Richard van Patten

About Richard van Patten

Seasoned Senior Leader who is highly experienced in Workforce Management in all verticals…

Experience

1. Director

   The Stores Consulting Group, Llc

   Mar 2015 — Present · Wilmington, OH, US

   Retail Consulting.Rich is a Director with the Stores Consulting Group. He has over 20 years of large consulting firm experience and 23 years of industry experience working with a large regional grocer in the northeast where he was primarily focused on Store Process improvements and Workforce Management. Rich was the Director of Operational Engineering, responsible for all aspects of Workforce Management in a large grocer prior to his most recent experiences in the consulting workforce working with many of the largest retailers in the world to solve their most unproductive issues. Rich had spent the previous 8.5 years with Accenture leading their Global Workforce Management offering, delivering complex WFM implementations. Rich graduated from the New School for Social Research with a BS in Human Resource Management. Rich retired from the USAir Force as a Lt. Col. with over 28 years of service flying in LC-130H aircraft in the polar regions of the world as the Chief Navigator.

Skills

• Program Management
• Process Scheduler
• Forecasting
• Parenting
• Budgets
• Scheduling
• Navigators
• Budget Development
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Retail
• Antarctic Explorer
• Pos
• Management Consulting
• Bakery
• Business Transformation
• Field Operations
• Staff Planning
• Workforce Management
• Executive Management
• Labor Management
• Navigation
• Budget Oversight
• Training
• Operations Management
• Executive Development
• Strategy
• Mobile Payments
• Business Travel
• Store Management
• Landscaping
• Labor Standards
• Employment Law
• Plannning
• IT Management
• Navigator
• Performance Improvement
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Labor Control