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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Business is rebounding at independent sleep products manufacturer Southerland, and the producer is looking to add 10% to its workforce at all its facilities to keep up with demand.
The manufacturer is looking to expand its customer service, shipping and quality control departments, as well as increase production staffing, supervisory positions and truck drivers for Southerland Transport, its wholly owned trucking division.
“The bedding industry is on the rebound as the country re-opens from the standstill brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Bryan Smith, president and CEO of Southerland. “We’re experiencing that activity firsthand across all of our factories, and we need more staff to keep up with demand.”
Smith attributes much of the jump in business to an increased appetite for domestic-made products bolstered by supply chain disruption due to COVID-19 and because of the ongoing anti-dumping investigation by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce concerning imports of mattresses from seven countries, including Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.
