Human Resources Manager - Distribution Center / Supply Chain - The Home Depot - Decatur, GA
(2025-02)
Serve as the senior HR business partner supporting a high-volume distribution center by aligning human capital strategies with operational priorities. Partner directly with executive and operational leadership to strengthen workforce capability, improve associate engagement, ensure compliance, and drive organizational performance.
- Serve as strategic advisor to the General Manager, Assistant General Managers, Operations Managers, and front-line leaders regarding organizational effectiveness and workforce planning.
- Lead employee relations initiatives by conducting complex investigations involving performance, attendance, harassment, discrimination, ethics, workplace behavior, and policy violations while ensuring consistent and legally compliant resolutions.
- Provide executive coaching to leaders on performance management, progressive discipline, talent development, organizational change, and conflict resolution.
- Drive succession planning, talent reviews, leadership development, and workforce planning strategies to strengthen leadership pipelines.
- Partner with operations leaders to improve employee engagement, retention, productivity, and overall organizational culture.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment regulations including FMLA, ADA, EEOC, Wage & Hour, OSHA, and company policies.
- Oversee associate life cycle activities including onboarding, internal movement, performance reviews, corrective actions, terminations, and exit interviews.
- Analyze workforce metrics including turnover, attendance, hiring trends, engagement, and labor costs to support strategic business decisions.
- Develop and facilitate leadership training focused on performance documentation, coaching, employee engagement, compliance, and effective communication.
- Successfully onboarded more than 200 associates within a 90-day peak hiring period, enabling operational readiness while maintaining compliance standards.
- Redesigned the site's separation process, improving consistency, documentation accuracy, and legal compliance across multiple shifts.
- Developed and delivered leadership development programs that significantly strengthened manager capability in employee relations and performance management.
- Partnered with senior leadership to implement employee engagement initiatives that positively impacted associate satisfaction and organizational culture.
HR Business Partner - Distribution Center / Supply Chain - Marshall Distribution Center - Decatur, GA
(2023-12 - 2025-02)
Served as a trusted strategic advisor supporting senior operational leadership in a fast-paced union distribution environment. Collaborated with business leaders to improve organizational effectiveness, strengthen employee engagement, mitigate organizational risk, and drive business performance.
- Advised senior leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, employee development, and business strategy.
- Managed complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, corrective actions, and conflict resolution.
- Partnered with union leadership regarding grievances, contract interpretation, and labor relations.
- Led employee engagement strategy through Employee Opinion Survey action planning and leadership accountability initiatives.
- Provided coaching to leaders regarding policy interpretation, employment law, performance management, and leadership effectiveness.
- Supported workforce analytics, compliance reporting, and HR operational initiatives.
- Improved associate engagement by 25% through targeted leadership action planning and employee listening strategies.
- Reduced grievance activity by 15% by strengthening labor-management communication and proactive issue resolution.
- Successfully partnered with executive leadership to implement succession planning initiatives across multiple operational departments.
Co-Owner / HR Director - Spherion Staffing Agency / Peach Staffing
(2021-01 - 2024-10)
Co-founded and directed all business operations for a successful staffing and workforce solutions organization serving manufacturing, logistics, distribution, warehouse, administrative, and professional clients.
- Directed strategic business development, client acquisition, and workforce consulting initiatives.
- Managed full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, payroll, compliance, employee relations, and HR operations.
- Consulted with executive clients regarding workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement, and HR best practices.
- Oversaw investigations, unemployment claims, workers' compensation administration, and employment compliance.
- Developed HR policies, recruiting strategies, leadership training, and operational procedures.
- Generated significant business growth through strategic client development and long-term workforce partnerships.
- Successfully implemented a digital onboarding platform that reduced hiring timelines and enhanced candidate experience.
- Established standardized HR operating procedures that improved compliance, consistency, and operational efficiency.
Senior Human Resource Manager - Supply Chain / Packaging - Summit Packaging Solutions / Proctor & Gamble - Union City, GA
(2018-04 - 2023-02)
Provided strategic HR leadership supporting multi-site manufacturing operations across Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio while partnering with executive leadership to align workforce strategy with organizational objectives.
- Led strategic HR initiatives including workforce planning, compensation, organizational development, succession planning, leadership development, and performance management.
- Served as primary HR advisor to plant leadership regarding organizational strategy, employee relations, compliance, and business transformation.
- Directed payroll administration, benefits, HR compliance, safety initiatives, workers' compensation, and leave management.
- Guided organizational change initiatives and coached leaders through restructuring, performance improvement, and talent management.
- Reviewed organizational metrics to identify trends impacting retention, productivity, turnover, and employee engagement.
- Ensured compliance with employment laws and corporate policies across multiple manufacturing locations.
- Led safety and risk reduction initiatives while partnering with EHS leadership to strengthen workplace safety culture.
- Reduced workers' compensation claims by 40% through implementation of a comprehensive six-week safety initiative.
- Increased employee retention by 82% through individualized development planning, mentoring, and leadership coaching.
- Designed and launched an enterprise mentoring and succession planning program that strengthened internal leadership pipelines.
- Improved leadership accountability through strategic performance management initiatives and executive coaching.
