Bryce Nelson

Strategic Human Resources Leadership

• Serve as strategic HR partner to Store Director and executive leadership team, aligning talent strategy with business objectives across a high-volume retail environment
• Drive workforce planning, succession planning, and internal pipeline development to ensure leadership continuity
• Stabilized store culture through improved communication rhythms, clear accountability structures, and leadership alignment
• Partner with district HR peers to share best practices, training initiatives, and talent movement strategies

Talent & Organizational Development

• Developed internal leadership pipeline by identifying high-potential team members and creating targeted development plans
• Coach leaders on performance management, documentation, corrective action, and engagement strategies
• Led execution of overdue compliance and training initiatives, bringing store to full compliance while balancing operational demands
• Facilitate leadership onboarding and training to strengthen bench depth and readiness

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Serve as primary point of contact for complex employee relations matters, conducting investigations and advising leaders on risk mitigation
• Ensure consistent application of company policies and employment law compliance
• Partner with leaders to navigate sensitive performance and behavioral conversations

Culture & Engagement

• Increased engagement through structured recognition programs and leadership visibility initiatives
• Reinforced inclusive and respectful workplace practices through education and consistent leader coaching
• Act as change agent during operational shifts, ensuring clear communication and team buy-in

Business Impact

• Balance HR priorities with operational business needs, strengthening cross-functional partnership
• Utilize talent metrics (turnover, retention, bench strength, training completion) to inform leadership decisions
• Elevated role from tactical HR execution to strategic business partnership

• Grew an underperforming store to become an area leader in all KPIs as well as grew sales YOY by 15 thousand
• Promoted four direct reports to the next level including one to a peer that succeeded me in the Waynesboro location.
• Acted as DM POC multiple times in FY 22 successfully supporting 11 stores.
• FY 2022 Q2 SM of the Quarter Winner
• Dual lead two stores for a rolling 2-month period in FY 22 successfully transitioning the store to a new SM.
• Mentored 4 SM peers to develop their capability in the SM approach.
• Acted as lead for brand walks throughout the portfolio for FY 23 Q2-Q4
• Developed Advanced Development Program across the portfolio to elevate shift leaders within the district that had two successful promotions from the program.
• Lead reoccurring meetings within the portfolio to build awareness and knowledge with new tools to support creating a more advanced partner experience.
• Utilized as a thought partner for portfolio meetings & calls to ignite passion, learnings, & impact to maximize the potential for portfolio initiatives.

• Successfully lead upwards of 100 direct reports at a time
• Balanced multiple competing priorities to ensure the team member experience and customer experience were balanced.
• Trained 3 new leaders to support the success of the district success plan.
• Aided in growing overall store sales to 50 million in FY21 from a starting gross of 42 million.
• Reported directly to Store Director with any business impacting needs as well as development opportunities.
• Wrote schedules for multiple work centers that included over 100 team members that grew the business but also stayed within budget to balance profit & loss.

• Reporting directly to GM to oversee upwards of 15 direct reports a time.
• Acted as the training lead for the portfolio supporting GMs with ensuring associates were trained up to standard.
• Upleveled training execution by 30% completion and successfully had 4 reports promote.
• Grew store sales YOY 8 thousand FY 2016
• Facilitated all new management welcome classes for the entire district.
• Successfully lead the open of one location in FY 2017 for a 3-month assignment alongside company opening team.