Vax Named As ‘Outstanding’ in ‘The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies To Work For’
Birmingham, UK (PRWEB UK) 5 March 2014 -- Britain’s leading floorcare brand Vax has been included in ‘The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies To Work For’ list for 2014. The list recognises companies with the highest level of employee engagement. Vax is the only small domestic appliance manufacturer business to be featured.
David Winterbottom, Vax UK Managing Director, commented: “Being recognised as an outstanding employer of choice is a proud moment in Vax’s history. The combination of increased investment in our product technology and continued investment in our people has resulted in a winning formula which has cemented our market leading position and created a dynamic working environment right here in the heart of the UK.
Listening and acting upon what our customers tell us about their products has formed a major part of our recent growth and helped deliver exciting and innovative products which our customers love. By extending this feedback mentality to our internal teams we feel we have a good understanding of what makes Vax such a great place to work and what we could do to make it even better!”
Vax continues to invest considerably in its engineering division and plans to recruit hundreds of engineers within the next three years. Its fast-growing portfolio of innovative, British-designed products has created an unprecedented level of new recruitment opportunities in almost every area of the business. In order to build its talent pipeline in line with its expansion plans, Vax is tripling its graduate intake during 2014, resulting in 10% of its workforce consisting of new graduates, and setting itself stretching internal promotion targets to accelerate employees into leadership roles. Since January it has doubled the size of its contemporary head office in Birmingham city centre and started building a new state of the art distribution centre in Worcestershire, to accommodate the planned expansion.
Kate Daines, HR Director, commented: “Whatever the ingredients are that make a great culture, Vax has them in abundance. I am delighted that this award recognises the extremely high engagement levels of the people who work here. This is undoubtedly an incredibly exciting time to join the business as we continue on our growth trajectory - the momentum is infectious. We have lots of opportunities for talented people: not only are we hiring hundreds of new people, we are also fast-tracking our talented employees through investment in training, development and talent programmes.”
Simon Lawson, President of the Global Floorcare Group commented: “If our customers experience ‘touch-points’ with happy and positive employees who are advocates of our business, they are likely to feel good about their experience with Vax and become advocates themselves. Therefore employee engagement will always remain at the top of our agenda for both our employees and customers alike. This award cements what we already know – Vax is a special business with a great team.”
For more information about recruitment opportunities at Vax visit http://jobs.vax.com/
Notes for editors:
1. Vax holds the largest volume share of GB floorcare market with 28.1% of total unit sales in the past twelve months (Jan - Dec 2013). Over this period Vax volume sales have increased by 34%. (Source GfK, Total Floorcare Market, Volume Sales, Jan - Dec 2013)
2. 92% of Vax owners would buy a Vax again. (Source: Toluna survey April 2011).
About Vax:
Established in 1977, Vax is the UK’s number one floorcare brand. Vax is the only UK brand that caters for all your home’s floorcare needs, with a uniquely wide product range that offers everything from vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners to carpet washers, multifunction cleaners and cleaning solutions. Vax is now the fastest growing floorcare business in Europe, growing more than ten-fold over the last decade. Its floorcare products are distributed worldwide with a growing international footprint that extends across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia. Vax UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong based TechTronic Industries Co.Ltd. (TTi) TTi is a market and innovation leader in power equipment products, floor care appliances, laser and electronic products. The Group recorded sales of US$3.85 billion in 2012.
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