This Meet a Team Member Monday, we’d like to introduce Timothy Hou! Tim is a research and design engineer at The GIANT Company Support Office in Carlisle, Pa. He’s worked for the company since April 2020, starting as a GIANT Direct shopper in State College. Tim joined us after living in Australia for six years, working as an engineer to improve manufacturing in health care and banknote printing (literally printing money)! When asked about his favorite part of his job, Tim shared, “By far, my favorite part of my role is that no two days look the same. All the projects I work on impact various parts of the business, and I get to collaborate with colleagues across multiple departments.” So what does his job entail? In his words, “I enjoy getting the opportunity to apply my engineering experience and solve problems to further improve process efficacy and to simplify the work of others.” Tim enjoys and excels at innovating, problem solving, and collaborating. A recent example of this is the company-wide deployment of the Mobile Grocery Wing project, which improves merchandising and standardizes the look across the front end of our stores. His team also launched a project across 35 stores that improved the process on how fast-moving perishable products, including yogurt, are stocked by team members and shopped by customers. Working for a company that cares about the planet matters to Tim and is an important part of his work. He says, “I care deeply about healing our planet and doing everything possible to improve our environment. This can be seen in the projects I have led and advocated for such as installing air curtains at our store entrances and using antimicrobial deli bags, which reduced the use of deli plastic wrap by 98%.” He also cares about his community. His favorite volunteer event was in November 2023, when his team volunteered at the Central PA Food Bank. The team helped to organize and pack 1,500 Thanksgiving meals for families in need. Tim shares, “This was a deeply rewarding experience, and I am thankful that the company supports and encourages us to volunteer and help our communities.” Tim is famous by proximity. His corgi Mabel won the company’s Cutest Pet Award in 2022. (Look at her photo – it’s totally deserved!) 😍🐶 We’re happy to have Tim as part of the GIANT team and grateful for his efforts to think outside the box!
Brian O'Shea
2mo
Great job Tim!
Asset Protection Professional
2moFrom GD shopper to corporate engineer. Inspiring story!