The SLIM Sales Congress is held annually to recognize excellence in Sales Personnel. According to SLIM sources over 300 applications from a wide range of organizations submitted entries for this year’s event. CBL’s excellent Sales Force, attained these awards, classified under the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) category.
CBL subsidiary, CBL Foods International (Pvt) Ltd, nominee Athula Wellagiriya won Gold for Best Territory Manager of the Year, in the FMCG Category. Also winning another Gold Award for the Best Front Liner of the Year was Supun Gnanaratne ,Territory Sales Officer of Plenty Foods (Pvt) Limited. The Conglomerate’s winning record continued with Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC nominee, T.M. Nandadeva receiving Silver for Best Territory Manager of the Year Award.
CBL’s Sales Force excelled further in the FMCG category, with Indika Perera, attached to the modern trade team of the Company, winning the Silver for the Best Sales Executive of the Year and Indika Ratnayake of CBL Foods International (Pvt) Ltd, clinching the Bronze award for the Front Liner of the Year.
Commenting on CBL’s momentous achievements at the NASCO 2014 Awards, I. M. Khan, Director/Group General Manager Sales said “Our victory at the SLIM NASCO Awards is without doubt due to the efforts of CBL’s excellent sales force. Taking our products to every corner of the country, being the lifeline of the Company and helping us today enjoy the coveted position of being market leader in respective product categories is mainly due to our excellent sales force. Throughout the current year, our Sales Force has been spearheading continuous successes and this victory too is a victory for the entire CBL family.”
The SLIM NASCO Annual Awards is the only national level premier event dedicated to recognize the efforts and performance of Sales Personnel in Sri Lanka. Its threefold objective is, to raise the standard of sales professionalism; to recognise and reward performance (capability) and potential (capacity) and to enhance the value proposition of the profession. This year 120 Sales Executives were short-listed under 13 categories.
Photo Caption : CBL's SLIM NASCO winners (from left) Indika Ratnayaka (Front Liner of the year - Bronze), Supun Gnanaratne (Front Liner of the year -Gold), Atula Wellagiriya (Territory Manager of the year - Gold), T.M. Nandadeva (Territory Manager of the year - Gold), Indika Perera (Sales Executive of the year - Silver)