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Training Plans & Driving for a Sustainable Future

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Training Plans & Driving for a Sustainable Future

A busy start to the year, with a focus on training our new starter Becky, the 2024 Launch event, plus training plans and much more.

Inside Kortec

New Starter

Welcome to the newest member of our sales team - Becky Brown!

Within Becky’s role she will be working closely with Reece and Paul, backing them up with call/email handling, CRM management and client liaison. She will also be carrying out research & networking to support our ongoing growth, new markets and new product launches.
 
We are pleased to have Becky on the Kortec team and look forward to seeing her succeed in this new role!

January Launch

To start our new year off right we kicked off with a full team interactive Launch Event on Tuesday 2nd January.

Within this presentation we discussed our company’s goals for 2024, the team's survey feedback from 2023, key strategic "PEAK" projects and a breakout "PEAK" mind map session.

Thanks to all who presented and to the whole team for great engagement - looking forward to the year ahead!

Training Plans

To ensure our team continues to move forward through 2024, we have created personalised training plans, including high-quality courses from external providers as well as internal cross-skilling.

We always promote and encourage these training opportunities for our team to allow them to succeed personally - we've proved that developing our team's current knowledge and skills brings rewards in terms of engagement, loyalty, efficiency, and output. We can’t wait to see the results!

Heroes of the Month

We are pleased to announce that December’s top scorers against our values of Respect, Dynamism and Expertise were:

Driving for a Sustainable Future

Environmental concerns are becoming greater every week and we are aware this is high on many agendas, particularly in the manufacturing area. Here at Kortec we are continually looking for better ways to optimise sustainability for our clients and internally:

Supporting our customers by exploring/ changing from the traditional solvent-based coatings to more environmentally friendly water-based.

Transitioning to electric cars using newer technology to help towards a greener planet!

To read the full post click here.

 

Paint Industry News

We’ve recently reviewed the BCF’s article looking forward at the industry influences for 2024, CEO blog - 2024 – Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Coatings Sector - British Coatings Federation Ltd  There’s some very interesting points made – for a lot of them it is hard to tell at this point what the impact will be, but it’s really important for competitiveness and compliance that we act quickly as an industry as things become clearer.

Coming Soon...

Keep an eye out for our next edition, with more news and updates! 

  • Systems review….including AI!
  • New abrasives partner!

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Customer Feedback

Becky Brown

Sales Prospecting Administrator

Describe your background/role....

My role at Kortec is to support the sales team with calls and administrative tasks. Already having a background in sales and admin, I am able to support my team efficiently.

What do you enjoy about work?

The great team that I work alongside, the support and help received from my team is the best!

What do you appreciate about Kortec?

The team and management support along with the high values of the company.

What are your personal interest?

At the weekends I enjoy spending time with my family.