DHL EXPRESS WINS GOLD STEVIE® AWARD FOR SALES & CUSTOMER SERVICE

DHL Express, the world's leading international express service provider, has won the Gold Stevie® Award Customer Service Department of the Year 2021 in the Airlines, Distribution and Transportation Category at the 16th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

“This Gold Stevie Award is certainly a huge achievement for our customer service team. In fact, it is a testament to our focus strategy, where we believe that our “motivated people” are at the core of creating “great service quality” that allows us to retain “loyal customers” and have a “profitable network”. More importantly, the award honors the hard work, dedication and passion of each and every employee who puts our customers at the heart of everything they do and consistently delivers our customer promise of “Excellence, Simply Delivered”,” says Gloria Torres, Customer Services Director, DHL Express Philippines.

The DHL Express Philippines Customer Service team received a perfect score from the judges. Some of the feedback were: “Perfect score for a perfect case. You tick all the boxes! Your team is able to provide a consistent experience across the customer journey, the experience is a reflection of your brand promise, you are making this easy for your customers, and you are different by the way you do things. Best in class!”

The Gold Stevie jurors also commented on how the team’s customer-centric and employee-centric values contributed to exceeding its target goal, and the organization performed very well in terms of meeting KPIs in all aspects.

“The nominations we received for the 2022 competition illustrate that business development, customer service, and sales professionals worldwide, in all sorts of organizations, have continued to innovate, thrive, and meet customer expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stevie Awards president Maggie Gallagher Miller.  “The judges have recognized and rewarded their achievements, and we join them in applauding this year's winners for their continued success.  We look forward to recognizing them on May 11.”

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development and sales professionals.  The award-giving body organizes eight of the world’s leading business awards programs, also including the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®.

More than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry across 51 nations were considered in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized judging committees. Entries were considered in more than 90 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; more than 60 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services, solution providers, and organizations’ and individuals’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New categories this year honor excellence in thought leadership in customer service and sales

Winners were recognized during a virtual awards ceremony on May 11.