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Mary Alfaro

Summary

Talented bilingual (Spanish and English) HR leader with several-year career overseeing human resources operations, including employee relations, organizational structuring, and policy development. Well-versed in benefits administration and legal compliance. Forward-thinking with superior problem-solving, conflict management, and organizational skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Resources Manager

Amazon
07.2020 - Current
  • Proficient in executing tasks related to Workday Integrations, Workday Functional, and Workday Technical.
  • Demonstrated deep understanding of the PeopleSoft system encompassing HCM functionalities, payroll operations, and HR tasks.
  • Successfully converted theoretical concepts into practical outcomes, delivering significant business value
  • I worked with the SAP software to enhance efficiency.
  • Experience in successfully driving operational change.
  • Collaborated effectively and seamlessly within teams, understanding the needs of others to achieve collective success.
  • Demonstrated exceptional ability to handle competing priorities and consistently meet deadlines while maintaining the highest standards of quality

Software Engineering Manager

Dealerlogix
01.2017 - 05.2020
  • Implemented effective software engineering procedures to ensure quality assurance standards were met.
  • Created and managed a team of software engineers, providing guidance on technical issues and project deadlines.
  • Maintained detailed tracking of development progress and communicated results with stakeholders.
  • Provided technical advice to internal teams regarding design decisions and code optimization techniques.
  • Facilitated communication between cross-functional teams to ensure successful product releases.
  • Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
  • Enforced scrum values, such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness, and inspection.
  • Organized meetings between stakeholders from different departments to discuss potential solutions or strategies.
  • Developed and maintained user-facing webpages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
  • Integrated front end code with server side code to implement dynamic pages.
  • Debugged existing code to identify and fix bugs or performance issues.
  • Assisted in debugging application issues related to the back-end systems.
  • Optimized existing codebase by refactoring inefficient code segments and removing redundant logic.

Education

Associate of Science - Business Administration Focused in Human Resources

International Polytechnic University
Heredia, Costa Rica
05-2023

Skills

  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Handbook Development
  • Compensation Structuring
  • New Employee Orientation
  • Recordkeeping
  • Organizational Development
  • Legal Compliance
  • Policy Enforcement
  • Labor Relations
  • Dispute Mediation
  • Benefits Administration
  • Job Analysis
  • Staff compensation
  • Career Development
  • Training development
  • Human Resources Operations
  • Employee Retention
  • Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Internal Communications
  • System Development
  • Talent management
  • Payroll Administration
  • System Testing
  • Agile Methodology
  • Integration Testing
  • Software troubleshooting
  • Payroll Processing

Timeline

Human Resources Manager

Amazon
07.2020 - Current

Software Engineering Manager

Dealerlogix
01.2017 - 05.2020

Associate of Science - Business Administration Focused in Human Resources

International Polytechnic University
Mary Alfaro