John Cotterill Wins Industry “Young Employee of the Year 2022!”

We are all delighted at Witham Group to see John Cotterill, from our Witham Soham depot, win the United Kingdom Lubricant Association (UKLA) Young Employee of the Year Award 2022!

The contest was open to over 100 UKLA member companies who were all able to propose someone from their business.

Originally, John got through to the final four (out of those who had been nominated). After he got to that stage, in order to remove conscious and unconscious bias from the judging process, the UKLA removed details of the company, the gender, and name of the nominee in each case before they were sent on to the full Board of UKLA Directors for judging.

The criteria John and the other nominees were measured against is as follows:

1. The nominee demonstrates a significant and sustainable contribution to their organisation, their team in which they work, and their own performance in line with the organisation’s stated business objectives.
2. The nominee demonstrates a level of commitment to the objectives of the organisation above and beyond that which would normally be expected of an individual working at their level.
3. The nominee demonstrates responsibility for their actions and the actions of those working around them as they contribute to their own area of responsibility.
4. The nominee demonstrates responsibility for their own professional development in line with the organisation’s performance management process.

Following the UKLA Dinner, held in London, on Wednesday 9th November, the award ceremony took place where John was presented with a silver cup and glass trophy to keep (shown above). John thoroughly deserved this very prestigious National award. John is the third person in 15 years from Witham Group who has won this award (Tom Reader – now Associate Director of Operations at Soham in 2007 and Ian Wright – who is Operations Manager at Lincoln in 2015).

We could not be prouder to see John rewarded for his efforts within the Team at Witham, Soham.