Member-owned hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative
Do it Best is a Fort Wayne-based buying cooperative supplying hardware, lumber and building materials to member-owned retail locations. Its stack pairs Blue Yonder/JDA supply-chain planning with SQL Server, SSIS, Teradata and Databricks, and job posts point to Kafka streaming integration. Hiring is accelerating and skews heavily toward logistics and operations at junior levels, which signals distribution throughput as the scaling priority.
Do it Best operates as a member-owned cooperative that buys and distributes hardware, lumber and building materials for independent home improvement retailers. It serves member locations across the United States and in dozens of other countries. The company is privately held, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. Its work spans merchandising, category planning, logistics and online marketing channels including Amazon and eBay.
Do it Best uses Blue Yonder (JDA), SQL Server with SSIS and SSRS, Teradata, Databricks, Kafka, Power BI, Tableau, Azure, AWS, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite and Dynamics 365, built on C#, .NET, Java and Python.
Yes. Logistics is the largest hiring area at Do it Best, followed by operations, with most openings at junior level and in the United States. Hiring velocity is accelerating.
Do it Best is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and serves member-owned locations across the U.S. and internationally.
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