{"id":1187,"date":"2022-05-12T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2022-05-12T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:53:32","slug":"company-news-growth-at-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/?p=1187","title":{"rendered":"Company News: Growth At Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a busy March and April with the addition of new team members and promotion of current colleagues. We are thrilled to share some of our recent good news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Weaver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily-journal.com\/business\/briefcase-april-27-2022\/article_a46a47ba-c4be-11ec-8ea5-937bd1187103.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mark-Weaver-2.5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Gordon Electric Supply is excited to announce the addition of <strong>Mark Weaver<\/strong> as Inside Sales Representative at our Kankakee location. Mark brings twenty-six years of experience in electrical sales and management to the Gordon team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to building a relationship with Mark,\u201d said Nelson Gowler, Operations Manager, \u201cWith his knowledge and experience, he will make a great addition to our company.\u201d His prior experiences and industry knowledge are a key asset to the inside sales team, who work directly with customers, fulfilling orders and forming relationships with daily customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read The Daily Journal&#8217;s Business Briefcase feature on Mark Weaver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily-journal.com\/business\/briefcase-april-27-2022\/article_a46a47ba-c4be-11ec-8ea5-937bd1187103.html\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christian Ellis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1204\" src=\"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Christian-Ellis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Christian Ellis<\/strong> has been promoted to the Customer Service Representative position at Gordon Electric Supply. Previously, Christian worked as a warehouse associate at the Kankakee branch where he helped ship and receive orders.<\/p>\n<p>His familiarity and experience with inventory and the purchasing process will be a benefit to the customers and the customer service team. \u201cChristian is customer focused and solution driven, making him a great fit to our team,\u201d Cat Buckley, Supervisor of eCommerce Customer Service, said, \u201cWe are very fortunate to have Christian\u2019s background in warehouse and customer service experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read The Daily Journal&#8217;s Business Briefcase feature on Christian Ellis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily-journal.com\/business\/briefcase-may-11-2022\/article_501ab3e8-cfdb-11ec-985d-57ce4c41eb35.html\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warehouse Additions: Javier Garduno &amp; Lucas Glazik<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two newest team members of the warehouse team at our Kankakee branch are \u201csure to be part of the strong foundation of Gordon Electric Supply,\u201d said Dave Brza, Warehouse Manager. <strong>Javier Garduno<\/strong> joined the Gordon team in late March while <strong>Lucas Glazik<\/strong> joined shortly after in early April. Both men bring previous forklift experience in warehouse settings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJavier has a willingness to get involved and get the job done while Lucas is eager to take on new challenges,\u201d said Dave Brza, adding that their \u201cteamwork first mentality is refreshing to our warehouse staff, and we feel ready for the challenges coming our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucas comes to Gordon with an associate\u2019s degree in chemistry from Kankakee Community College while Javier has previously worked in inventory management.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing the Gordon team grow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a busy March and April with the addition of new team members and promotion of current colleagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[298,422,11,493,548,490,549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}