Central Region Driver of the Month for February - Walt Schleif

Congratulations to Walt Schleif for being chosen as Driver of the Month for the Central Region for February!  Walt is a driver on our Family Dollar Account in Ashley, IN.  Walt was selected from over 1,000 drivers in the Central Region.  Great job Walt!

 

 

Below is the write-up from our team in Ashley:

 

You want to hear a great story? Let me tell you about Walt Schleif. He has been with us at the Family Dollar – Ashley account for over 3 years. In that time, Walt has completed approximately 1500 store deliveries, totaling 1.125 million cases unloaded – by hand. What’s even better? He has never had an injury. Additionally, he has gone over 14 months collision free. That’s equal to about 60,000 miles of safe driving in some of the most difficult cities in the country.

 

While safety is the ultimate priority, it’s important to note that Walt provides exceptional customer service (no service failures in 3 years!) and is just a pleasant guy to be around. We always seem to have good conversations with Walt, and he provides great feedback on store deliveries and processes. It was an easy choice to pick Walt for driver of the month and we look forward to his continued success.

 



Happy Anniversary Kyle George!

 

Congratulations to Kyle George on reaching his 3 year anniversary with J.B. Hunt.  Kyle has spent his time with JB Hunt at the Family Dollar Account in Ashley, IN.  Through hard work and dedication, he has worked his way up from a Dedicated Management Trainee to his current role of Account Manager.  With Kyle’s leadership at multiple levels the account won the 2015 Risk Management Account of the Year honor, and most recently he won the 2016 Account Manager of the Year.  Before coming to us, Kyle served in the Air Force as a firefighter for 6 years.  Happy Anniversary Kyle! 

Macy's Driver Orientation

 

This week we kicked off our driver orientation at our Macy's Account in North Jackson, OH.  Here we will be orientating 9 incumbent drivers from Macy's prior carrier Eletto.  Incumbent drivers have been critical to our success at startups in the past.  Anytime you can hire a professional driver who has been servicing that customer already makes the transition that much smoother.  We welcome all of our new drivers as they begin their career with JB Hunt!

Promotion Announcement - Troy Smith

Please join us in congratulating Troy Smith to the promotion of Account Manager for L-Brands!

Troy joined the J.B. Hunt team in 2013 as a DMIT at the L-Brands account in Columbus, OH. He was then promoted to Operations Supervisor for The Home Depot Account in Van Buren, OH in February of 2014. Troy was then promoted to Logistics Coordinator in February 2015.

Troy grew up in the Central Ohio area where he excelled as a pitcher leading his team to the Division II State Baseball Championship in 1997. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 2006 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree, majoring in Business Management. Troy is also a history and sports enthusiast.

Congratulations Troy on the well deserved promotion!

New Business - Goodyear

This past week the Central Region was awarded new business with Goodyear!  Goodyear is rated as the number one tire brand in North America.  The site will be located in Lockbourne, OH, which is just south of Columbus.  Here, JB Hunt will employ 15 full-time professional drivers.  This includes a mix of both local and regional drivers that will be delivering Goodyear Tires throughout the Midwest!  In addition, the site will have an Account Manager and an Operations Supervisor.  This will be JB Hunt's third site with Goodyear, with the other two located in Victorville CA and Terrell TX.  Startup is scheduled for late June or early July.  Be on the lookout for more information over the next few weeks!

Toyota Louisville Opens New Yard!

With inventory continuing to grow over the next two months the Toyota team found themselves in a position in which space to hold frames was at a premium. Since the first of the year John Johnson has been scouring the Louisville area for space to fit all of our needs! As it turns out he didn’t have to go too far.

 

Last Friday the Toyota Louisville fleet delivered the first frames to the new storage yard. This yard is in a great location, less than two miles from the terminal! The Toyota-Louisville fleet will shuttle frames up from Laredo, TX for the next two months to build up a stock for Toyota. In total this new space can hold up to 3,000 frames! We are excited to continue the growth of the Toyota fleets and this is simply the latest step!



Harper Hotline Watch Party

 

Our Driver Experience Team does a quarterly conference call led by Craig Harper.  Last night, led by Anthony Hale, our team down at The Home Depot in Monroe, OH had the great idea to have a watch party.  The team was able to get 12 drivers to participate in the viewing of the online presentation.  The team brought in food and a great time was had by all.  Fantastic idea Anthony and Team Home Depot!