Weber Distribution Boosts Its Transportation Team With Two New Employees
SANTA FE SPRINGS, California – Weber Distribution, a leading third party logistics and supply chain management provider for 85 years, announced today that it has hired John Laws as director, transportation and Don Buys as transportation sales executive, effective immediately.
Laws joins Weber as director, transportation responsible for overseeing five service centers, including Ontario, California; Stockton, California; Portland, Oregon; Phoenix, Arizona; and Los Angeles. He also manages the customer service center for Weber’s transportation division and works directly with their confectionary and pharmaceutical customers.
Prior to Weber, Laws worked for HFS North America as general manager based in Los Angeles, California where he was in charge of overseeing 250 employees and foodservice to Starbucks Coffee Company. He also held various positions for US Foodservice over a ten-year period, including transportation manager based in Corona, California with division sales in excess of $300 million per year; vice president of operations in Reno, Nevada; warehouse manager and transportation manager in La Mirada, California with sales over $450 million per year; and transportation manager in Santa Ana, California.
Buys comes to Weber with 24 years of experience working for ABF Freight System, Inc. His responsibilities at Weber include selling asset and non-asset based LTL and truckload services.
At ABF Freight System, Buys started in general sales and was promoted to various positions, including branch manager, district sales manager and executive director, national accounts. Buys was the recipient of ABF’s Presidents Club seven times, which is awarded to the company’s top 10% in sales.
“John and Don are a great addition to Weber’s transportation division. They are top notch supply chain professionals who will further strengthen our position as a leading provider of flexible transportation solutions,” said Mike Epeneter, Weber Distribution’s vice president, transportation.
About Weber Distribution
Based in Los Angeles, Weber Distribution has evolved into a nationwide provider of logistics solutions. Weber’s expertise includes non-asset freight management, asset-based LTL and TL services, including temperature-controlled, dedicated and shared warehousing, distribution, cross-docking/pool distribution, transloading, network optimization modeling and analysis, retail compliance, order fulfillment, material handling, supply chain management, real estate development, and personnel staffing.
Weber specializes in providing its clients with unique logistics solutions primarily to these vertical markets:
-Import
-Retail
-Food & Beverage
-Consumer Packaged Goods
-Chemical/Specialty Products
-Paper
Weber serves many well-known and respected companies such as Wal-Mart, Target, Safeway, General Mills, Hershey, Nestlé, Applica Consumer Products, California Innovations, Scholastic Books, and PPG Industries. As a result of its on-going innovation, experience and dedication, Weber has been the recipient of numerous industry awards, including:
-Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 3PLs
-Logistics Management’s Top 50 3PLs
-The Los Angeles Business Journal’s Top 100 Privately-Held Companies
-Food Logistics Magazine’s Top 50 3PLs
-Food Logistics Magazine’s FL100 listing of the top technology solution and service providers to the food industry.
-Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies’ 100 Great Supply Chain Partners
For more information about Weber Distribution and its services, please call 877-624-2700 or visit www.weberdistribution.com.
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