Employee Spotlight: Daniel Salas

This month, we would like to introduce you to Daniel Salas from our Parts Sales Department in Kansas City, Missouri!  Daniel has been a part of the Vander Haag’s team for just over 7 years now.  Besides being a long-term employee, Daniel also finished in the top 3 in overall parts sales the past 3 years!

Daniel has worked in the Parts Sales Department during his entire time at Vander Haag’s.  Prior to working at Vander Haag’s, his daily commute actually took him past the site where construction on our Kansas City site was under way.  “I happened to drive by one day and saw that something was being built so I went home and searched the internet to see exactly what Vander Haags was.  I had been looking for something a little closer to my home because I was driving 35 mins each way to work every day.  Everything that I has just read about the company seemed like a place that I would be interested in.  I put application in and met with Eric [Krikke] and was hired about a week later and haven't looked back since.”

Besides shortening up his previous commute, Daniel has also enjoyed the variety of things he gets to tackle each day in the parts department.  “I don’t know if there is a ‘basic’ day.  If there was one, it would consist of helping walk-in customers, taking incoming phone calls, and making outbound calls to follow up on previous quotes.  Sometimes, I’m contacting customers we haven’t heard from in a while just to see how they’re doing.”

In his spare time, Daniel enjoys spending time with his family and watching sports.  “I really enjoy attending sporting events, but with no fans in the stands this year at Royals games that got cut out… but I like watching sports in general and the restart of sports on TV helped with that.”

Daniel is also newly engaged!  He and his fiancée Julie plan to be married sometime in the spring of 2022.

Thanks for being a part of our team, Daniel!  We’re fortunate and blessed to have you as a member of our team in Kansas City.  All the best to you & your fiancée on your engagement!     

 

 


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While Vander Haag's, Inc still holds strong to its family focused values that have been at the core of the business since first opening in 1939, the company now features 11 Midwest locations selling quality used/rebuilt/new truck parts, selling commercial trucks & trailers, and providing full service heavy duty truck repair. 43.178044 -95.155024  Spencer, IA 41.640436 -93.584249  Des Moines, IA 43.594099 -96.709450  Sioux Falls, SD 41.158006 -95.826804  Council Bluffs, IA 39.065417 -94.498172  Kansas City, MO 41.033283 -86.596167  Winamac, IN 39.740696 -86.255676  Indianapolis, IN 39.960151 -83.366700  London, OH 38.176011 -85.750102  Louisville, KY 32.807028 -96.873557  Dallas, TX 38.751480 -90.470276  Bridgeton, MO

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