More thanks go to our fantastic colleagues nominated for an award for showing exceptional dedication and going above and beyond their day jobs. They are:
Nigel Ponton, Fleet Engineering Manager
Nigel’s personal leadership has been exhibited through his coordination of the external audit by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to get the Supply Chain own fleet accredited in the Transport sector Earned Recognition Scheme. This means CEMEX are part of a select band of fleet operators (less than 10%) to have achieved this status in the UK.
Prior to the audits Nigel led detailed pre-audits to ensure our readiness for the formal external audit. This involved spending virtual time with the operational teams in advance to review all the potential areas that were in scope. This took 3–4 weeks of time and effort.
Alan Flippance, Supply Chain Compliance Officer
Every year in Supply Chain a Driver CPC event is organised as part of the back to work programme for all Logistics Drivers to attend. It was decided back in June 2021 that the course this year would be classroom based and all Drivers would complete the Safe Urban Driving Course which is a requirement of our FORS Gold Accreditation. COVID protocols at the time meant this would be possible with the appropriate precautions so Alan organised 11 courses over two days at seven different locations alongside Fleetsource, our Training Provider, and throughout November organised with 240 drivers from Cement, Aggregates and Readymix to attend the various courses.
This is a huge effort in itself, however, this year we were faced with the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID and the week before Christmas we decided that putting people into classroom environments was too much risk. Rather then cancel the course we decided to speak to Fleetsource and try and revert back to a virtual learning course which was agreed on Friday 17th December. With the help of the ALMs and his Supply Chain Compliance Officer colleagues, Alan then led the changeover and notified all 240 drivers that the original plan was cancelled, and they needed to reregister on the new course as well as make arrangements to receive the training virtually. Late on Thursday 23rd December Alan confirmed that 100% of the Drivers had completed the reregistration and we had successfully managed to convert everybody to the virtual course.
Alan showed excellent collaboration skills and his adaptability and commitment to getting the Drivers switched over at a time of the year when availability was stretched was first class.
David Sowden, Lead Planner
Over the period that we have had a cement shortage, Dave has gone that extra mile too make sure Readymix plants have had the right amount of cement for the following day’s production and looking forward to the week ahead, showing great leadership with his team. Dave’s extra effort in managing through this tough period was vital.
Lucy Dodd, Customer Service Manager Readymix & Aggregates
Recently we were advised that import export procedures had changed again. We had already made changes to our processes last year for post Brexit changes. On top of that, potentially onerous changes were demanded as part of the latest government border control initiatives.
We export regularly to Sweden from Raynes quarry and this is an important customer to us. Adapting to the new requirements quickly so service was not affected and we remained compliant, required a rapid, thorough and professional response across several disciplines. Lucy made sure this all went seamlessly.