Nickolas Harty

Experience

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  Lowe's Companies, Inc.

  Apr 2006 - Oct 2013

  Responsible for the training, coaching, and accountability of 200+ associates. Effectively controlled inventory shrinkage, internal and external loss, safety (including but not limited to PPE procedure, HazMat procedure and disposal, Federal and state regulatory guidelines, DOT logs, workman comp claims, general liability claims, and training of all associates on guidelines). Improved site accidents by 23% in first year, saving approximately $223,000 in P&L. Indiana ORC All Star recipient for ORC investigation and apprehension. Great investigation skills, time/day analysis, and root cause analysis. Cash logistics and over/short tracking for loss and investigation. Effectively prevented overall loses to business of approximately $553,000 over two year period. Led district in ROI metrics, first time done at this location. Show less Recruited, hired, trained, coached, and mentored 200+ employees in a fast paced fortune 50 retailer. Responsible for sales budgets in excess of 15 Million dollars per year. Scheduling of approximately 65 associates, both part time, full time, and seasonal. Recruited talent, and implemented training programs to develop future leaders inside the company framework. Full responsibility of inventory management, micro season planning, merchandising standards, pricing, scheduling, and customer service among others. Highly skilled at coaching of associates, communicating expectations, and accountability of said expectations. Great motivator, and excellent development of future leaders. Increased overall sales by 12% over previous year numbers, and 6% over general budget numbers. Hit 105% topline and 105% profit sales goals last two years in position. Show less

  • Safety, and Hazmat Manager

    Feb 2011 - Oct 2013

  • Assistant Store Manager

    Apr 2006 - Jan 2011
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  PepsiCo

  Jun 2014 - Jan 2019

  Responsible for the safety, productivity, and efficiency of upwards of 50 reports in one of the largest bottling facilities in the United States. Responsible and accountable for Process Improvement projects, process engineering, as well as line owner of the only Gallon Gatorade production line in the United States. This is including, but not limited to, the training, growth, scheduling, efficiency, and accountability of reports throughout one of the largest bottling facilities in the United States. Show less

  • SC Ops Sr. Resource - Process Improvement Engineer

    Mar 2016 - Jan 2019

  • Manufacturing Resource

    Jun 2014 - Mar 2016
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  Natural Immunogenics Corp.

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

  Responsible and Accountable for all Continuous Improvement Initiatives for the number one Hydrosol Manufacturer in the world Responsible and accountable for all bottling operations for the number one hydrosol manufacturer in the world.

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Bottling Operations Manager

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2020
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  PepsiCo

  Jun 2021 - Oct 2022

  Focused Improvement Leader
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  The Shepherd Color Company

  Oct 2022 - now

  Business Unit Leader/Product Line Leader