Company develops procurement through NVQ

Colleagues at a leading Yorkshire electronics company have celebrated achieving their NVQ qualifications in a special ceremony conducted this week on the GSPK Technology Park in Knaresborough.

Colleagues at a leading Yorkshire electronics company have celebrated achieving their NVQ qualifications in a special ceremony conducted on the GSPK Technology Park in Knaresborough this week.

Having made a strategic decision to up the skills level of their workforce through NVQ and learndirect qualifications, GSPK Electronics has invested in its employees to provide, not only benefits for their self esteem and confidence, but also the prospect of enhancing and adding value to the service they provide to their customers.

The company is able to calculate training needs through initial assessments and regular company appraisals from which training schedules are identified and implemented.

The current batch of graduates have achieved NVQ levels 2 and 3 in procurement and have been working towards their qualifications for the past 18 months.

Anne Quinn, Human Resources Manager for GSPK Electronics said: "As a company we are constantly striving forward to provide a professional service to all our customers and in this regard are dedicated to developing our colleagues".

"Through such continuous development, we endeavour to ensure our employees are procuring in the leanest and most proactive way".

"The market is constantly changing and as a result, we encourage our colleagues to procure stock and control inventory in a timely, efficient and cost effective manner for the benefit of customers".

"Training therefore is a priority".

"Being able to retain developed staff is much more cost effective than continually recruiting and developing new members of staff".

"This also provides our customers with a much valued continuity of service".

GSPK is currently undergoing an expansion programme in order to meet increasing demand faced by the industry.

The company is dedicated to revolutionising its customer service provision and has not only invested time, effort and money in its employees, but also in new machinery and manufacturing techniques.

Angela Simkins, Operations Director for GSPK Electronics said: "We realise that our people are our greatest asset which is why our philosophy is to keep on investing in both existing and new employees".

"We are inspired by the dedication and hard work our employees put into achieving their NVQ qualifications and we are proud that they choose to be members of our team".

"Skilled and experienced people are invaluable and consequently very difficult to find".

"Understanding the needs of our employees is something we have always been sensitive to and I think their commitment to us is testament to that".

She continues: "As specialists within our field, GSPK's focus has always been to provide a forward thinking and innovative approach to conducting business".

"We know that investing in our employees will help us to differentiate our products and services and in so doing, provide competitive advantage in what are very competitive markets".

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