Lindsey Hart, Norman Piette’s Executive Sales & Marketing Manager has won the Builders Merchants Federation Young Achiever award.
Norman Piette Executive Sales and Marketing Manager, Lindsey Hart has been awarded Gold in The Builders Merchants Federation Young Merchant Achiever award.
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has approx. 760 member companies who together employ over 207,000 people in the building materials industry. The Young Merchant Achiever award recognises anyone under 35 who has demonstrated an ability to go above and beyond in their business; coming up with and implementing new ideas and concepts or spotting new opportunities that really enhance the business.
The Judging Panel is made up of representatives from the BMF, trade press, the sponsors and the current Chairman of the BMF Young Merchant Group.
Topping the poll from a shortlist of 6, Lindsey was presented the award at a black-tie dinner in Windsor on Thursday 23rd September, that culminated the BMF Members’ Annual Conference.
John Bampkin, Norman Piette’s CEO commented: “With a history going back over 280 years, we are one of the oldest builders’ merchants in the British Isles, but we also have a clear vision for our future and Lindsey’s win is evidence that we are succeeding in nurturing and developing young talent. That being said, the achievements themselves are all Lindsey’s. Since joining the company as a Marketing Assistant, she has progressed to managerial level because of her drive, enthusiasm, ability to innovate and to inspire others, that is why we put her forward for the award and why we think it is a much-deserved win.”
Lindsey (pictured) herself said of her win, “I’m absolutely thrilled, I love what I do and the industry I work in and to be recognised at a national level is fantastic. I was incredibly proud to learn that my directors and colleagues so valued and appreciated my work that they nominated me in the first place and to go on to win is just the icing on the cake.”