Nayely Becky Romero
Hayward,CA
Summary
Self-motivated and determined Human Resources professional with expertise in operations and program management. I seek every opportunity to challenge myself and continuously grow. With over 5 years of experience in fast-paced environments, I bring a breadth of knowledge in HR programs, recruitment, onboarding, immigration, and benefits.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. HR Operations Manager
Willow Innovations Inc.,
Mountain View, CA
06.2021 - Current
- Responsible for the delivery and effectiveness of several core People processes across employee life-cycle activities such as benefits, compliance/policy management, leave management, and immigration
- Oversee recruiting operations, including launching a new applicant tracking system (Greenhouse), scheduling interviews, processing offers, and developing processes for a consistent and exceptional candidate experience
- Led the change management for benefit plan carrier change and open enrollment with less than 2% employee disruption.
- Responsible for the onboarding and off-boarding of employees
- Monitor and handle employee claims involving performance-based incidents, guiding managers and finding constructive solutions.
- Owner of HR Systems which include, BambooHR, Greenhouse, Bswift, & Culture Amp.
- Maintained human resources regulatory compliance with local, state, and federal laws.
Rewards Specialist
Restoration Hardware
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Ensured all benefit offerings programs are running properly and meet all compliance requirements
- Project-managed benefit offerings & changes
- Point of contact for all benefit & leave administration-related questions (US & Canada)
- Responsible for 401K and RRSP (Canada) funding accurately each payroll run
- Responsible for auditing, identifying, and rectifying any 401K/ RRSP issues
- Audit payroll benefits deductions each payroll run
Sr. Specialist
Samsara Networks, Inc
03.2019 - 01.2021
- Program manager for all global mobility and immigration matters.
- Implemented a new US immigration partner resulting in 0 candidate assessment backlog, efficient recruiting, and sponsorship of foreign national talent.
- Partnered with the Recruiting Team to create an immigration screening process for both U.S & EU hiring to decrease hiring delays
- Implemented immigration training for new recruiters
- Created relocation incentive programs to quickly establish new office locations
- Developed onboarding, recruitment, and payroll processes for global offices outside of the U.S. (Spain, France, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands)
- Managed Leave of Absence (LOA) & LOA Calculations
- Vetted and led the implementation of leave administrator vendor (Larkin)
- Conducted a review of company leave policies that resulted in policy changes to remain competitive as well as compliant under federal and state regulations.
- Partnered with People Operations, Sales Operations & Sales Commission teams to create a Sales Leave Pay Policy.
People Programs Manager
Samsara Networks
03.2019 - 05.2019
- Responsible for launching employee programs such as employee surveys, performance cycles, manager trainings, etc.
- Ran quarterly employee surveys with an average participation rate of 92%
- Managed performance reviews twice a year. Lead project, created communications, campaigns, trainings, and educational resources for managers
- Successfully rolled out and launched a coaching platform tool (Bravely) across the organization resulting in a 10% utilization
- Increased employee engagement in Samsara Clubs and operationalized the backend processing for our HR and Accounts Payable teams
- Launched UK benefits for our first UK office
- Led onboarding and helped with the backend processing of new hires, averaging 70-80 hires per month
Global Talent Acquisition Program Coordinator
Aerohive Networks, Inc
01.2016 - 05.2018
- Point of contact for all ATS requests & projects
- Ran weekly recruiting dashboards/reports of global hiring activity for hiring managers and business leaders.
- Worked with recruiters and hiring managers to facilitate recruitment process; audited job descriptions, compensation requirements, job grades, etc.
- Oversaw and promoted the Employee Referral Program globally through email campaigns, brown bag informational meetings, etc.
- Managed and served as a point of contact on all employment immigration matters; liaised with immigration law counsel for issues and matters related to immigrant and non-immigrant petitions.
- Consolidated company employment application forms and produced one global employment application that complied with legal requirements.
- Supported the Global Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition with all contracts and consulting agreements for international hiring.
- New Hire Orientations; Provide benefit information and company overview to all new hires.
- Maintained and audited HRIS data for new hires, terminations, and job changes.
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Aerohive Networks Inc.
12.2015 - 01.2016
- Entered offer details into ATS, for finance approval and generated offer letters
- Coordinated and schedule interviews including travel when required successfully within 24 hours
- Maintained and preform ATS audits to ensure candidate, requisition, and offer details are correctly documented
- Responsible for maintaining and updating external job boards, as well as researching career specific job boards for positions of priority
- Assisted in the revamping of company career web page
- Assisted HR Ops in processing new hire on-boarding paperwork, including background checks, new hire I-9 Employment Eligibility Verifications, and termination packets
Office/ HR Administrator
Biocodex USA
08.2015 - 12.2015
Operations Assistant Manager
Bay City Medical Supplies
06.2011 - 08.2015
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial/ Organizational Psychology
California State University
Hayward, CA2015
Skills
- HR/Recruitment Operations & Onboarding
- HRIS (Workday, BambooHR, ADP)
- ATS (iCIMS, Greenhouse)
- Program Management
- Global Immigration/Mobility
- Benefits & Leaves of Absence
- Languages: English, Spanish
Timeline
Sr. HR Operations Manager
Willow Innovations Inc.,
06.2021 - Current
Rewards Specialist
Restoration Hardware
01.2021 - 06.2021
Sr. Specialist
Samsara Networks, Inc
03.2019 - 01.2021
People Programs Manager
Samsara Networks
03.2019 - 05.2019
Global Talent Acquisition Program Coordinator
Aerohive Networks, Inc
01.2016 - 05.2018
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Aerohive Networks Inc.
12.2015 - 01.2016
Office/ HR Administrator
Biocodex USA
08.2015 - 12.2015
Operations Assistant Manager
Bay City Medical Supplies
06.2011 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Industrial/ Organizational Psychology
California State University