Andrew Krauss Joins Nexstep as Purchasing Specialist

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that Andrew Krauss has joined our corporate office in Springfield as a Purchasing Specialist. Krauss grew up in Mantua, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio University. After graduation, he worked in professional sports operations for the Nashville Sounds, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Columbus Clippers. He worked as a recruiter for Speedway and J.P. Morgan Chase in Columbus and then returned to Speedway in a purchasing capacity.

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Nexstep Promotes Tonya Burgess to Sales & Operations Liaison

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that effective immediately Tonya Burgess has been promoted to Sales & Operations Liaison. She will be assisting customers with orders that have been shipped, backorders and freight/product issues.

Burgess has been with Nexstep for 10 years, most recently in Nexstep’s International & Domestic Purchasing. She really enjoys working with people and the challenge of problem solving. “This is a well-deserved promotion,” says Erin E. Busch, Vice President Sales & Marketing. “Our customers will benefit from her dedication, knowledge, and can-do attitude.”

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Beth Spencer Promoted at Nexstep Commercial Products

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, has announced the promotion of Beth Spencer to the position of Human Resources/Accounts Receivable. Spencer joined Nexstep in 2020 as an accounts receivable associate. In addition to her accounts receivable responsibilities, she will now provide support and facilitate the company’s human resource functions and processes in Springfield, Ohio.

Spencer recently graduated from Western Governors University with her Bachelors of Science in Business Management.

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Rachel Steele Promoted at Nexstep Commercial Products

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce the promotion of Rachel Steele to Assistant Operations Manager in Paxton, Illinois. In her new position, Steele will assist the general manager in all aspects of managing the facility in Paxton. She will report directly to the general manager.

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Busch Promoted to VP at Nexstep Commercial Products

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that Erin E. Busch has been promoted to vice president sales and marketing. Busch joined the company in 2010 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. She has held various sales and marketing positions at Nexstep; most recently she was the national director of sales and Marketing.

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Casto Joins Nexstep Commercial Products

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that Russell Casto has joined the corporate office in Springfield as a customer service representative. Casto’s background is in retail sales and prior to joining Nexstep, he worked at Best Buy for 17 years in various positions including customer service, sales, merchandising, warehouse lead and most recently inventory control manager.

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Brent Hadden Joins Nexstep Commercial Products

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, is pleased to announce that Brent Hadden joined Nexstep in January of this year as our Logistics Supervisor in Paxton, Illinois. Hadden came to our company from Hearthside Food Solutions, a company that packages pet food in Gibson City, Illinois, where he worked as their warehouse supervisor for more than 12 years.

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Nexstep Commercial Products: New AR Team Member

Nexstep Commercial Products, Exclusive Licensee of O-Cedar, has announced that Beth Spencer has joined the Corporate Staff in Springfield as an accounts receivable associate. Spencer recently moved to Ohio from Wisconsin to be closer to her family. She was born in the “thumb” of Michigan, but over the last six years has lived in Kentucky, North Carolina and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, she held the billing specialist and accounting assistant position for a specialized heavy hauling trucking services company. Prior to that, she worked for a crane, rigging, and heavy haul company in North Carolina in billing and also oversaw their safety certifications and programs for the crane department.

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