Reducing Hiring Costs & Improving Workforce Efficiency for an Automotive Facility
Quick Facts
- Industry: Automotive Parts Distribution
- Service Type: Temporary or Temp-to-hire Staffing
- Timeline: 1 month
- Geography: St. Cloud, Minnesota & Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD
- Specializations: Warehouse
Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) offers a wide range of customizable employment solutions to meet each company’s hiring needs, whether it’s helping with large-volume temporary staffing, payrolling your contingent workforce, or finding the right professional to complete your team. We work alongside human resources managers, leadership team members, and other hiring professionals within your organization to ensure an efficient and timely process.
This workforce success story highlights how Doherty successfully utilized our employment expertise to help provide a customized hiring solution for an automotive parts distributor in need of warehouse personnel at their facilities in St. Cloud, MN, and Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD.
Company Overview
This company is a leading automotive parts distributor operating multiple distribution centers across Minnesota and South Dakota. They were facing significant challenges in managing recruitment costs and maintaining hiring efficiency. To sustain operations, the company needed a consistent pipeline of reliable warehouse personnel. In response to these challenges, Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) partnered with the warehouse management team to reduce labor expenses, enhance workforce reliability, and streamline the hiring process.
Hiring Challenges
Prior to working with Doherty, this company relied on a different staffing provider to maintain around 20 contract workers. Despite this long-term partnership, cost concerns and inconsistent candidate quality led leadership to consider hiring an in-house recruiter. However, the associated payroll costs and the uncertainty of filling open positions made this option less appealing. Additionally, the company operated distribution centers in multiple locations, including St. Cloud, MN, as well as Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD. This required a staffing partner capable of recruiting in various markets, including those without a local office presence.
Workforce Solutions
Doherty presented a customized solution designed to eliminate the need for an in-house recruiter while reducing labor costs. Leveraging Doherty’s expert recruiting team and advanced digital hiring tools, including the Doherty Jobs mobile app, the company gained access to a streamlined hiring and onboarding process. Doherty’s strategy included creating assessment tools to better qualify candidates, on-site employee check-ins, and coaching to enhance worker quality and retention. With proven expertise in recruiting for remote and multi-state locations, Doherty reassured the company of successful outcomes even without a local office. This flexible approach allowed the client to seamlessly transition new hiring needs from their previous staffing provider to Doherty without disruption.
Key Results
Doherty’s competitive bill rate resulted in a 6.8% cost savings per warehouse employee compared to the internal employment cost. In addition to cost savings, Doherty enhanced retention and workforce reliability by implementing candidate assessment tools and structured employee check-ins.
Doherty’s success in staffing remote locations without local offices demonstrated robust recruitment capabilities, resulting in a smooth, non-disruptive transition from a previous staffing provider. By partnering with Doherty, this leading automotive parts distributor optimized workforce management, reduced costs, and positioned itself for sustained operational efficiency across its facilities.
Summary
As illustrated in this workforce success story, Doherty is familiar with the challenges of building a robust warehouse workforce across multiple facility locations and knows how to apply our 40+ years of employment expertise to craft a custom workforce solution that can work for your business.
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