Hanesbrands Inc. is a leading marketer of everyday apparel essentials under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, JMS/Just My Size, barely there and Wonderbra. The company sells more than 2 billion T-shirts, socks, bras, panties, underwear, hosiery, fleece, casualwear and activewear products combined each year produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. Hanesbrands products are sold at the largest mass-merchandise, mid-tier, department-store and club-store retailers, as well as directly to consumers via catalogs, the Internet and more than 200 company-owned U.S. retail stores.
Key Facts
Net Sales (2009): $3.9 billion (No. 532 on Fortune 1,000)
Employees worldwide: approximately 45,000
Headquarters: Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.
Facilities and offices in more than 25 countries
Spun off as an independent company in September 2006
Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as “HBI”
Fiscal Year: Calendar (ends last Saturday in December)
Chief Executive Officer: Richard A. Noll
Corporate Web site: www.hanesbrands.com
Growth Strategies
Sell more – Build our largest, strongest brands in core categories through innovation in key items
Spend less – Leverage our size, scale and global reach to reduce cost, improve flexibility and provide superior service
Generate cash – Generate and invest cash to provide superior returns for equity and debt investors
Commercial Markets
Hanesbrands products are sold in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, and the United States. International brands include Hanes, Champion, Wonderbra, Playtex, Stedman, Rinbros, Sol y Oro, Zorba, Kendall, Tensor and Ritmo.
Production Operations
Hanesbrands primarily produces its own products through company-owned production facilities. The company has built a low-cost global supply chain that has fabric production and sewing operations primarily centered in three geographic clusters:
Asia – China, Thailand, Vietnam
Central America – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras
Caribbean Basin– Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Kewajiban
• Formulating, developing and implementing HR strategies, policies, systems and processes.
• Overseeing manpower planning, recruitment, compensation & benefits, onboarding, performance evaluations, training & development, counselling, employee conduct and disciplinary issues.
• Monitoring salary structure and benefits to ensure a balance between cost controls and attracting/retaining staff.
• Facilitating the employee performance management processes.
• Managing employee relations and staff welfare issues.
• Provides support to managers and supervisors investigates and assists with resolving employee issues as they arise.
• Prepares reports and recommends procedures to reduce absenteeism and turnover.
• Providing advice to all internal parties on labor law compliance and workman compensation law in alignment with company policies and regulations.
• Communicates and demonstrates the company culture and values and fosters positive employee relations.
• Responsible for leading the HR Team to include developing, guiding, monitoring, coaching and counseling. Develops teamwork and cross-functionality.
• Develop human resource development policy to enhance employee’s skills and knowledge.
• Execute and monitor the operations on HRD to meet objective and in line with budget approved.
• Supports carrier development initiatives and succession planning to all functions through technical and soft skill trainings for people development.
• Generate and analyze HR metrics to inform decision-making and improve HR practices.
• Prepare reports for senior management on HR activities and outcomes.
• Administration- Manage and monitor Canteen & cleanliness, Transportation & security guard management etc.