2025 Winners

Overall Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

Wincanton

Operational Excellence Leader

RECIPIENT:

John Bicheno

Operations Team of the Year

WINNER:

OCS – Covent Garden Operations Team

OCS – Covent Garden Operations Team

FINALISTS:

  • Aldermore Bank - Customer Excellence Team Aldermore Bank - Customer Excellence Team
  • Collinson International Group Collinson International Group
  • evcoms evcoms
  • Huntswood Huntswood
  • Insight Global Insight Global
  • OCS – Covent Garden Operations Team OCS – Covent Garden Operations Team

Operations Manager / COO of the Year

WINNER:

Alternative Futures Group - Kirsty Murphy

Alternative Futures Group - Kirsty Murphy

FINALISTS:

  • Alternative Futures Group - Kirsty Murphy Alternative Futures Group - Kirsty Murphy
  • evcoms - Hiba Fadhil evcoms - Hiba Fadhil
  • FT Live, Financial Times - Eduardo Gomes FT Live, Financial Times - Eduardo Gomes
  • Multicultural Marketing Consultancy - Jasmeet Chana Multicultural Marketing Consultancy - Jasmeet Chana

Women in Operations

WINNER:

evcoms - Hiba Fadhil

evcoms - Hiba Fadhil

FINALISTS:

  • evcoms - Hiba Fadhil evcoms - Hiba Fadhil
  • Huntswood - Natalie Bulloch Huntswood - Natalie Bulloch
  • Mitie - Nikki Loveless Mitie - Nikki Loveless
  • Phinia Delphi UK - Tulin Ozgur Phinia Delphi UK - Tulin Ozgur

Operational Excellence in Facilities Management

WINNER:

Mitie

Mitie

FINALISTS:

  • Charles River Charles River
  • Mitie Mitie

Operational Excellence in Retail & Banking

WINNER:

Aldermore Bank

Aldermore Bank

FINALISTS:

  • Aldermore Bank Aldermore Bank
  • Nationwide Building Society Nationwide Building Society
  • RGIS UK RGIS UK

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

WINNER:

Sunrise Medical

Sunrise Medical

FINALISTS:

  • Hologic Hologic
  • Phinia Delphi UK Phinia Delphi UK
  • Sunrise Medical Sunrise Medical

Operational Excellence in Third-Level Education

WINNER:

Queen's University

Queen's University

FINALISTS:

  • LIBF, Part of Walbrook Institute London LIBF, Part of Walbrook Institute London
  • Queen's University Queen's University

Operational Excellence in Transport & Logistics

WINNER:

Wincanton

Wincanton

FINALISTS:

  • Hamilton Medical UK Hamilton Medical UK
  • Viking Office & DX Express Viking Office & DX Express
  • Wincanton Wincanton

Training Programme of the Year

WINNER:

Essity – Early Careers Programme

Essity – Early Careers Programme

FINALISTS:

  • Essity – Early Careers Programme Essity – Early Careers Programme
  • Piran Advanced Composites - Bespoke Level 3 Composite Technician Apprenticeship Piran Advanced Composites - Bespoke Level 3 Composite Technician Apprenticeship

Best Use of Technology in Operations

WINNER:

LIBF - Improving Education Through Technology

LIBF - Improving Education Through Technology

FINALISTS:

  • Connected Health Connected Health
  • Huntswood - Rhythmator Huntswood - Rhythmator
  • LIBF - Improving Education Through Technology LIBF - Improving Education Through Technology
  • McBreen Enviro UK - Elios 3 Drone, DISAB, D:MAX & Lombrico Gerotto McBreen Enviro UK - Elios 3 Drone, DISAB, D:MAX & Lombrico Gerotto
  • Mitie - 3D Printing Green Belt Project Delivery Mitie - 3D Printing Green Belt Project Delivery

Innovation in Operations

WINNER:

Collinson Group

Collinson Group

FINALISTS:

  • Collinson Group Collinson Group
  • Heron Joinery - Custom Roller/Turntable Production Line Heron Joinery - Custom Roller/Turntable Production Line

Green Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

Mitie

Mitie

FINALISTS:

  • EDAC Environmental Compliance EDAC Environmental Compliance
  • London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lambeth
  • McBreen Enviro UK McBreen Enviro UK
  • Mitie Mitie

Digital Transformation and AI Award

WINNER:

Aldermore Bank

Aldermore Bank

FINALISTS:

  • Aldermore Bank Aldermore Bank
  • EDAC Environmental Compliance EDAC Environmental Compliance