Brenda Finzer first started with Houston’s in July 2015, in the Admin Department. After moving into Purchasing in mid 2016, Brenda seems to have found her niche as a Buyer overseeing inventory control. She works to keep product in stock while balancing inventory between the Wilsonville and Kansas City warehouses. Despite Houston’s Buyers not having…
And then there were seven! Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our Outside Sales Team, Regional Manager, Scott Miller. Scott comes to us from Libbey and will be taking over the South region – Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. Nineteen of his twenty-one years of foodservice industry experience has been based…
The workday often passes more quickly when you have a coworker who is full of fascinating stories or interesting facts. With an interest in conspiracy theories and six years of service as a Lance Corporal E3 in the Marines, Mike Kohlmeyer, “always has interesting stories to tell,” says Brenda Willet, his supervisor. Mike learns about…
If you’ve ever had a chance to walk our warehouses, you know you’ll see employees pulling orders and storing excess inventory, among other things. Whenever you come across forklift number twenty-one, Izzy Ortiz is sure to greet you with a smile and a, “Hey, how;s it going?” Izzy works in our Wilsonville warehouse as a…
Please join us in congratulating Jose Vasquez, Portland Employee of the Month for May! Jose works as an Order Picker in the warehouse and has been a part of the Houston’s team since August 2013. What he likes most about Houston’s is working with such great people and having a nice place to come to…
This month we would like to introduce Angie Buffetta, Cash and Carry Supervisor in our Portland Warehouse! Angie started at Houston’s in August of 2002 as the weekend shift Warehouse Supervisor, and continued in the position for eleven years. Angie now works days, and has been the Cash and Carry Supervisor for the past four…
Congratulations to Say Htun our Kansas City Warehouse Employee of the Month for May! Say first started at Houston’s as a temp and became an official member of the team as of May 2017. His role with Houston’s is an Order Picker primarily but he also works in the Receiving Department, where he processes and…
This month on “Getting to Know You…” I’d like to introduce Houston’s Inside Sales Manager- Brandy Schrantz! March, 2010 – Brandy got her start at Houston’s in Accounts Payable and from there moving to Purchasing before taking her accumulated skills and putting them to great use in our Customer Service department. She then used those…
We would like to congratulate Marsha Batiste, our Kansas City Employee of the Month for April! Marsha works as a shipping associate in the Kansas City Warehouse. She is part of the FedEx team and she also coordinates all freight and will call orders that are processed in KC. Additionally she assists in Receiving…
Please join us in congratulating Eduardo Reyes, Portland Warehouse Employee of the Month for April! Eduardo has been a part of the team in our Portland Receiving Department since 2006. Eduardo likes that there is always something different to do working in Receiving. Whether it’s receiving product in from our vendors, going through the warehouse…