Diana Najera

About

Senior HR Business Partner with hands-on experience partnering with a CPO and senior leadership to stand up a new California production facility, rapidly scaling headcount while building scalable workforce planning and training infrastructure. Strong HRIS-driven approach to compensation benchmarking/internal equity and to diagnosing productivity and engagement issues. Experienced leading high-stakes ER investigations (harassment/hostile work environment) using structured processes and digital evidence, partnering with legal to reduce risk.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Partnered with CPO and senior leaders to build scalable people strategy for a new production facility launch
• Designed workforce plans to rapidly scale headcount while maintaining quality, safety, and production standards
• Built temp-to-perm pipelines and training programs to reduce time-to-readiness/time-to-productivity
• Used HRIS data to drive compensation benchmarking and internal equity recalibration across business units
• Data-driven root cause analysis (identified productivity decline tied to inconsistent policy enforcement vs. adding headcount)
• Coached supervisors to improve progressive discipline consistency via audits, recurring accountability meetings, and weekly skill-building
• Led structured employee relations investigations involving supervisor/subordinate misconduct; ensured impartiality, documentation, and no-retaliation outcomes
• Influenced high-stakes termination decisions supported by senior leadership and partnered with legal to mitigate liability