Isaiah Medina
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Human Resources Generalist
Target Distribution Center
04.2021 - Current
- Strategic Planning: Partner with HRBPs to design, communicate, and execute strategic People initiatives that drive organizational goals, enhance workforce effectiveness, and support overall business priorities.
- Employee Relations: Lead high-priority investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and misconduct by conducting interviews, gathering evidence, assessing credibility, and delivering objective, legally compliant findings.
- Compliance: Ensure all HR policies, procedures, and practices remain current and compliant with company standards, safety regulations, and federal, state, and local labor laws while minimizing organizational risk.
- Training & Risk Management: Partner with leaders to provide coaching on employee relations, documentation standards, performance management, and terminations, driving consistency and reducing risk.
- Talent Acquisition: Lead full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, interviewing, offers, and onboarding, while partnering with leaders to identify future talent needs and build strong pipelines.
- Compensation & Payroll: Oversee annual compensation processes, including salary adjustments, merit recommendations, promotions, and bonus planning, while managing weekly payroll with full audits to ensure accuracy, compliance.
- Leave of Absence: Manage end-to-end leave programs (FMLA, CFRA, PDL, ADA, Workers' Comp, STD, LTD), ensuring compliance, educating employees, coordinating documentation, and supporting smooth transitions, including return-to-work planning and separations when necessary
- Benefits Administration: Guide employees through benefits enrollment, coordinate educational sessions, explain plan options, and respond to verification requests, unemployment claims, and related inquiries.
Human Resources Team Leader
Target Stores
09.2017 - 03.2021
- In addition to some skills listed above
- Process Improvement: Analyzed workforce data and operational reports to identify performance trends and implemented process enhancements that improved efficiency, employee productivity, and overall business outcomes.
- Leadership Development: Trained and coached new leaders on communication techniques, talent management strategies, and team-building practices to strengthen leadership effectiveness and drive engagement.
- Organizational Planning: Guide leaders on workforce plans by strategically aligning priorities, utilizing team member strengths to achieve business goals, and coaching employees to enhance their skills, engagement, and long-term development.
- Workforce & Schedule Management: Oversaw several departments, each averaging 1,600 hours and 40 team members. Balancing budget allocations and optimizing staffing levels to meet business demands.
- Strategic Collaboration: Partnered with the Store Director and department leaders in weekly planning sessions to align on staffing strategies, workforce planning, employee performance initiatives, and sales-driven objectives.
Education
High School Diploma -
North Salinas High School
Salinas, CAAssociate of Arts - Business Management
Hartnell College
Salinas, CASkills
- Communication & influence: drive alignment and resolve conflicts
- Emotional intelligence: build trust and handle sensitive issues
- Strategic problem-solving: deliver effective HR solutions
- HR compliance: expertise ensuring legal and policy adherence
- HR analytics: identify trends and support workforce planning
- HRIS proficiency: (UKG, Workday,
Kronos, Oracle) to optimize processes and reporting
Summary
Strategic and results-driven Senior Human Resources Generalist with 8+ years of progressive experience. Skilled in workforce planning, talent development, employee relations, and compliance, serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. Lead and develop a team of five HR professionals that drive employee experience initiatives, optimizing HRIS processes, and managing benefits to enhance engagement, retention, and operational efficiency.
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Senior Human Resources Generalist
Target Distribution Center
04.2021 - Current
Human Resources Team Leader
Target Stores
09.2017 - 03.2021
High School Diploma -
North Salinas High School
Associate of Arts - Business Management
Hartnell College