Employee Spotlight: Meet Rod!
At Vander Haag's, we know to be able to provide our customers with the best quality products and services, we need to have a team of talented individuals dedicated to similar goals. Each month, we will be featuring one of our employees on our website and social media. We challenge you to get to know our team, not just the products we sell. The knoweledge, experience, and hardwork these individuals bring to Vander Haag's does not go unnoticed.
Meet Rod
Rod Sheldon has recently celebrated his 40th anniversary with Vander Haag’s, Inc.! Rod began his career with VHI on September 28, 1979, in the Body Shop department. Today, Rod serves as the Whole Unit Sales Leader for our location in Spencer, IA.
Over the years, Rod has seen a lot of changes to the business and enjoys the variety of different jobs that he’s held over the years. In the early years of his career, Rod took pride in fixing wrecked trucks and delivering the fixed unit to the customer. Some of the most memorable trucks were units that had to be towed in… Rod got busy taking them apart, ordering parts, and then putting everything back together. There was always a variety of work to be done – from frame straightening and body repair to painting. Rod’s even painted a few combines in the past.
Today, Rod works in the Sales department and enjoys working with a wide range of employees, customers, and vendors in the Whole Units Sales department. “I have never come to work and had to worry about finding something to do. There’s always been work to be done and we can do it all!”
In his spare time, Rod enjoys walleye fishing, pheasant hunting, deer hunting, and just being outdoors. He’s even driven the bus a time or two during the annual VHI pheasant hunt in South Dakota.
Congratulations to Rod on his 40 years with us! We’re blessed to have you as a part of our team!