Case Study: HD Supply achieves centralized, faster high-volume hiring with iCIMS

How an enterprise-sized distribution company built a talent acquisition platform that supports its company’s success

HD Supply is a North American industrial distributor with ~11,000 associates, 260+ locations and a large hourly workforce (65% hourly), making high-volume hiring—especially for warehouse and hard-to-fill truck driver roles—a persistent challenge. The company struggled with low applicant volume and quality, high turnover, and an unintuitive legacy ATS that fragmented workflows across multiple systems.

HD Supply implemented iCIMS UNIFi as a centralized talent-acquisition hub, integrating CareerBuilder Employment Screening, SkillSurvey, its HRIS and CRM tools, plus targeted sourcing and referral campaigns. The single-platform approach gave recruiters one login, automated background and reference checks, improved data security and a mobile-first candidate experience—delivering major time savings, stronger pipelines (1,000 referrals leading to 120 hires), thousands of screenings and reference checks annually, faster decision-making and higher hiring-manager satisfaction.

HD Supply

Brenton Jones

Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition