Advanced to senior leadership positions, overseeing eCommerce operations catering to a diverse global customer base. Led cross-functional teams of 40+ managers and hundreds of individual contributors to deliver high-quality results. Effectively managed comprehensive long-term planning, budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and process improvement initiatives.
CUSTOMER SERVICE & DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
- Oversaw national customer support operations, demonstrating excellence in managing customer relationships by reducing back-ordered work by 15% and driving annual sales growth.
- Analyzed customer needs for material traceability, improving sourcing processes, and reducing customer follow-up requests by 10%.
- Managed a large-scale project to implement a new order delivery program, allowing 22% more customers to receive their order by early morning next day.
- Reduced shipping team staffing by 11% through process improvements and automation.
- Conducted analysis of price-matching practices for international customers, leading to a new branch strategy and annual savings of $100K for the company.
CORPORATE PEOPLE STRATEGY
- Directed a national recruiting team, consistently meeting 90-100% of hiring targets for management, skilled, and individual contributor roles.
- Improved recruitment processes through forming dozens of new partnerships and initiating new recruiting strategies, resulting in a 20% increase in hire quality outcome scores.
- Led the design, development, and delivery of training and coaching programs covering various subjects, catering to audiences ranging from high-ranking executives to hourly employees.
- Designed a comprehensive company onboarding program including strategy, curriculum, and instructional material to efficiently integrate thousands of new hires, employing principles of adult learning.
- Established the company's inaugural virtual internship program, subsequently transitioned on-site, targeting students from underrepresented groups and resulting in a 20% increase in new hire engagement scores.
- Spearheaded an initiative to identify reporting and auditing needs across the employee life cycle, influencing the selection of the company HRIS system in FY17, and enhancing company controls.