James Yin
HR Generalist at Westmoreland Mining LLC
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Yin is an experienced HR Generalist with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience blending human resources, IT, marketing and finance, currently leading Canadian HR and benefits for Westmoreland Mining across multiple sites. He manages complex multi-carrier benefits and retirement plans, serves as the Canadian HR/Benefits SME for a Ceridian Dayforce implementation, and delivers workforce analytics and SOX-aligned controls. James has driven cost-saving initiatives—such as a return-to-work program that cut WCB costs by $300,000—and standardised HR operations across North America while supporting collective bargaining and union relations. Comfortable with both strategic planning and hands-on execution, he builds HR systems, dashboards and audit controls using advanced Excel and BI tools. Based in Edmonton, he combines public-sector, corporate and industrial experience, and has a knack for translating technical systems work into measurable HR outcomes. Although his GitHub activity is minimal, his profile reflects someone who prioritizes practical HR systems and cross-functional problem solving over public code contributions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Bachelor's Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General at University of OttawaGlebe Collegiate Insititute
Chinese, Japanese, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (159)
javascript10
file-api10
templating-engine10
jinja210
typescript10
local-files10
android10
nodejs10
dropdown10
popup10
agentic10
tooltip10
webpack10
discord-bot10
server10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
lazycoffee/lc-time-format
Nov 2016 - Mar 2021
Format time to custom style
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
time-format
lazycoffee/lc-ajax
Sep 2016 - Aug 2020
A XMLHttpRequest 2 module
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
xmljavascriptmodule-2xmlhttprequest
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