Paula Nepote

Vice President, Corporate Human Resources @ Associated Wholesale Grocers

About

HR Director, Retail Operations HR and Learning/Development at Payless ShoeSource

Country

United States

City

Topeka

Industry

Wholesale

Skill

Workforce Planning, Deferred Compensation, Human Resources, Succession Planning, Talent Management, HR Policies, PeopleSoft, Leadership, Budgets, Personnel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Compensation & Benefit, Performance Management, Organizational Design, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Sourcing

Experience

Vice President, Corporate Human Resources

Associated Wholesale Grocers

2021-1 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

Kansas City, KS

Executive Director Human Resources

Associated Wholesale Grocers

2019-1 - 2021-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Kansas City, Kansas

Sr. Director, Global HR

Payless ShoeSource

2017-11 - 2019-1 · 1 yr 3 mos

Provide overall strategic human resources leadership to Senior Leadership and their teams. Client groups include International/Domestic Retail Operations, Buying, Merchandise Distribution and Planning, Marketing, Finance, Product Development/Sourcing, e-Commerce, Real Estate, IT, Logistics, HR, and Law. Lead a global team of 28 HR professionals supporting our Domestic and International operations. Locations include Topeka and Dallas corporate offices, Western Distribution Center (Brookville, Ohio), New York City Design office, Asia Product Development offices (Shenzhen and Taipei), Latin America/Caribbean support offices (San Jose, Costa Rica and Bogota, Colombia).

Sr. HR Director, Global Retail Operations and Learning/Development

Payless

2014-9 - 2017-11 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Provided strategic talent and organizational consultation to International (Central and South America, Caribbean, and Canada) and Domestic (US) Retail Operations senior leaders. Drove the Payless Retail Operations learning strategy (Domestic and International). Implement and provide on-going development support of key business initiatives (e.g. 4 Disciplines of Execution, Customer Journey, omni-channel implementation, and new store technology roll-out).

Director, Compensation and HRIS

Payless

2009-2 - 2014-9 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Managed design, delivery, and communication of Compensation plans for Payless ShoeSource, PLG (Sperry Topsider, StrideRite Kids, Keds, and Saucony) and Collective Licensing. Includes base and variable pay reviews, long term incentive plans, and supplemental executive retirement plan.