Nestlé strikes Gold at 2019 SLIM NASCO Awards

From left: Nestlé Senior Manager – Regional Sales Manjula Narangoda, Nestlé Assistant Manager – Sales Training Chathura Buddhika, Nestlé Senior Manager – Key Accounts Thilan Prasanna, Nestlé Assistant Manager – Key Accounts Anuruddha Rathwatte, Nestlé Senior Manager – Channel Category Shamshard Marikkar, Nestlé Manager – Key Accounts Rimaz Rizwie, Nestlé Vice President – Sales Jagath Wedage, Nestlé Senior Manager – HR Services Shanaka Wijeweera, Nestlé National Sales Operations Manager Bimal Wijayasinghe, Nestlé Manager – Distributor Development Janaka Dias, and Nestlé Senior Category Manager Sutharsanan Ambikaikumaran

Rimaz Rizwie receiving the ‘Territory Manager of the Year’ Award from SLIM NASCO officials

Anuruddha Rathwatte receiving the ‘Sales Executive – Gold’ Award from SLIM NASCO officials

Nestlé’s Rimaz Rizwie and Anuruddha Rathwatthe struck Gold at the recent 2019 SLIM NASCO (National Sales Congress) Awards. Rimaz won the ‘Territory Manager of the Year’ Award, also taking home the ‘Territory Manager (Modern Trade) – Gold’ Award at the event, while Anuruddha received the ‘Sales Executive – Gold’ Award under the FMCG – Food category.  

750 top sales professionals from 140 companies battled across 23 categories to claim the ultimate title. This marks the third consecutive year in which Nestlé Lanka has been recognised at this prestigious sales event. 

“I wish to extend my sincere and heartiest congratulations to Rimaz and Anuruddha for keeping the Nestlé Lanka flag soaring high. Sincere passion, courage and perseverance are key in ensuring exemplary performance to drive sales in times of tough competition and volatile market conditions. Rimaz and Anuruddha, together with our sales team, have made us all proud by exhibiting these winning qualities and proving to the world the dominant stance Nestlé maintains as a top corporate in the Sri Lankan sales sphere,” said Nestlé Lanka Vice President – Sales Jagath Wedage.

The candidates were judged by an esteemed panel of judges, who evaluated their abilities to drive business in volatile market dynamics, strategies implemented to achieve targets, innovativeness in execution, potential to grow in the sales field and ability to conquer the market place.

SLIM-NASCO is a national level event held annually to recognise and confer top performers with awards and accolades to encourage and motivate the country’s sales fraternity. The event has also been identified as the only awards ceremony which focuses on recognising and rewarding sales personnel in Sri Lanka.