Joeanthony Cote

About Joeanthony Cote

I am a senior Human Resources executive with a strong record of leading people strategy, operational transformation, and organizational integrity across large, multi-state, high-volume environments. My experience spans HR leadership over geographically dispersed regions, enterprise-level employee and labor relations strategy, compliance governance, HR shared services, and developing high-performing HR teams that elevate culture and business results.Throughout my career, I have partnered with senior operational leaders to translate business demands into clear, disciplined, and scalable HR strategies. I bring a balanced approach that blends decisive, risk-aware leadership with a long-term commitment to building capability, strengthening culture, and creating environments where leaders and associates can thrive. I am consistently recognized for my ability to navigate complexity, guide organizations through change, and influence senior stakeholders with sound judgment, credibility, and operational fluency.My background includes extensive experience in multi-unit HR leadership, employee and labor relations, including avoidance, NLRB response, and collective bargaining, compliance and governance, workforce planning, succession strategy, leadership development, HR investigations, and analytics-driven organizational insights. I also have deep expertise supporting omni-channel retail models and evolving workforce needs through periods of high growth and operational transformation.

Experience

1. Director, Human Resources

   The Home Depot

   Aug 2024 — Present · TX, US

   In this role, I provide strategic HR leadership for a multi-state region. I partner closely with the Regional Vice President and District Managers to align HR strategy with operational goals, workforce performance, and business outcomes. I lead and develop a team of District HR Managers, strengthening capability, consistency, and succession pipelines across a high-volume network. I translate business priorities into region-specific HR strategies that support talent planning, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and associate engagement. I also oversee the execution of enterprise HR programs across staffing, performance management, learning, compliance, labor strategy, and associate engagement. My work emphasizes data-informed decision making to improve engagement, retention, and workforce planning outcomes.

Education

• Sam Houston State University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General