Jannette Tapia
Halliburton
HOUSTON
1
Certification
12
years of professional experience
Strategic Senior Human Resources Leader with over 10 years of experience in employee relations, workforce strategy, and organizational change. Skilled in conducting investigations, ensuring compliance, and enhancing talent management practices. Drives business outcomes through effective HR initiatives and workforce planning while fostering a positive workplace culture that empowers employees.
Work History
Sr. Employee Relations Advisor
1 Year 4 Months- Led enterprise employee relations initiatives and strategic HR projects to enhance organizational culture.
- Advised leaders on complex employee relations matters and performance management to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.
- Led international investigations and provided subject matter expertise across the organization.
- Mentor HR team members and influence enterprise HR strategy through data-driven recommendations.
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
2 Years 6 Months- Lead HR department overseeing 2 HR Business Partners and 1 HR Development Specialist, supporting 1,000+ employees.
- Collaborates with facility leadership to create and execute people strategies that align with and advance business objectives by translating strategy into advanced HR services and solutions.
- Spearheaded Market-Based Pay Adjustments to enhance pay equity, attract talent, and improve retention.
- Partnered with facility leadership to develop and implement action plan and engagement workshop, addressing Halliburton’s employee pulse survey to enhance employee engagement.
- Reduced voluntary attrition from 18.1% (2022) to 10.1% (June 2025) through strategic engagement and retention initiatives.
- Conducted HR audit, implementing time-keeping practices and holiday pay policy, aligning job titles with actual roles to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Designed and launched training for facility leadership check-ins, increasing frequency of check-ins with frontline employees.
- Successfully implemented succession planning reviews, ensuring leadership pipeline readiness.
- Developed and implemented facility wide career progression guides, enabling transparent advancement paths and internal mobility.
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
2 Years- Directed HR leadership for flagship hospital with 4000+ employees, overseeing HR business partner team of two and managing HR business priorities.
- Partnered with senior leaders to address workforce issues tied to strategic and operational goals. Ran data analysis to identify project and partnership opportunities. Resolved conflicts and supported HR initiatives and employee relations matters.
- Developed and implemented career progression path for mental health technicians to support retention efforts.
- Launched partnership with local technology center to support surgical technician workforce development and strengthen recruitment strategies.
- Collaboration with senior leadership led to increased employee engagement scores from the 21st percentile to the 38th percentile through targeted action plans.
- Managed liaison responsibilities between HR subject matter experts and operations, tracking service level agreements to ensure alignment of HR shared services center delivery.
- Conducted investigations including, but not limited to, employees, patients, physicians, and compliance.
- Conducted focus groups and provided needs analyses, education, and support to leaders in the development of employee engagement, retention, and continuous improvement.
HR Specialist- Employee HR Management
11 Months- Partnered with facility leadership to enhance work relationships, boost morale, and support productivity and retention initiatives.
- Maintained in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partnered with the legal department as needed/required.
- Provided guidance on performance management, business unit restructuring, workforce planning and succession planning.
- Collaborated with the Employee Engagement Committee to develop an engagement plan for the Oklahoma City Supercenter.
- Developed 2020 Intern Program for Baker Hughes Oilfield Services Central Region to attract and cultivate emerging talent.
- Collaborated with Human Resources Partner (HRP) to redesign the Hourly Performance Review form for OFS Central Region and assisted with calibration sessions; resulted in the adoption of the performance review across all product lines in the United States.
Human Resources Generalist
1 Year 4 Months- Consulted with business leaders on strategic and tactical human resource issues.
- Developed and implemented human resources processes for field-based managers and employees, enhancing operational effectiveness.
- Partnered with managers to ensure compliance in accordance with federal, state, and local employment requirements, (e.g., FMLA, Workers' Compensation, Title VII, ADA, EEOC, ADEA, FLSA, OSHA).
- Investigated and resolved employee relations issues. Represented the company at unemployment hearings.
- Partnered with managers to develop proactive training plans to meet current and future business objectives.
- Ensured compliance with HR-related laws and regulations, including benefits, compensation, and labor relations.
- Managed change process by addressing resistance, communicating acquisition benefits, and fostering a culture of integration.
- Partnered in BlueLinx acquisition of Cedar Creek, LLC, facilitating implementation of UltiPro from ADP.
Corporate HR/Payroll Coordinator
1 Year 11 Months- Created and implemented payroll workflow for multi-state payrolls for 1200 employees from 35+ locations.
- Established HRIS system functionalities to enhance data management and reporting. and maintenance of the HRIS by testing of updates and fixes, monitoring, and testing changes to the system, developed HRIS/Payroll reports, integrated time-off policies in HRIS to eliminate the manual tracking of PTO hours for 300 employees.
- Consulted with managers and employees on payroll processing and information such as PTO, ESL, banking, garnishments, employment verifications, workers compensation, retroactive pay calculations, tax questions, and other changes.
- Created training materials for onboarding, payroll tasks, and compliance for Lake States Lumber acquisition, contributing to successful transition from PayChex Payroll Solutions to ADP Workforce Now.
- Benefit Administration included updating 401(k) contributions and loans in HRIS as well as funding/reporting the plan after each payroll.
- Conducted thorough due diligence on HR aspects of target companies, including employee benefit plans, compensation structures, and performance management practices.
- Coordinated educational retirement campaign for all employees, translating materials to Spanish and assisting Spanish-speaking population.
Corporate HR/Safety Assistant
1 Year 6 Months- Streamlined the application process for the HR department to reduce processing time to accommodate for upcoming acquisitions within systems for over 30 locations in 14+ states - ADP Workforce Now, and our safety platforms- JJ Keller/Encompass, and Infinit-I.
- Collaborated with management to ensure compliance in new hire paperwork, including I-9 forms and E-Verify reporting.
- Streamlined HR application process to reduce processing time for upcoming acquisitions across 30 locations in 14+ states, utilizing ADP Workforce Now and safety platforms such as JJ Keller/Encompass and Infinit-I.
- Led transition to paperless employee files by implementing an electronic file system, resulting in a faster, safer, and more accurate file system.
Education
Master of Legal Studies - Employment Law
Master of Arts - Human Resources
Bachelor of Arts - Human Relations
Skills
Employee relations
Workplace Investigations
Employment Law
HR Strategy
HR Analytics
Workforce Planning
Succession Planning
Change Management
Global Employee Relations
Leadership Development
Risk mitigation
Certification
- Society of Human Resource Management - SHRM-SCP Certification
- Oklahoma City Human Resources Society - Leadership Academy Certification
Timeline
Sr. Employee Relations Advisor
Halliburton
06.2025 - CurrentRead More
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
Halliburton
11.2022 - 05.2025Read More
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
INTEGRIS Health
10.2020 - 10.2022Read More
HR Specialist- Employee HR Management
Baker Hughes
11.2019 - 10.2020Read More
Human Resources Generalist
BlueLinx Corp/Cedar Creek, LLC.
07.2018 - 11.2019Read More
Corporate HR/Payroll Coordinator
Cedar Creek, LLC.
08.2016 - 07.2018Read More
Corporate HR/Safety Assistant
Cedar Creek, LLC.
02.2015 - 08.2016Read More
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Arts from Human Relations
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Texas A&M University
Master of Legal Studies from Employment Law
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University of Oklahoma
Master of Arts from Human Resources
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