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Suzanne Enfield | Corporate Services Eimear Coll | SHS Drinks
Lived Value: Performance Lived Value: Performance
Nominated By: Michael Nugent | Nominated By: Damian McCarney | SHS Drinks
Corporate Services
Eimear Coll has played a pivotal role in preparing the
Suzanne’s drive to ensure the successful delivery of Drinks division and the wider SHS Group for Brexit.
the cash application module for High Radius has been To smooth the transition, Eimear took ownership of
exemplary. Stepping out of her comfort zone, Suzanne the Drinks division as the team navigated their way
provided valuable insights into current processes and through Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. From the identification
how to achieve the best outcomes from the High Radius of business impacts to the design and implementation of
investment that provides Credit, Collections, Cash solutions in collaboration with the in-house Brexit team,
Application and Dispute/Deduction Management for the Eimear supported the business to ensure goods flowed
Group. Her professionalism, honesty and integrity shone freely. An expert in all things Brexit, she has grasped
through. Suzanne was always pleasant when engaging complex and often changing customs regulations and
with third parties, despite setbacks and frustrations. She been heavily involved in the design, creation and testing
has a fantastic work ethic and goes out of her way to of commercial invoices. Working tirelessly throughout
achieve excellence in everything she does, making her a the process, and taking steps to mitigate potential
valued member of the team. disruptions, she has ensured Drinks now has a process
to move goods freely from GB to NI and to the EU/
ROW in an efficient, compliant manner.
Hannah Richards | Condiments & Sauces
Lived Value: Initiative Gordon McDonnell |
Nominated By: Michael Billingham | Household - Standard Brands
Condiments & Sauces Lived Value: Teamwork, Responsible, Initiative,
COVID-19 resulted in an increase in costs across the Performance
Condiments & Sauces business. Key production Nominated By: Angela Casey | Household -
materials such as oil and tomato paste increased in Standard Brands
price which consequently impacted negatively on profit Since March 2020, Covid-19 has dictated how employees
margins. Working at pace and using her initiative work in the factory and offices at Standard Brands.
Q1 SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS
Q1 SPIRIT A W ARD WINNERS bestselling lines. She explored how minor changes to As Health and Safety Officer at Standard Brands, Gordon
Hannah reviewed the ingredient mix across our
has been responsible for setting up new working
recipes that are undetectable to consumers could drive procedures to manage movement around the premises,
cost savings and improve our margin position.
Congratulations to all the nominees who have made exceptional contributions to their An excellent outcome. Hannah displays a genuine to implement social distancing measures and to embed
divisions and who truly demonstrate our values in action. passion and commitment and continually offers sanitising practices. He has sourced face shields, masks,
cleaning and sanitising equipment and test kits for
solutions that boost workplace practices. employees. Gordon also oversees the regular testing of
The nominations have been outstanding. There are so many examples of employees and has worked long hours including weekends
employees supporting the business and their colleagues to navigate the ever-changing Michael Hutton & Alisha Jones | to facilitate testing of employees on evening and night
operating environment. shifts. As a result of Gordon’s dedication and hard work,
SHS GB the Standard Brands factory has remained operational
Please do keep nominating and sharing success stories! Lived Value: Performance, Initiative throughout the pandemic and staff continue to feel safe.
Nominated By: Sean Cunningham |
Mandy Atyeo, Eliza Forster, Lynne Shone | Kevin Warnock | Sales & Marketing Ireland SHS GB
Meridian Foods Lived Value: Performance The delivery of master data, user scripts and training Quarterly Group Winner: Eimear Coll
Lived Value: Performance Nominated By: Maggie McComb | for UAT was not supported by the Gazelle team, but Congratulations to Eimear Coll - our Quarter 1
Nominated By: Simon Griffiths | Meridian Foods Sales & Marketing Ireland these elements were critical in order to deliver a Group winner. Eimear has a true commitment
successful outcome. Michael and Alisha were tasked to quality that shines through everything she
When Brexit came into force on the 1st January 2021, Kevin embraced the opportunity to work with the with delivering the project in a three-week period, does. Her approach to the Brexit project was
this presented a number of business challenges for Gazelle team to implement the IBP system for the with a hard deadline of 31st March 2021. Working exemplary and Eimear’s dedication, skill and
Meridian Foods. The last-minute deal meant that many Supply team. Working in partnership with the GB team within the constraints to deliver the project on hard work ensured goods flowed freely. Eimear
of the rules and regulations for export were still being he helped to shape the IBP system training programme time and manage existing accountabilities was a embodies all of our SPIRIT values. Well done
rewritten in the first quarter of 2021. As the leading for teams. Kevin invested three weeks of his time to challenge. Alisha and Mike championed the delivery of on ensuring Drinks and the wider Group was
Nut Butter in the Irish Health food trade, getting stock get everything in order, as well as completing his own SIT whilst training themselves in a short space of time Brexit-ready.
into Ireland was a priority. Starting from an anxious work during this period. The Supply Team Ireland and on the IBP SAP platform. The outputs were simply
trading position in early January, the team has since Supply Team GB training was seamless. Kevin advocated outstanding and included the completion of master data,
been referred to as ‘best in class’ by their key Irish for a blended approach to training delivery to ensure new User scripts (all 41 pages of them, updated from Please keep supporting and inspiring your
customers, in addition to being held up as an example everyone was fully up to speed with the new processes the old Drinks ones), SIT/self-training on SAP IBP and colleagues and living our SPIRIT values.
to other brands as to what can be achieved. The team’s and as the super user for Ireland he willingly shared his cross functional training with GB, NI & IR Supply The 2021 Q2 nominations will be revealed shortly.
performance has been phenomenal. Whilst other UK knowledge and expertise. Kevin also worked with the planners. Their ‘can do’ approach and positive
brands are struggling, Meridian is growing despite all the Brexit team on incoterms for brands and successfully demeanour is a winning combination which resulted
challenges. This outcome would not have been possible resolved issues that Brexit presented. Kevin embodies in a strong performance. An outstanding example of
without the tenacity, determination and ingenuity of a all of our SPIRIT values and is a great asset to the team agility and teamwork in action and illustrated by the S P I R I T
high-performance team. Congratulations to Mandy, and always goes the extra mile to ensure every task is fact that they were nominated by their peers, Line
Eliza and Lynne! completed to the highest standard. Manager and Department Head. Stronger Performance. Integrity. Responsibility Initiative Teamwork.
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