Jim Collins

Jim Collins joined the staff of Schaffer Associates in 2005 after spending more than 30 years in the home improvement / building materials industry in both the retail and wholesale sectors. Jim brings a wealth of hiring experience to Schaffer Associates having been the hiring manager at almost every level during his career, from his days as a store manager to officer level positions.

Jim has worked with a number of the leading retail building material and hardware companies in store and multi-store leadership, in purchasing, and in merchandising and advertising management. He has been the senior purchasing executive for a major lumber chain, a category manager for a big box start-up, and was part of the ownership team of one of the most successful regional home center chains in the Southeast. In the wholesale distribution sector, Jim was Vice President Merchandising with one of the premier marketing groups representing independent wholesale hardware distributors throughout the United States. During his tenure with each of these companies Jim held direct personnel responsibility for hiring, training and development at all levels of the organization, so he truly understands from first hand experience the issues related to finding and retaining the right people.

Since joining Schaffer Associates, Jim has been involved with a broad range of companies, recruiting for a variety of middle to senior management roles ranging from engineering to purchasing management, from store design to sales management, and with most areas in between.  Jim is excited about the opportunities that exist in the marketplace today and is confident that his background will serve his clients well in working to meet their human resource needs.