Do it Best adds leadership
Do it Best has appointed Dan Dietlin as the company’s director of continuous improvement, effective immediately.
“I’m excited to have Dan Dietlin as our new director of continuous improvement,” said Dent Johnson, executive vice president of operations at the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based member-owned cooperative.
As facilities operations manager at Do it Best, Dietlin applied his manufacturing industry experience to reduce costs and increase efficiency in warehouses, said the company.
Dietlin joined Do it Best in 2018 after serving in management roles at BF Goodrich.
“He has a significant background deploying and using continuous improvement tools to drive results. Dan has already begun working across the company to deploy our continuous improvement strategy,” said Johnson.
While the mindset of continuous improvement has been a big part of the company’s focus for many years, summed up by their mission statement of “Making the Best Even Better,” said the firm, it is increasing its commitment to driving efficiencies, quality, and service improvements through the launch of a formalized continuous improvement function within the business.
“As Do it Best has been pursuing an aggressive growth strategy, we’ve seen continued strong results with new member growth and overall sales,” said Johnson.
“To support this record-breaking trend, we’ve been making serious investments in technology, infrastructure, and talent. At the same time, we’ve always demonstrated our ability to be a low-cost distributor of products through our focus on operational efficiency and expense control,” said Johnson.
With all this growth and investment in technology, he said, we have an opportunity to rethink our processes and fully leverage our teams and their talent as we grow our members’ business.
“Each time we deploy new technical solutions,” said Johnson, “we must take the opportunity to simplify our business processes and drive greater profitability for our members in a highly competitive retail environment.”
