Avelyn Delvalle
AGS (Superior Metal Technologies, LLC)
Indianapolis,IN
22
years of professional experience
Results-oriented Human Resources professional with over 10 years of experience in strategic people management and planning. Expertise in employee relations, talent acquisition, and compliance, focused on collaboration and measurable outcomes. Skilled in developing HR programs that enhance employee engagement and retention while aligning HR strategies with business objectives.
Work History
HR Director/Manager
1 Year 5 Months- Coordinate and support day-to-day HR operations activities to ensure accurate and timely processing of employee lifecycle transactions, including hires, job changes, leaves, benefits changes and separations.
- Act as a player-coach for HR team (HR Assistant & Janitorial), foster a new culture of accountability, and continue improvement.
- Process biweekly hourly/salary payroll, including balancing special payrolls by maintaining accurate employee data, resolving routine system or transaction issues, reviewing exceptions, and partnering with internal stakeholders to promote timely and compliant payroll administration.
- Support benefits administration by assisting with eligibility maintenance, employee record accuracy, system updates, reporting, enrollment preparation, and resolution of employee vendor issues.
- Maintain standard operating procedures, job aids, and process documentation for HR operations, HRIS administration, payroll and benefits.
- Partner with Finance and IT to resolve operations issues, coordinate process changes, and support consistent service.
- Tracked attendance, edited timecards, documented call-offs, and enforced policies accurately.
- Own the leave of absence process.
- Provide first-response on workers' comp claims and investigate complex situations with good judgment and documentation.
- Produced and distributed HR reports on headcount, rosters, terminations, OSHA, and perfect attendance, clearly communicating the implications of data.
- Serve as the day-to-day HR point of contact for employees and managers, maintaining accurate records in Paylocity and escalating employee relations concerns with sound judgment.
HR Director (Temp Assignment Through RobertHalf)
4 Months- Held a temporary position through Pinnacle Partners
- Directed HR operations, aligning policies, benefits, and employee relations with organizational objectives.
- Led recruitment, onboarding, and retention efforts to support workforce stability and growth.
- Managed performance review processes, ensuring consistent documentation and manager accountability.
HR Generalist/Manager
11 Months- Process biweekly and quarterly commissions payroll for Salary/Hourly (130+ employees).
- Coach & Review Performance Evaluations, Development Plans and Succession Planning.
- Managed onboarding, talent acquisition, and retention efforts to find and select top talent for open positions in engineering, clerical, welding, production, leadership, shipping, maintenance, and CNC/CMM.
- Ensure compliance with ITAR & E-verify process for Aerospace & Defense contracts.
- Managed leaves of absence, STD/LOA programs, and FMLA for salaried and hourly employees.
- Ensure compliance with all Federal, State and Local HR, Employment Law standards and Labor Department pay analysis.
- Manage Benefit Communications, including all negotiations during
- Negotiate collective agreements with third parties on behalf of the organization.
- Manage the classification of job titles and salary brackets.
- Developed and implemented employee engagement and recognition activities to enhance workplace morale and foster a positive company culture.
- Develop programs such as bonuses or rewards by using surveys and other methods to keep and increase employee morale.
- Ensure compliance with Safety procedures, injuries, and training.
- Oversaw employee attendance and enforced related policies to ensure compliance.
- Conducted hiring and termination processes for employees across two facilities.
HR MANAGER
10 Months- Lead and provide direction for human resources to 2 buildings in Indianapolis (NW), Distribution Center (60+ employees) and Manufacturing Warehouse (120+ employees)
- Also provided virtual HR support to DC in Chicago, New Jersey and Mexico's Plant, held Job Fairs and Employee Relations in Spanish/English
- Conducted investigations of employee activities to identify and address operational and behavioral discrepancies.
- Educated and advised employees on group, health plans, voluntary benefits and 401k retirement plans, also conducted open enrollments for all shifts and buildings.
- Developed succession plans and promotion paths for hourly and salaried positions.
- Direct job fairs to bring local talent for long term in hourly, salary and CDL positions.
- Maintained payroll functions, auditing HRIS needs within Paycom to ensure alignment with enrollments and changes during transition.
- Point person for full recruitment, from inception of positions, reviewing resumes, initial interviews to presenting employment offers (DocuSign), pre-employment background check and drug testing to orientation set up.
- Coach GM and Plant Manager on all employee situations, promotions, and performance matters
- Served as liaison with area employment agencies, colleges, and industry associations.
HR GENERALIST
4 Months- Led talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention strategies aligned with manufacturing workforce needs.
- Directed employee relations, investigations, and corrective action processes to support consistent policy enforcement.
- Oversaw benefits administration, leave programs, and HR compliance activities across multiple functions.
- Partnered with plant leadership to address staffing gaps, labor issues, and organizational priorities.
HR RECRUITER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
5 Years 3 Months- Recruit over 25 people weekly, (including drivers for 2 different locations outside of Indianapolis)
- Recruit CDL Drivers for Bloomington, South Bend and Indianapolis warehouses
- Scheduled and conducted interviews, filled warehouse and clerical positions.
- Process, offer benefits at open enrollment and after 90 days (once employees had passed to direct hired/full time), and/or at personal changes, also translated for all leave processes and/or process some cases directly.
- Run onboarding process on weekly basis for over 25 labor employees, including drivers with/without CDL's, Maintenance Techs and temporary employees, (from recruiting, interviewing, Indiana background check, MVR's reports, orientation, I9's (Everify) production system (Spindle) which is creating badges with pictures for production tracking and door access, had to add to administrative system and in a picture data base to print badge and make it work, New Hire list for Supervisors, add new hires in Kronos system for hours tracking and attendance, create file with orientation signed forms)
- Union trained, dealing with union and employees at 3rd step meetings (grievances), and translations on company's behalf.
- Created orientation package for temporary workers and translated materials for direct hires to improve understanding for Spanish-speaking new hires.
- Managed employee relations by addressing concerns and facilitating communication between staff and management., counseling, performance, issues, etc.
- Conducted investigations for workers' compensation claims and employee complaints, ensuring compliance and fairness in resolution.
- Facilitated new hire orientations to introduce company policies and culture to incoming employees., (Oral and Power Point)
- Developed a project to assist employees relocating from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. to bring employees from Puerto Rico (at Huracan Maria)
- Help with employee injuries (at what was legally allowed by company for safety, and/or get the proper form and shuttle schedule if needed to take employees to worker's comp clinic
- Manage Affirmative Action Reports and spreadsheets.
- Translate and interpreted company policy handbook, data entry.
- Run Attendance reports and write disciplines on weekly basis for plant, create disciplines, delivered to Supervisors, and collected them back to logged them in Kronos and file them in Disciplines Files
- Keep track and provide payroll with pay increases by length time in the company, promotions, department transfers, 90 days reviews.
- Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills
- Handle all questions regarding payroll, timekeeping, incidents, and performances.
- Import and Export information from Kronos to Excel spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
- Update HRIS database records and process paperwork for new hires, terminations and other status changes, as well as updating spreadsheets for tracking purposes.
- In charge of WOTC, get forms, file them online, file them, and respond to applications in order to receive credits.
- Coordinated plant gatherings for Christmas, summer cookouts and office lunches.
- Created ideas for employee appreciation like Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Valentine's
- Delivered employee of the month certificates with gift cards, picture for designated parking space and monitor post.
- Create files for New Hires, add them in Kronos, process terms in the system, file them.
- Keep I9' in order with active and term employees based on term year, (file in the forever room at the end of every year based on legal time frame to keep term files for immediate info)
- Handle all negotiations with temp agencies, get new contracts and lower rates for the company.
- Attend to job fairs, handle all advertisement with Hispanic Radio Station, managed Facebook page, and advertise through all social media.
HR/Payroll Administrative Assistant
5 Months- Temp assignment
- Processed payroll data, verifying employee hours, deductions, and pay adjustments for accuracy.
- Reconciled timecards against schedules, resolving discrepancies before payroll submission.
- Maintained confidential employee records and updated payroll files with changes.
STORE MANAGER
7 Years 1 MonthEducation
GED Certificate
- Leadership Skills for Success Front Line Leaders
(PurdueUniversity/Training)
- HR
LAWS SEMINAR – Fisher Phillips
GED - HR Laws Seminar (Skill Path)
Skills
Payroll expert
Employee relations
Benefits administration
Payroll management
Microsoft office and docusign
Recruitment Strategies
HR Policies
Written and verbal communication
Visa processing
Financial reporting
Employee Engagement
Accounts receivable management
Social Media and Internet Savvy
HR compliance
Public relations
Grievance resolution
H-2 visa management
Timeline
HR Director/Manager
AGS (Superior Metal Technologies, LLC)
05.2025 - CurrentRead More
HR Director (Temp Assignment Through RobertHalf)
Outdoor Environments Group, LLC. (OEG)
09.2024 - 01.2025Read More
HR Generalist/Manager
PWR of NA (C&R Racing Inc.)
03.2023 - 02.2024Read More
HR MANAGER
PREMIER PACKAGING, LLC
03.2022 - 01.2023Read More
HR GENERALIST
PREMIER PACKAGING, LLC
10.2021 - 02.2022Read More
HR RECRUITER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
UNITED HOSPITAL SERVICES
12.2015 - 03.2021Read More
HR/Payroll Administrative Assistant
Home Goods Distribution
04.2015 - 09.2015Read More
STORE MANAGER
AUTOZONE
10.2004 - 11.2011Read More
GED from HR Laws Seminar (Skill Path)
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from HR
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from Leadership Skills for Success Front Line Leaders
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Ben Davis UNIVERSITY
GED Certificate
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