Hamilton Business Top for a Second Year

Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Names Hamilton Business Top for a Second Year

For the second year in a row, a Hamilton grown business with a philosophy of 'doing good’ for people has come out top on the national stage.

Recruitment and training specialists, Agoge, were awarded 2015 Supplier of the Year for Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd at the international beverage giant’s national annual supplier forum, held in Auckland last week. The award recognises Agoge as the top supplier, across all industries in New Zealand, to Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd’s national business.

The company -whose headquarters are in Te Rapa -is the first in the award’s history to win two years in a row, having first won it in 2014 with just over twelve months of doing business with Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd. The 2015 accolade was made doubly special on the night with the announcement of Agoge key account manager, Rachel Ross, as the Supplier Representative of the Year.

Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd’s General Manager of Human Resources, Martin King, says that the partnership with Agoge is one that is 'built on trust, rather than a supplier relationship built on exchanging invoices.' King highlights three qualities that have seen success in Agoge’s relationship with Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd: innovation, a genuine care for people, and a commitment to open communication.

The company’s ethos of caring for people is part of the secret to its success. For Agoge CEO, Andrew Nicol, winning for a second year in a row was an incredible honour: 'from day one, we have been driven by our value for people and our vision “People matter, therefore do good”. Having an engaged workforce is key to delivering successful business for clients. Caring for our own people is a fundamental part of this engagement.’

Doing good in the wider community is also an important focus for the Agoge way of doing business. Agoge’s actions as a social enterprise further drive their care for their people. According to Nicol, 'Agoge look beyond profits to both individually value and provide opportunities for our people, and do good in the community - both locally and abroad.’

Agoge’s most recent initiative, One for One, connects their workforce with those in need in a less-developed part of the world: ‘For every one week an onsite staff member works or one trainee attends a course, a person in Cambodia will have access to clean drinking water for one month,’ says Nicol, 'when you partner with Agoge, the work you do is bigger than just you or me, it has a lasting positive impact, both locally and globally.’

Agoge was founded by local Hamilton entrepreneur Andrew Nicol in 2003. From small beginnings, the organisation has now expanded to have branches throughout the country, and is successfully competing with large multinational organisations in their industries.

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