Erika Garcia Aleman
Clackamas,OR
Summary
Human resources professional. Strong suites in DEI, Sexual Harassment, Leadership training and obtaining organizations key results. Subject matter expert with employment laws, including ADA, FMLA, and HIPAA. Highly effective at recruiting and developing key players in organizations of all sizes. Articulate, organized, and highly motivated. Fluent in both Spanish and English. Consistently staying motivated in the current position and maintaining a positive and professional attitude in high-stress situations. A leader who is detail-oriented, efficient, and organized, while also possessing strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to make well thought out decisions, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and very trustworthy, discreet, and ethical. Well-qualified HR Professional with proven success in improving operations and solving problems. Highly proficient in building lasting relationships with key decision makers, customers, and team members to further company goals. Ready to leverage training and experience to take on new professional challenges. Conscientious and compassionate human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Manager
JR Johnson
Portland, OR
12.2021 - Current
- Oversaw legal compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to compliance with company policies and procedures for 15 employees and 3 dividions.
- Recommended, initiated and finalized HR actions regarding faculty and staff position management, compensation, and employment postings, hiring proposals and new hire onboarding.
- Managed employee disputes by employing conflict resolution techniques.
- Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits, and salary administration.
- Reviewed business goals to recommend new HR approaches, policies and procedures for continual improvements focused on meeting business objectives and enhancing productivity.
Co-Founder
Miriam Group/Cultured Care
Portland, OR
06.2013 - Current
- Highly skilled influencer who has collaborated with others to inspire and support Inclusion and Diversity strategy through every part of organization
- Have extensive culturally specific knowledge and in-depth understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusivity issues
- Have successfully performed essential functions of this work
- Have created and fostered open and inclusive environment
- Provided quality curriculum, guidance, education and support
- On personal level, have expertise, knowledge and enthusiasm required to influence youth and family abuse survivors and advocates
- Worked as case manager with Latino families, facilitating domestic violence support groups, trauma informed care and parenting classes for youth
- Partnered with HomeForward
- Created and implemented culturally specific work/support groups for youth in NE Portland
- Celebrating Latino youth in community
- Partnered with Rafael House, DHS, State of Oregon and Oregon Collation Against Domestic and Sexual
- Violence for Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities
- Superior knowledge of different cultures, tradition, and mindsets prevailing in workplace
- Provide high level of compassion without biases
- Ability to collaborate, understand team needs and work independently
- Strong public relations and organizational skills
- Expert in providing training and working for organizational development.
HR Director
Pearl West Restaurant Group
Vancouver, WA
08.2020 - 09.2021
- Created and implemented robust Human Resource department that had previously not been in place nor introduced
- Operating at "bare bones" level
- Have created new programs, procedures, and policies and oversee day-to-day human resource projects and tasks
- Perform and direct all HR functions for organization of about 500 employees, 9 different restaurant locations and two different concepts
- Staffed two restaurant openings in one year during pandemic
- Was able to navigate through Covid 19 state, CDC and county health department regulations in two states
- Oversaw all human resources functions at both routine and strategic level as well as all recruiting efforts for this rapidly growing company
- Managed, served as consultant to upper management on developing organizational structures, roles, and responsibilities of job
- Participated in initiatives as executive team member and advised impact of short- and long-range
- Planning of new programs/strategies as those items impact attraction, motivation, development, and retention of employees
- Introduced OKR goal management framework, created extensive goals and strategies for departmental assessment
- Implemented tools to track and analyze progress toward established goals
- Introduced employee engagement and retention strategies and focused efforts on changing organizational culture.
Human Resource Office Manager, Customer Service
ServiceMaster Clean/BareMetal
Clackamas, OR
03.2017 - 08.2020
- Recruited for and staffed 300 plus-member agency
- Simultaneously performing all HR duties for BareMetal, new company with 5 employees
- Responsible for recruitment for all 6 departments, organizational planning, compliance with regulatory concerns, employee onboarding, development, needs assessment, and training, employee safety, welfare, wellness, and healthcare training, as well as consistent and accurate policy development and documentation
- Designed/updated all agency handbooks, manuals, job description, trainings, in accordance with OSHA requirements and trained all employees
- Provided counsel and leadership in Human Resources decisions, procedures, and programs, liaison for feedback and communication between Management and Union represented employees
- Facilitated quarterly company meetings/trainings and forecasting annually
- Created
- Bilingual curriculum and facilitated all DEI, Sexual Harassment and Leadership trainings companywide for all departments including, Production, Warehouse and Office Administration Departments
- Hired and onboarded average of 50 new, qualified applicants per month
- Been able to maintain turnover rate under industry average.
Education
Human Resource - Human Development, Justice
Warner Pacific College, Heald College, Criminal
01.2023
Skills
- Benefits Administration
- Training, development, Leadership Development, DEI, Sexual Harassment, and obtaining organizations goals
- Conflict Resolution
- Regulatory Compliance
- Workplace Investigation
- Administering Disciplinary Procedures
- Bargaining Agreements
- Employee Relations Oversight
- Employee Development
- Policy Improvement Recommendations
- Exit Interviews and Processes
- Problem Solving
- Organizational Development
- Company Leadership
- Executive Recruiting
- Employee Referral Programs
- Human Resources Department Processes
- Onboarding, Training and Development
Timeline
HR Manager
JR Johnson
12.2021 - Current
HR Director
Pearl West Restaurant Group
08.2020 - 09.2021
Human Resource Office Manager, Customer Service
ServiceMaster Clean/BareMetal
03.2017 - 08.2020
Co-Founder
Miriam Group/Cultured Care
06.2013 - Current
Human Resource - Human Development, Justice
Warner Pacific College, Heald College, Criminal
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