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Whenever I tell someone that I work for Goodwill Industries they’ll either ask, what store, or tell me about how they shop or donate all the time. I always appreciate the opportunity to share more of the story with not only my friends, but customers that walk through our manufacturing facilities. As a Business Development Manager for Goodwill Manufacturing, it’s my responsibility to meet with manufacturers in the area and bring in packaging projects to one of our two facilities in Southeastern Wisconsin. My goal is to get these potential customers walking through the James O. Wright Center on the northwest side of Milwaukee or Enterprise facility in Sturtevant to see our mission first hand. Without a doubt, I will hear the following statement, “I didn’t know Goodwill did that, how cool.”

As Business Development Manager on the manufacturing side, I have the chance to give tours to customers and potential customers fairly often. They are blown away by the services we offer, the excitement that exists in the building, the passion we have for our mission and drive to meet our customers’ needs. Recently, a potential customer toured our James O. Wright Center for Work and Training (JOW) hoping to have Goodwill paint parts for his heat treating business. It’s not something our team has done before, but in true Goodwill fashion, the team embraced the project as a great opportunity.