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ALEXANDER D. GIUSTIZIA

Delaware City

Summary

Accomplished Market People Partner with Walmart, recognized for reducing salaried turnover, and enhancing associate engagement. Proven expertise in strategic planning and talent development, with a successful track record of managing workforce initiatives across multiple locations. Committed to community engagement, fostering leadership growth, driving significant operational improvements, and earning recognition as Market People Partner of the Year for Region 75.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Market People Partner

Walmart Stores,INC
Ellicott City
03.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for the workforce and succession planning strategies of seven locations in a complex environment, with $57.1 million in annual sales. He is succession planning, including 70 salaried managers and over 23,000 associates.
  • Implemented strategic leadership onboarding practices in conjunction with company tools and resources to reduce salaried turnover from 19.94% down to 14.88%.
  • Improved leadership gaps from a 2% average to consistently maintain around a 1.3% gap.
  • Increases AES by 6%, ending at 69%, with a 71% participation rate.
  • Awarded Market People Partner of the Year for Region 75, FYE 24.
  • Participates in and coordinates several community events in the Greater Baltimore area focused on inner-city youth.

Divisional Academy Manager -Super Academy Lead

Walmart
Elkton
03.2017 - 03.2022
  • Recruited new faculty, evaluated their performance, and managed their workloads.
  • Launched one of six Divisional Training sites across the chain.
  • Enhanced team's understanding of company standards, leading to store's recognition as a regional training center.
  • Oversaw a multi-unit training site with direct support to 26 stores, and indirect support to all Walmart stores in the Northeast and Central USA.
  • Assisted Academy operations team in creating new training curriculum.
  • Directed project teams dedicated to cultivating high-impact training professionals.

Developmental Store Manager

Walmart
Dover
09.2017 - 03.2018
  • Oversaw the management of 300 employees along with nine upper-level managers.
  • Supported retail stores with sales volumes of 75 million dollars to 110 million dollars in annual sales.
  • Supported stores across the market are implementing adherence to store processes and procedures (OBW).
  • Led market-wide instruction on aligning with current company processes.
  • Implemented strategies that elevated underperforming stores to align with company standards. Specifically, in the following stores: #1860, #5436, #5450 and #1968

Facility Manager

Sam's Club #6558
Exton
11.2014 - 09.2017
  • Responsible for doubling the building's operating income.
  • Positively impacts associate engagement, driving the engagement score up over 20 points.
  • Reversed the negative trend of membership decrease, increasing overall enrollment to include new members.
  • Reversed the negative trend of sales decrease, becoming the third-highest comp increase in the region.
  • Promoted two (2) supervisors to assistant managers.

Facility Manager

Sam's Club #6567
Easton
11.2013 - 11.2014
  • Created and developed unique processes to manage and merchandise inventory consistent with company and brand standards
  • Trained and developed two (2) MITs and promoted one assistant manager to merch ops manager
  • Worked within the community to build various fundraisers for local and national charities

Facility Co-Manager

Sam's Club #6676
Willow Grove
08.2012 - 11.2013
  • Developed people strategies to retrain/recruit diverse new talent
  • Holistically increased brand standard awareness, building out processes to continuously make improvements and streamline operations
  • Increased YOY sales exponentially

Facility Co-Manager

Walmart #1860
Elkton
10.2009 - 08.2012
  • Trained employees around new inventory processes and controls
  • Recognized at a regional level for reduction of inventory on-hand and training efforts
  • Built out long-term processes to increase in-stock and maximize associate productivity
  • Developed talent, promoting two subordinates to assistant managers and one subordinate to co-manager

Facility Co-Manager

Walmart #5047
Audubon
02.2005 - 10.2009
  • Focused on reducing inefficiencies while simultaneously increasing brand standards
  • Reduced inventory loss by over 50% ($500,000)
  • Served as a first responder for the labor team
  • Held classes on a monthly basis to develop hourly talent

Education

Diploma - Carpentry Mill And Cabinetry Apprentice

Sussex Vocation Technical High School
Georgetown, DE
01.1999

Some College (No Degree) -

Wesley College
Dover, DE

Skills

  • Budget management and expense control
  • Effective Conflict Resolution
  • Community Engagement
  • Project and Program Management
  • Analytical Process Reporting
  • Recruiting and Developing Talent
  • Training and presenting
  • Strategic Planning, Operations Management
  • Profit and Loss Management
  • Workforce planning
  • Leadership development
  • Data analysis
  • Talent recruitment
  • Succession planning
  • Employee onboarding

Technical Skills And Expertise

Budget Management, Expense Control, Conflict Resolution, Community Engagement, Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC) (Current),  Project and Program Management, Process and Reporting, Recruiting and Developing Talent, Training and Presenting, Strategic Planning, Operations Management, Customer Support and Service, Profit and Loss Management, Spanish (Basic professional level proficiency)

Affiliations

  • Travel Enthusiast-City Explorer
  • Skilled Carpenter, train friends and family for fun.
  • Gardener

Languages

Spanish
Limited

Accomplishments

  • Market People Partner of the year for region 75 FYE24.
  • Best in class training completion US Academy

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Market People Partner

Walmart Stores,INC
03.2022 - Current

Developmental Store Manager

Walmart
09.2017 - 03.2018

Divisional Academy Manager -Super Academy Lead

Walmart
03.2017 - 03.2022

Facility Manager

Sam's Club #6558
11.2014 - 09.2017

Facility Manager

Sam's Club #6567
11.2013 - 11.2014

Facility Co-Manager

Sam's Club #6676
08.2012 - 11.2013

Facility Co-Manager

Walmart #1860
10.2009 - 08.2012

Facility Co-Manager

Walmart #5047
02.2005 - 10.2009

Diploma - Carpentry Mill And Cabinetry Apprentice

Sussex Vocation Technical High School

Some College (No Degree) -

Wesley College

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