NGK Wins Sales Excellence Award

NGK Spark Plugs Canada Limited has been awarded the Canadian Professional Sales Association’s Corporate Ambassador for Sales Excellence Award. The Award was created to recognize the efforts of a company in developing its sales people and to increasing professionalism in sales. The CPSA Professional Standards Council deliberated over the list of national finalists that met the following criteria: the organization supports the sales certification process by employing at least 50% of their sales team as Certified Sales Professionals the company is committed to professionalism and continuous improvement by providing and enforcing the Maintenance of Certification requirement of 20 hours of training per CSP annually the designation has become one of the criteria, or given preference, in the hiring process the company has mandated or strongly recommended the designation for new and/or existing reps. the CSP program has been incorporated into the corporate training and development plan.

After careful consideration, the Council unanimously agreed that the 2005 Corporate Ambassador for Sales Excellence Award be awarded to NGK Spark Plugs Canada.

The firm will be presented with the award at the CSP Reception held 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., prior to CPSA’s Annual Sales Hall of Fame Awards Dinner, November 3, 2005, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.