Wayne J. Anderson

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PROFILE

Over 25 years of management and human resources experience with a focus on developing efficient processes, using knowledge of recruiting, employee relations, training and development, and auditing to build successful teams. Highly effective and well established in administrative environments that are fast paced and challenging.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hobby Lobby, California 2013-2018

America’s Favorite Craft Store with Annual Sales over $500 Million.

Human Resources Manager

Helped with the growth of new stores as Hobby Lobby expanded its footprint in the California and Arizona Region. I supervised the recruitment, hiring, and training of new stores while overseeing the training and development of our new teams.

Helped develop and execute strategic plan for West Coast expansion and adjust company policies and procedures to follow California labor laws.

Managed investigations and resolved employee relations issues.

HRIS and ATS management as well as implementing electronic I-9 processing.

Trained store managers while developing assistant manager candidates and maintaining the lowest turnover rate in our region.

Worked with our home office to develop our new employee training assure compliance with California laws and regulations.

Complete management of payroll processing, scheduling, profit and loss reporting, shrink, safety, and inventory controls.

Handled benefit administration in both health insurance and 401K plans. ‘

Managed FMLA, CFRA, COBRA, and unemployment claims.

Taught training classes on sexual harassment, positive associate relations, and disciplinary procedures.

Represented company at unemployment hearings

Redesigned mass hire procedures for new stores which resulted in better interviewing procedures, faster processing, better new hires, and reduced turnover.

Staples, Oceanside, CA 1995 - 2013

#1 office supply superstore in volume and growth with sales of $1B and 44,000 associates worldwide. www.staples.com is the 2nd largest retail website only trailing Amazon.

General Manager

Managed a high-performance team of 40 Associates and Assistant Managers to achieve $10M in sales. Ranked in Top 3% of the company based on annual sales volume. Focused the team on building product knowledge of 6,000 skus in a 25,000 sq. ft. store (500,000 skus on website). Chosen to turnaround underperforming stores. In Oceanside (the negative district leader in service metrics) through training, mentoring and adherence to corporate policies, effectively managed operations to become a high comp store, reduced shrink by half, reduced employee turnover, and achieved high rates for promoting new Associates to Managers. Earlier positions in turnaround assignments with Mira Mesa and Solana Beach stores also improved store revenues and levels of customer service.

Considered Subject Matter Expert (SME) on P&L due to knowledge of expense management including payroll, shrink management, controllable expenses, and understanding how to grow incremental high margin sales.

Finished in the Top 10 three times on the retail scorecard measuring key performance indicators (KPIs): sales, profitability, associate development and turnover, customer satisfaction, and management of controllable expenses, employee satisfaction, and shrink.

Opened 5 new stores over 10 years, consistently achieving first year revenue goals at all stores. Managed the grand opening and ongoing management of the Carlsbad store which earned the #2 ranking in the entire company nationwide on the retail scorecard in 2011.

Achieved Top 5% ranking in the company for 7 years straight in 3 different locations, based on high marks on KPIs from the retail scorecard.

Led hiring activities including ads, canvassing, college recruiting, and job fairs.

Created staff schedule that met the needs of traffic patterns by scheduling tasks on the sales floor that could be done when customers were present to engage and achieve high conversion rates of 75% to 85%, over company average of 65%.

Reinvented the copy center business with the introduction of new technology and product offerings which led to increased sales.

Participated in community service activities to support the local community and charities.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

CRM: Salesforce

Scheduling/Payroll: Kronos

EDUCATION

California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA

B.A. Business Management, 1995

CERTIFICATION

Professional in Human Resources (PHR)from HR Certification Institute

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