2024 Octabuild Awards Brochure

BUILDERS MERCHANT EXCELLENCE AWARDS / 5

WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR

Whether you are entering a Regional Award, any or all of the individual Category Awards, questions will be asked in the following areas:

EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT • Systems, processes, procedures that benefit your business (25%) • Vision, Mission and Strategy (25%) • Health & Safety protocols/ initiatives (25%) • Support for Irish manufacturers/Octabuild companies (25%)

EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE • Staff engagement/knowledge/ training (30%) • Innovation (An innovative action/process introduced in recent years to enhance customer service) (30%) • Customer journey/experience (40%) EXCELLENCE IN SALES & MARKETING • Successful sales/marketing activity that has driven sales (100%)

EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS • Any unique innovation/ initiative introduced in recent years to benefit environment/ sustainability (100%) EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH • Local/Community sponsorship or charitable activities (100%)

HOW TO ENTER

For each individual category award, entrants will be required to answer questions with a maximum of 500 words per category.

There is an option to supply relevant supporting material to enhance your written entry for each category e.g. digital photographs, video links, media coverage obtained, social media activity, promotional

flyers, samples etc, as part of the online entry form, email attachments or by hard copy post. NB : Entrants should refer to the terms & conditions for the awards competition

prior to selecting your preferred category and completing entries.