Bill Wertz was named vice president of Transformation in April 2020.
Wertz joined Worthington Industries in 1997 as an inside sales representative in Steel Processing. Over the next 12 years, he was a territory manager in various sales territories in the U.S. In February 2009, Wertz was promoted to supply chain manager of the Worthington Steel Delta, Ohio facility where he was responsible for overseeing the facility’s inventory and sales and operations plan. In July 2012, he was named regional sales manager for Worthington Steel. In 2014 he was named director of commercial transformation for Worthington Steel and in 2016 was promoted to director of supply chain for Worthington Steel which included managing the inside sales teams. In September of 2018 he was promoted to director of corporate analytics responsible for establishing the corporate advanced analytics team at Worthington Industries.
Wertz earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from The Ohio State University and his MBA from The University of Toledo. He resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Beth, and three children.