Facey Commodity wins Kraft Heinz distributor award
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Facey Commodity Limited has been named the winner of The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC) 2016 Gold Distributor Award.
Facey beat out 12 KHC distributors in the Caribbean and Latin America region vying for the top spot. The Kraft Heinz Company is the 5th largest food and beverage company in the world.The award, which is the standard for all Kraft Heinz distributors, falls under the Distributors Performance Excellence (PEX) programme, which is geared towards providing sustainable positive results for distributors while aligning them with the processes at Kraft Heinz.Chairman of Facey Commodity, Patrick Scott noted that the PEX programme operates in a competitive framework, where distributors within a region compete for the PEX Award, which is multifaceted, as it focuses on all areas of the distributors’ business operations, inclusive of purchasing, sales, merchandising and marketing.“I am absolutely proud of the team at Facey Commodity and you can rest assured that we will continue to better ourselves across the board,” Scott said.Catalina Chabur, Business Development Manager at Kraft Heinz, lauded Facey Commodity for their hard work, dedication and personal inspiration to her.“I know it wasn’t easy but as I always say ‘if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together,” she noted.Facey Commodity, headquartered in Jamaica, is the largest distributor of branded products operating in over 35 countries in the Caribbean and Central America, employing over 3,500 people.The brand represents numerous multinationals and regional brands and is organized into three primary operating divisions — Consumer and Telecom Distribution and Business Solutions.Balford Henry