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CEO’s award 2013/2014 presented to Kelani Cables PLC projects section’s Assistant Sales Manager Suranga Pathirana. From left: Projects Sales Manager Palitha Ethulgama, General Manager Operations Upul Mahanama, Brand Development Manager Channa Jayasinghe, Chief Finance Officer Hemamala Karunasekera, recipient of the CEO’s award Suranga Pathirana, General Manager Marketing Anil Munasinghe, Kelani Cables CEO Mahinda Saranapala, Sales Manager, Power and Energy Rohana Wadduwage and Sales Controller Ralph Roshan
Kelani Cables PLC, Sri Lanka’s number one brand in secure electrical and communication cables honoured its outstanding sales person for sales excellence with the CEO’s Award.
The major annual award ceremony of the company was held for the fourth consecutive year at the Water’s Edge with the participation of Kelani Cables CEO Mahinda Saranapala. The CEO conferred the award to Suranga Pathirana; Assistant Sales Manager of the Kelani Cables PLC projects section.
Suranga Pathirana acknowledged the cash award wrapped with a foreign trip for exceeding his annual target by 27% to bring a record sales volume of Rs. 276 million to the company.
Speaking at the occasion, Saranapala said the strength of any company is its committed workforce. Thus a successful organisation’s responsibility is to recognise its employees who contribute towards the betterment and sustainability of the organisation.
“CEO’s award is presented by Kelani Cables to the top performer in a particular year who has contributed towards sales excellence. This year’s award winner Suranga Pathirana has exceeded his targets to record a massive individual sales volume. I wish him very best for his achievement on behalf of the entire company,” added the CEO.
Kelani Cables PLC is a 100% Sri Lankan company serving the nation for over four decades manufacturing electrical and communication cables.
The company achieved ‘Super Brands’ status in the electrical and telecommunication sector in 2008 for professional supremacy it demonstrated in the sector. In 2012, Kelani Cables PLC clinched the bronze award for the Excellent Business Brand category at the SLIM Brand Excellence. It clinched gold at the SLIM Brand Excellence once again in 2013 for the same category.
The company secured gold at the SLITAD People Development – 2013 award ceremony for the contribution it has made towards training and development of the work-force plus up keeping their welfare. Kelani Cables PLC is the proud recipient of ISO 9000:2008 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for better environment management, National Standards award and the gold winner of Taiki Akimoto 5S award.
