William Littig

Department Manager - Talent @REI

Northbrook, IL, US

Recruit talented, diverse qualified candidates andhiring.Oversee and manage on-boarding processes,progress reviews and programs to successfullyintegrate new, transferred and promoted employees.Developed strategic improvements across REI\'semployee onboarding, training and developmentprograms to ensure all of full-time and part-timeemployees receive 1-1 coaching and resources toguarantee successful career development.Established first of its kind Chicago market REIcross-store REDI (Racial, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)initiatives to build stronger community andimprovement across equity, diversity and inclusionhiring practices.Curated Chicago area partnership with non-for-profitsupporting individuals living with disabilities, adaptingcompany workforce improvements across positionresponsibilities and duties increasing hiring ofindividuals from programs like this by 25%.Mentor and lead bi-monthly collaboration meetings forREI midwest culture community with teams to developincreased equity awareness initiatives furthering ourREDI goals to be a fully inclusive, anti-racist,multicultural organization.Launched 3 brand new community culture groups toincrease employee engagement and culturalunderstanding.Advocated for two major company policy changes thatpositively impacted employee incentives for over employees across entire fleet.Created monthly team building events and weeklyincentive programs which increased employee moraleand engagement.Supervise and coach employees on strategies tooptimize performance and promote high-achievingemployees to fill leadership positions.Perform Quarterly and Annual performance reviews for60+ REI employees by developing individual feedbackthrough one on one coaching.Navigate team member performance issues by workingwith employees individually to build strategicopportunities to increase daily output and overallwell-being.Maintain consistent employee success and retention ofover 80%.

Harper College

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies