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Delhi to host Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) Awards 2016
MUMBAI: Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) India, the global association for marketing-at-retail,is to hold the 6th edition of Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA)Awards on 4th August, 2016, at New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan. The prestigious OMA Awards worldwide has trekked over 55 years and recognises the most innovative, engaging, and effective displays at retail.
POPAI is a non-profit global organisation for practitioners of marketing-at-retail – brand marketers,retailers,designers,and producers of retail communication. Headquartered at Chicago, it covers 60 countries and more than 1400 members worldwide. The core strategic objective is to establish and maintain industry standards, education and training, globalization of standards to elevate shopper’s experience in the marketplace.
This year the entries for the OMA Awards have been filed and over 250 participants will be part of the Awards. Some of the prominent participants include Brandmark Solutions Pvt Ltd, Classic Display Pvt Ltd, Communique Marketing Pvt Ltd, D-Displays Pvt Ltd, EffxxInc, Fizzy Foodlab Pvt Ltd, GV Displays Pvt Ltd, Madison India, M Live Events & Promotions, Mondelez India, Parkar Communications, Planet Dezign Pvt Ltd, Posterscope India, Renam Retail Pvt Ltd, Sina Retail Pvt Ltd, SAB Creations Pvt Ltd, Studio J, Spectrum Scan India Pvt Ltd and Vista Retail Pvt Ltd.
The jury members of the prestigious OMA Awards 2016 include SumitChaplot – Head – Merchandizing, Loreal India, Deepak Chakravarty, Head – Visual Merchandising, Adidas Group, Tom Harris, Development Director, POPAI ASIA Ltd, Michelle Adams, Chairman, POPAI Global and Darshana Shah, Chief Marketing Officer, Aditya Birla Health Insurance to name a few.
THE DISPLAY OF THE YEAR AWARD (DOY) is the most prestigious award of the OMAs and the highest recognition in the in-store marketing industry. One DOY Award is awarded in each Division (Permanent and Temporary) and is chosen from the Gold Award winners.
Giving an insight onthe OMA Awards,Amit De, Chairman,POPAI India, says: “We are pleased to announce the 6thedition of OMA Awards in India. The award has given an inordinate platform that recognizes and honours excellent displays that set the merchandising and design precedents of today which would set the standards of tomorrow”.
All winners will be announced at the OMA Awards Celebration on Thursday, August 4, 2016. A list of winners will be published onwww.popai.in the following day.
Brands
Robin Thadathil named chief human resources officer at P&G India
Insider steps up as CHRO, bringing 16 years of global HR leadership
SINGAPORE: Procter & Gamble has named Robin Thadathil as its new chief human resources officer, effective 1 April, marking a smooth internal transition at one of the country’s largest FMCG players.
Thadathil succeeds PM Srinivas, stepping into the role after more than 16 years within the company. A seasoned insider, he has built a career that stretches across Asia and the United States, with a steady rise through some of P&G’s most complex HR assignments.
Most recently, he served as senior director human resources, based in Singapore, where he led HR for the company’s site and country cluster spanning Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Before that, he was human resources director for the club and Amazon teams and the Seattle site, overseeing a business worth over $8 billion and partnering closely with senior leadership.
His earlier stints include managing director human resources for supply chain and manufacturing plants in Indonesia, where he led large teams across hair care and fabric care operations, and regional HR leader for product supply in south east asia, managing talent and organisational strategy across multiple markets.
Thadathil’s journey at P&G began in Singapore, where he held roles such as associate manager, asia HR operations and HR business partner across Asean markets, steadily building expertise in talent management, compensation strategy and organisational design.
Educated at Nanyang Technological University, where he earned both his engineering degree and a master’s in international political economy, Thadathil brings a blend of analytical rigour and global perspective to his new role.
He takes on the role at a time when Procter & Gamble continues to strengthen its presence in India.
