Keith Nix | PHR

What I Lead

• Human Resources - Oversee recruiting, ATS, payroll compliance, benefits, retirement, HRIS, reporting, safety compliance, policy writing, onboarding, orientation training, L&M, etc
• Marketing - Oversee team handling brand, website, conference materials, digital marketing, print, SOQ, etc

What I've Done

• Created Blew's HR Department from scratch. Onboarded a new HRIS system, overhauled the benefits structure, onboarded a new ATS, wrote the new 167 page company handbook, created all new offer letters and employment contracts, completely revamped all hiring practices. In 2020 Blew spent $300,000 on external recruiters. Did away with all external recruiters in 2021 and built a small two person team that helped take the company from 135 employees to 350 employees in one and a half years. Saving the company hundereds of thousands of dollars in recruiting fees.
• Created new marketing department that created the new company brand, rebuilt the company website, created new company SOQ's, implemented new marketing strategies which included Google Ad words, print and social marketing.
• Improved all safety policies and safety training. The new practices saved the company nearly $100,000 in insurance savings the first year.
• Directed successful mergers and acquisitions that expanded company capabilities while minimizing integration challenges.
• Improved employee retention rates through enhanced talent management processes and targeted professional development programs.
• Developed the new company organizational structure and recruited three new C-Suite team members.

What I Lead

• Lead all staff and operations
• Wrote and implemented policies and procedures
• Oversaw the budget and building initiatives
• Leadership and volunteer training
• A part of the counseling team
• Execution of local and global initiatives.

What I've Done

• Improved all hiring practices and compensation scales to position the organization to recruit and retain better talent.
• Wrote a new 100 page employee handbook and created new employment agreements.
• Helped lead the organization from being $500,000 in debt to being debt free and completing a $1,000,000 renovation with cash.
• Lead all staff meetings, making the meetings more efficient and meaningful. This improved meeting efficiencies by 40%.
• Handled 60% of all counseling meetings.

What I Lead

• Oversaw all woods operations for the company's woods products crews
• Hired, trained and managed employees
• Oversaw production and the implementation of production goals
• Operated heavy machinery as well as lead all maintenance of machinery.

What I've Done

• Improved efficiencies that lead to R&L becoming one of the highest producing small operation crews in Arkansas and Louisiana. Increased production by 45% overall.
• Implemented new hiring practices that improved employee retention rates by 50%.
• Improved the company maintenance program that saved the company $200,000 over a 5 year period.