2011Oct 2011 · 7 mos

  • Recruitment and selection (70%): design job advertisements, carry out screening and interviews, test candidates, introduce suitable candidates to clients, provide administration of recruitment process
  • Customer Service (20%): support job seekers
  • Research (10%): search for suitable candidates
  • Main focus on technological and engineering positions in the production sector (designer/mechanical/process/quality engineer, system administrator, etc.)

Prohuman

HR Consultant

Nov 2009Mar 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Recruitment and selection (90%): design and advertise job opportunities, carry out screening and interviews, testing applicants, keep daily contact with the applicants, give advice to jobseekers
  • Administration (10%)
  • Main focus on both white and blue-collar jobs: telephone operator (sales, customer service, debt-handling), administrator, assistant, unskilled worker, warehouse worker, forklift driver, etc.

Mansoon

Junior HR Consultant

May 2008Sep 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Recruitment and selection (90%): process of the incoming manpower orders, publicize of job advertisements, carry out screening and interviews, keep daily contact with clients and applicants
  • Administration (10%): keep records up-to-date, provide administration of the recruitment process
  • Typical positions: administrator, telephone operator (telesales, customer services, debt-handling), receptionist, bank clerk, typist, assistant, etc.

Trenkwalder hungary

HR Trainee

May 2007May 2008 · 1 yr · Pécs

  • First six months at temporary placement division: recruit and test semiskilled workers for Elcoteq, Pécs, provide customer service tasks, help associates' work
  • Second six months at permanent placement division: handle job advertisements and applicant database, interviewing candidates

Education

University of Pécs

Master of Arts (MA) — Sociology

Kodolányi János University

Expert in HR Business Management

Jan 2020Jan 2021

Open Training Institute

Massive Open Online Course

Jan 2014Jan 2014

Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM)

Massive Open Online Course — Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Jan 2014Jan 2014

Stackforce found 100+ more professionals with Hr Operations & Project Management

Explore similar profiles based on matching skills and experience