YANG Professional Series featuring Rick Smith
Registration for this event is exclusively for YANG members and mentors. To access your YANG account and successfully register, make sure to sign-in with your autocare.org login.
Not a member of YANG? Learn more about YANG and sign-up here.Join YANG for this professional series event featuring AutoZone Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Rick Smith.
Thursday, April 6th, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. ET
Join YANG for its next professional series event featuring AutoZone Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Rick Smith. The topic for this professional series conversation will focus on developing a workplace culture.
What attendees can expect in this session:
- Discover how AutoZone Senior Vice President Rick Smith’s career path led him to Human Resources
- Understand the impact culture makes on an organization
- Learn how to develop a culture within your organization
- And much more!
The YANG Professional Series is a virtual event bringing together YANG members to talk about key issues, hot topics, and opportunities in the automotive aftermarket. Each session features an industry leader sharing their perspective on an important issue of the day.
Cost: Free
Registration for this event is exclusively for YANG members and mentors. Not a member of YANG? Learn more here.
Hosted by:
Speaker:
Rick Smith, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, AutoZone
Rick joined AutoZone in 1985 as Part-time Sales AutoZoner. Throughout his career with AutoZone, Rick has worked on several cross-functional teams as a Vice President of Stores, Regional Manager, and District Manager to support the company’s strategies and tactics. Rick was promoted to Vice President, Stores in 1997 and played a key role in the acquisition and integration of Chief Auto Parts in 1998. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources in 2016.
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