Next Gen All Star: Joshua Rogers

Joshua Rogers

AGE: 32

COMPANY: WHOLESALE SUPPLY GROUP

TITLE: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & PR

How long have you been in the PHCP-PVF industry?

I have worked at Wholesale Supply Group for nine years now.

What drew you into the industry?

I was born into it. My Grandfather started working at Wholesale Supply when he was just in high school and he worked through the ranks and became President of the Company. I had the awesome opportunity to start working at the family business and be able to help grow the company to new heights with our amazing team and I have never looked back!

What is the most rewarding aspect of working in the industry?

I think being able to drive all over the Southeast United States with my wife and 3 daughters and look at housing developments or look at new businesses that are coming into different areas and know that WSG played a role in helping build all the communities that we serve is very special.

What motivates you every day?

My daughters. As a third generation family member who works in this industry and at Wholesale Supply what motivates me are nine, seven and almost one-year-old and the hopes that they will be able to go out and chase their dreams and goals just like their Dad, Granddad, and Great Grandfather.

What is one thing you wish more people knew/understood about the PHCP-PVF industry?

That our industry along with the housing industry is truly working daily to make the world a safer, cleaner, better managed, and more efficient place. Our industry works tirelessly to create new homes, businesses, and so many other important parts of the world we live in.

What has been your proudest moment in your career so far?

I think my proudest moment of my career is just being able to work every day to create a better community for our team members and our customers. As the Marketing Director at Wholesale Supply its obviously my job to promote and help grow our business which we have done tremendously since I have started. But being able to sport local students and schools with Scholarships and grants and donations has been amazing. Helping to open a new Plumbing and HVAC school in our hometown to be able to help train High School Students and College aged students as well has been awesome!

What is one thing most people don’t know about you?

Wow. This is a hard question. I live a pretty public life as I serve as an officer and Marketing Director at Wholesale Supply with all the TV, radio, and Social Media post I make but I also serve as a County Commissioner in Bradley County Tennessee. It has been an honor to serve my community in this aspect and be able to continue to create and build a better future for the generations to come! Also I am a huge Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs fan (but everyone knows that).

“Joshua Rogers is the third generation of his family to serve with Wholesale Supply Group, one of the largest wholesale and retail suppliers of plumbing, electrical, heating and HVAC products in the Southeast United States. Josh has become a community leader in numerous ways. He has the knowledge, abilities, but also the care to continue to help lead us forward. I’m excited to see what his future holds.

Joshua Rogers currently serves as secretary of the board of directors as well as director of marketing and public relations for Wholesale Supply Group. He has served in his current position for 8 years. Rogers said he is committed to making a difference every day for his workers and community. Both his grandfather and father worked to make Wholesale Supply one of the premier supply outlets in the community.

Rogers has taken a marketing department that ran only a few local radio ads to a department that now competes in all arenas of the marketing world. Under the direction of Rogers Wholesale Supply now reaches millions of people throughout the southeast through TV, radio, Social Media, and Digital Advertising. Rogers has completely revamped the marketing department at Wholesale Supply and has helped take Wholesale Supply from a mom and pop distributor to one that is now regionally and nationally known to plumbers, electricians, and consumers. He would like to see more students working with their hands as plumbers, electricians and the trades.”

— Jamie Rogers, Wholesale Supply Group