Coatings Manufacturer Boosts Operational Efficiency with Customized Staffing Services
Quick Facts
- Industry:Â Coatings
- Service Type:Â Temporary or Temp-to-hire Staffing & Direct Hire Professionals
- Timeline:Â 12-months
- Geography:Â Minnesota
- Specializations: Batch Mixers, Packagers & Labelers
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 utilized our employment expertise to help provide a coatings manufacturing company with customized workforce solutions for their Minnesota manufacturing facility.
Company Overview
This mid-sized coatings manufacturer, based in Osseo, Minnesota, produces top-tier paints, lacquers, and coatings. With a dedicated team of 60 skilled manufacturing workers, the company is committed to quality and operational efficiency. To support this mission, Doherty Staffing Solutions collaborated closely with the company’s Human Resources and Plant Managers, implementing a specialized mix of direct-hire and contingent staffing solutions tailored precisely to their needs.
Hiring Challenges
Before partnering with Doherty, this company faced persistent workforce challenges: high turnover, unpredictable candidate quality, and manufacturing staffing providers who didn’t truly prioritize their needs. Despite working with multiple national agencies, finding the right talent, particularly for skilled Batch Mixers and entry-level Packagers and Labelers, was a struggle. With these critical manufacturing roles unfilled, operational efficiency was at risk, and the need for a consistent, reliable workforce required an urgent hiring solution.
Workforce Solutions
Doherty stepped in with a clear vision and a strategic approach, starting by presenting a high-caliber candidate for a direct-hire Batch Mixer role. This initial step underscored Doherty’s deep understanding of the coatings company’s unique needs and quickly built trust, leading the company to select Doherty as its sole manufacturing staffing partner. With a local Minnesota staffing office nearby, Doherty provided hands-on support and streamlined hiring processes, creating a fast, efficient talent pipeline that met the company’s diverse workforce needs.
One standout feature of Doherty’s contingent workforce solution was a customized, 30-day temp-to-hire program, which was significantly shorter and more flexible than the 4-month conversion periods offered by previous staffing providers. This innovative workforce solution not only reduced onboarding times but also provided employees with quicker access to benefits and stability, transforming the company’s ability to attract and retain quality manufacturing talent.
Key Results
The results have been transformative. Within a year, Doherty successfully placed 14 high-quality employees in a mix of direct-hire and temp-to-hire roles, filling 23% of the company’s manufacturing workforce and supporting sustainable growth. This tailored partnership brought stability, consistency, and a marked improvement in talent quality, positioning the company for continued success. Doherty’s hands-on approach and adaptive workforce solutions have made them an invaluable partner in driving operational efficiency.
“We were impressed from day one by Doherty’s hands-on approach. Their local office here in Minnesota made it easy to work together and ensure a smooth hiring process. This partnership has been a real asset to our team.” -Plant Manager
Summary
As illustrated in this workforce success story, Doherty is familiar with the challenges of hiring skilled, high-quality talent and knows how to apply our 40+ years of employment expertise to craft a custom workforce solution that can work for your business.Â
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