2026 Shortlist

Announcing the Finalists for the 2026 Operational Excellence Awards We're delighted to reveal this year's shortlist. Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala on 27th May 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

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Overall Operational Excellence Award

The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Operational Excellence Leader

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Operations Team of the Year - Large

FINALISTS

Amgen

Amgen

Apleona Ireland

Apleona Ireland

Bidvest Noonan

Bidvest Noonan

SSE Airtricity

SSE Airtricity

Operations Team of the Year - SME

FINALISTS

Convergint Ireland

Convergint Ireland Limited

evcoms

evcoms

Excursions Ireland

Excursions Ireland

Labquip (Ireland)

Labquip (Ireland) Ltd

Senior Management Team

PCI College

Portakabin Ireland

Portakabin

VOYA Operations Team

VOYA

Operations Manager / COO of the Year

FINALISTS

Sinead Burke

Credit Management Outsource Solutions

Hiba Fadhil

evcoms

Mark Rohan

Klearcom

David Ritchie

SSE Airtricity

Jill Kane

Yokeru

Martha Ivanovas

Zerve AI

Women in Operations

FINALISTS

Jessie Lin

E2G Logistics

Hiba Fadhil

evcoms

Karen Sutton

Griffith College

Grifols Ireland -Victoria Ramos

Grifols Worldwide Operations, Ltd

Danielle Kiernan

Bon Secours - Glasnevin

Denise Kennedy

LOCOMOTIVE Europe

Mairead McVitty

Primeline Group

Eithne O’Flaherty

Sheenco Travel

Rising Star in Operations

FINALISTS

Aine McGrath

ISS Ireland

Dainagh McGee

Lidl Ireland & Lidl Northern Ireland

Operational Excellence in Facilities Management

FINALISTS

Apleona Ireland

Bidvest Noonan

ISS Ireland

Operational Excellence in Healthcare

FINALISTS

3Dental

Comfort Keepers Homecare

Northern Ireland Hospice

Operational Excellence in ICT, Media and Telecoms

FINALISTS

evcoms

Klearcom

Virgin Media Ireland

Operational Excellence in Life Sciences

FINALISTS

Astellas Ireland Co., Ltd.

Diagnexia

GE Healthcare

WuXi Biologics

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

FINALISTS

Viatris Little Island

WuXi Biologics

Operational Excellence in Public Sector

FINALISTS

An Post Commerce

Department of Housing, Government & Heri

Dept. of Agriculture Food & the Marine

Road Safety Authoriy

Operational Excellence in Retail

FINALISTS

ALDI Ireland

Lidl Ireland & Lidl Northern Ireland

Stocktaking.ie (An RGIS Company)

Operational Excellence in Third-Level Education

FINALISTS

Griffith College

Munster Technological University

LINC Consortium

Maynooth University

MTU Access Service- Ready Steady Work

MTU

RCSI

SETU

South East Technological University(SETU

Technological University of the Shannon

Operational Excellence in Transport & Logistics

FINALISTS

An Post Commerce

BWG Foods

E2G Logistics

Motia

Operational Excellence in Utilities

FINALISTS

Copper Coast Renewables

Shareridge

SSE Airtricity

We Can Save You Money Ltd

Innovation in Operations

FINALISTS

Ambipar

Bidvest Noonan

Dept. of Agriculture Food & the Marine

Pareto FM

Sheenco Travel

Yokeru

Green Operational Excellence Award

FINALISTS

BWG Foods

CCS Cullen Cleaning Services

Express Merchants

Follow The Camino

KORE Insulation

Lindab

Pareto FM

South Eastern Regional College

Digital Transformation and AI Award

FINALISTS

Automatic Plastics Ltd, A PCI Company

Deciphex

Express Merchants

LOCOMOTIVE Europe

Quantmatix Limited

Sheenco Travel

Vodafone

Yokeru

Excellence in Collaboration and Partnership

FINALISTS

TSVH Unit, EDI Office, SETU

evcoms

ISS Ireland

Labquip (Ireland) Ltd

MTU Careers and Ability@Work / Horizons

MTU Extended Campus

SGS Ireland

Uisce Eireann

Yokeru

Excellence in the use of Data & Analytics in Operations

FINALISTS

CCS Cullen Cleaning Services

Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage

Dept. of Agriculture Food & the Marine

LOCOMOTIVE Europe

Viatris Little Island