Woodard Names 2017 Top Sales Award Winners
Furniture World News Desk on
8/14/2017
Woodard's Top Salesman Awarded to Jason and Jay Vander Horst team.
Woodard reported that it has saluted its top Salesman of the Year and Sales Achievement Award recipients for 2017 at the company’s recent Sales Recognition Dinner held in Chicago.
The Woodard 2017 Salesman of the Year award was presented to the father-son team of Jay and Jason Vander Horst. Jay has been with Woodard for 12 years and his son, Jason, officially joined Jay in January. This is Jay’s third time being recognized with the Salesman of the Year award. The Vander Horsts provide sales, superior dealer support and service to retailers, specialty stores and designers throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. When asked which was their top selling collection that added to this success they quickly said it was Cortland.
Don Heisley received the Sales Achievement Award for 2017 for his outstanding sales volume and accomplishment of his sales goals. Heisley, who has represented Woodard for 32 years, covers Georgia, South Carolina and North Florida. This is his second time being recognized for significantly increasing the company’s business in this important outdoor territory. Heisley has seen significant growth in the casual aluminum market in his territory over the last year.
“We are very fortunate to have many top sales reps, men and women who are dedicated brand ambassadors for Woodard. Selecting a single recipient for each of these awards was difficult, many had numbers that were very close,” stated Belinda Lavender, Woodard’s vice president of sales and marketing. “We congratulate Jay, Jason and Don for their outstanding efforts in not only sharing and supporting Woodard with their customers throughout their territories but for also setting a wonderful example for all of our other sales reps to follow.”
Woodard’s furniture is available in more than 30 finishes and over 1100 fabrics designed to fit any style or setting. The company also offers a wide variety of fire tables, umbrellas, outdoor pillows, and other accessory pieces that are sure to enhance any outdoor living space. Their products are regularly selected for inclusion in national and regional show homes as well as in the pages of top consumer and design-centric print and digital publications. They are a key resource for many of the country’s top interior design professionals and they provide fashionable furnishings to a wide range of major and boutique furniture retailers, outdoor specialty stores, and to the hospitality and commercial markets.
More about Woodard: For over 150 years, Woodard craftsmen have designed and created products using both age-old hand forming techniques and the latest in high-tech production methods. Woodard’s iron is proudly made in America. They also manufacture aluminum and all season wicker furniture and accessories, providing a wide array of casual outdoor styles. Headquartered in Coppell, Texas, Woodard has manufacturing and shipping facilities in Michigan and Texas, and to-the-trade showrooms in Chicago, Illinois and High Point, North Carolina. Woodard is a subsidiary of Litex Industries located in Grand Prairie, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.woodard-furniture.com.