STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Partners

You need more than product. You need the right people, tools, and technology in your corner. The partners on this page were chosen because they make your yard more competitive, your team more effective, and your business easier to run.

WHY WE PARTNER

The Right Partners Make Your Business Harder to Compete Against

Do it Best is not in the business of collecting vendor relationships. Every strategic partner on this page was chosen for one reason: they solve a real problem that independent dealers face every day. Hiring. Sales performance. Brand visibility. Contractor payments. Technology. These are the gaps that quietly limit how fast a good yard can grow.

The co-op model gives you purchasing power. These partnerships give you everything else. When you become a Do it Best LBM member, you do not just get access to $3 billion in buying power and 400-plus vendor programs. You get a network of proven partners who have already done the work of figuring out what independent dealers need and building something specifically to deliver it.

That is the difference between a buying group and a co-op built for the long game. A buying group gets you product. Do it Best gets you product, programs, people, and the partners to help you build something that lasts.

Every partner on this page has been in a lumberyard. They know your market, your team, and the problems that keep you up at night. They are not selling to you. They are working alongside you.

Meet our partners

BRAND AND STRATEGY PARTNERS

Build your market position, your visibility, and your leadership presence.

Every dealer you compete against is focused on operations and sales. So are you. Which means none of that is your moat anymore.

The dealers pulling away from the pack right now are winning on two things nobody else is working on. First, they have made it frictionless to do business with them. Contractors can find them, reach them, order from them, and trust them before a single phone call is made. Second, they are the expert everyone already knows. When a builder asks who to call, when a contractor types a question into Google or an AI tool, when a pro is deciding who gets the next job, their name comes up. Not because they got lucky. Because someone helped them build it.

That is what Stefanie Couch does. As Do it Best LBM's embedded strategic partner, she works with independent dealers and LBM leadership on the strategy, technology, and market presence that reduces friction for your best customers and makes your expertise impossible to miss.

The path is straightforward: get clear on your position, get visible where your best customers are already looking, and make it easier to do business with you than anyone else in your market.

Dealers who work with Grit Blueprint do not just look better. They become the unmistakable first choice.

If your competitors are not thinking about this yet, that is exactly why now is the time to call.

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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS

The tools that make your yard easier to run and easier to do business with.

Your best contractors are not slow to pay because they do not want to. They are slow to pay because the process is slow. Phone calls. Paper invoices. Chasing down approvals. Every extra step is friction that costs you time, cash flow, and sometimes the account itself.

The yards winning with contractors right now have made getting paid the easiest part of the transaction. Contractors pay faster when paying is simple. Accounts stay open when managing them takes seconds instead of phone calls. And when your yard is the one that never makes a pro jump through hoops, you stop being a vendor and start being the account they protect.

That is what ToolBx delivers. As a Do it Best LBM strategic technology partner, ToolBx gives independent dealers a platform built specifically for contractor payments, ordering, and account management so the back-and-forth that kills cash flow and wastes your team's time disappears.

The path is straightforward: get paid faster, give your contractors a better experience, and turn the administrative grind into a competitive advantage most yards are not even thinking about.

Dealers using ToolBx do not just improve cash flow. They become the yard contractors never want to leave.

If chasing payments is still part of your week, it does not have to be.

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SALES AND TRAINING PARTNERS

Give your team the skills and systems to sell more and lead better.

Finding good people is the hardest part of running a lumberyard right now. You are not just competing against other dealers for talent. You are competing against every employer in your zip code. And when a good candidate applies, the yard that responds first usually wins. If your hiring process is slow, manual, or inconsistent, you are losing people before they ever walk in the door.

The yards building strong teams right now are not just paying more. They are hiring smarter. They have a process that moves fast, treats candidates well, and gets new hires productive before the first week is over. When hiring is consistent and onboarding is tight, good people stay longer and your team stops feeling like a revolving door.

That is what CareerPlug delivers. As a Do it Best LBM strategic partner, CareerPlug gives independent dealers a hiring and retention platform that takes the chaos out of finding, hiring, and keeping the right people so you can spend less time filling positions and more time building a team worth keeping.

The path is straightforward: post jobs faster, move candidates through a consistent process, and onboard new hires the right way from day one.

Dealers using CareerPlug do not just hire faster. They build the kind of teams that make everything else in the business work better.

If hiring feels like a second job, it does not have to.

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Your sales team is out there every day talking to builders, contractors, and remodelers. The question is whether they know how to close. Most lumberyard sales reps are good at relationships. Fewer are good at selling. And almost none have been trained specifically for the way construction buying actually works.

The yards with the strongest outside sales numbers are not just hiring better people. They are training the people they have. Consistent prospecting. A repeatable sales process. Reps who know how to have the right conversation at the right time with the right customer. When your sales team has a system, results stop depending on personality and start depending on process.

That is what Bradley Hartmann & Co. delivers. As a Do it Best LBM strategic partner, Bradley Hartmann has worked with more than 100 LBM dealers and more than 2,500 sales reps building the sales fundamentals, time management systems, and communication skills that turn average reps into consistent performers. Bradley Hartmann brought that expertise directly to Do it Best members as a featured instructor at LBM Academy, the annual three-day education program built for the people running independent yards. If your team was in that room, they know what he brings. If they were not, this is where to start.

The path is straightforward: give your sales team a proven system, hold them to a process, and turn the relationships they have already built into revenue that shows up every month.

Dealers who work with Bradley Hartmann do not just improve sales numbers. They build a sales culture that keeps getting stronger.

If your sales team is running on relationships instead of process, there is money sitting on the table right now.

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Meet our partners

The Partners. The Programs. The Co-op Built for Independent Dealers.

Every resource on this page is available to Do it Best LBM members. If you are ready to stop going it alone, this is where to start.

Work With Us

Interested in Becoming a Do it Best LBM Strategic Partner?

Our partners are chosen because they solve real problems for independent dealers. If you offer something that makes a lumberyard stronger, we want to hear from you.

Phone

(260) 748-5300

Email
(general inquiries)

[email protected]

Address

1626 Broadway Suite 100,
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Mailing Address

PO Box 868,
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-0868

Tell us about your business. An LBM expert will be in touch within one business day.