Nick Denstaedt, LSSBB

Experience

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  Staples

  Jul 2004 - Nov 2023

  Provided project management and analytics support for the Staples North American Supply Chain team, consisting of 6K+ employees in our fulfillment centers, delivery, and furniture operations.• Warehouse Worker Experience: Developed and lead a multipronged, data driven strategy to improve warehouse worker experience in a record tight labor market, reducing warehouse employee turnover by 39% and increasing engagement by 20%• Delivery Driver Experience: Led driver experience project with workstreams across talent lifecycle–selection, onboarding, careers, performance input, recognition–cutting delivery driver turnover in half.• Research Partnership: Developed an academic partnership with a top engineering university and leading experts in workplace wellbeing and systems dynamics, to employ research-based best practices to improve the workplace through associate committees.• Compensation: Utilized a variety of internal and external data (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) to guide targeted investments in wages, reducing turnover by 16 percentage points in a low unemployment environment with growing e-commerce competition for warehouse workers.• HR Coach: Equipped HR Business Partner team with business metric knowledge, analytical and project management tools to help identify opportunities and streamline processes.• Frontline Digital Experience: Led projects in partnership with Staples Digital Solutions and HR Information Systems to enhance frontline employee digital experience, with the most efficient, integrated use of technologies and devices. Show less Completed formal Lean Six Sigma training and certification, leading process improvement projects delivering $1M+ in financial savings.• Staffing Strategy: Developed a staffing toolkit which nudged leaders to 1) project long term staffing needs, 2) anticipate turnover and recruiting lead time and 3) find schedules that match employee preferences with business needs.• Workforce Planning: Partnered with the newly created workforce planning team, developed turnover and staffing reporting for the supply chain team based on end user feedback. Show less

  • Sr HR Project Manager

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2023

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

    Feb 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Regional Operations Analyst

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

  • Inventory Control Manager

    Feb 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Quality Control Supervisor

    Jul 2004 - Jan 2006
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  Southern Company

  Aug 2024 - now

  Talent Management Manager