HEB Interview Paper

When I received this assignment it took a little thought to decide who I wanted to profile in my paper. Since how I work for HEB, I have many people in the HR field that I could have interviewed. After considering all my options I decided to go all the way to the top of HEB’s HR in Central Texas. The reason I wanted to interview the Central Texas Director of Human Resource for H-E-B is so others will know how much pride HEB takes in their Human Resource department and the type of person it takes to be the Director of Human Resources at HEB. In order for one to be considered for this position one would have to have exquisite people skills and a heart and spirit for helping. This is why I chose Mr. Vic Nivens, the Director of Human Resources
He started as a bagger in 1992 where he was promoted very quickly. In 1993 Vic took part in helping HEB roll out the first store administrative role. From there he became a grocery manager for 6 months and a year and a half later he applied for HEB’s SORL (School of Retail Leadership). Upon graduating from this program, he became an Assistant
Store Director and soon became a Unit Director. Vic was offered a job as the Director of Customer Service; which he held for 2 years. HEB soon realized they had a better position for a man with such passion for people. This is where he received the title of Director of Human Resources. Vic now oversees 73 stores and over 17,000 Partners. He has 9 Partners that are on his team and they take care of the Central Texas
Sometimes the situations may be more serious and might take some investigative work in order to come to the best decision for that particular situation. Vic did assure me that every Partner is always taken care of and no one is ever left