Donaldson Group Wins 2022 Best Marketing Campaign Award at STTA Dinner
This award recognises a STTA organisation that has run an exceptional and successful marketing campaign to raise awareness, increase revenue or promote a timber or timber related product or service between Oct 2019 – Oct 2021
March 8, 2022Last week, Donaldson Group took home the Best Marketing Campaign Award at the Scottish Timber Trade Association Dinner 2022.
This award recognises a STTA organisation that has run an exceptional and successful marketing campaign to raise awareness, increase revenue or promote a timber or timber related product or service between Oct 2019 – Oct 2021
Donaldson Group won the award based on the results generated through its integrated digital marketing campaign for its TimberCut4U brand.
As a supplier of quality hardwood, softwood and timber products to the DIY market, TimberCut4U’s digital marketing campaign resulted in a sales increase of over 700% from the previous 5 years.
Donaldson Group’s Head of Marketing, Jean Paul Malum commented: “We are delighted to win this award for our TimberCut4U marketing campaign. It was important for us that throughout the COVID pandemic we were able to fully maximise our e-commerce functionality – by facilitating buying timber on our website through a simplified user experience, we were prepared for, and could therefore capitalise on, the DIY and home renovations boom that the industry experienced.”
The STTA dinner was held on 4th March at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh with a small number of awards being presented – it was a great night enjoyed by all.
Sandra – ABM & Kitchen Designer
Sandra has been part of the business for over 13 years and works in our merchant business MGM Timber. Currently part of our Grangemouth team, the now Assistant Manager previously worked at our Dundee and Glenrothes branches as an administrator.
March 3, 2022Sandra’s making kitchen dreams come true!
Name: Sandra Robertson
Job Title: Assistant Manager and Kitchen Designer
Company: MGM Grangemouth
Sandra has been part of the business for over 13 years and works in our merchant business MGM Timber. Currently part of our Grangemouth team, the now Assistant Manager previously worked at our Dundee and Glenrothes branches as an administrator.
Since joining the Grangemouth branch over 10 years ago as Assistant Branch Manager, she has also taken on the role as a kitchen designer, which she really enjoys, as it brings out the creative side in her and she finds it really satisfying. Sandra says her favourite part is “being able to take a customer’s dream kitchen and bring it into reality.”
All of Sandra’s colleagues agree that since starting with MGM Timber she has come a long way. Not only by developing her personal skills, but also her professional skills in sales within the company – which is constantly leading the way in introducing new and exciting products into the market. Sandra is a huge asset to the Donaldson Group and a great example of the opportunities that are open to people who are part of the business.
Before Joining the Donaldson Group, Les spent 18 Years managing and transforming IT organisations in the FMCG world. Most recently 8 years with Devro food casings, as IT director bringing together 4 separate IT organisations in to one group wide function and overhauling the IT applications landscape including an ERP roll out. Before this he spent 10 years in Procter & Gamble in various IT management roles culminating in managing IT for the Central Europe, Middle East & Africa Baby Care business. Outside of work, Les is a director of a homeless charity, enjoys running 10K’s and half marathons to keep fit and spending time with his young family.
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Steve Galbraith
Managing Director, MGM Timber Ltd, Nu-Style Products Ltd, James Donaldson Insulation Ltd
Steve joined Nu-Style Products in November 2018 as Commercial Director and became Managing Director in April 2019. Before joining the business, he worked for a multi-national distributor to the building industry for 20 years, starting as Internal Sales before enjoying his time in External Sales. In 2008 he moved into operational positions finishing with multi-site responsibility across the north of Scotland.
Away from work Steve likes to spend time with his young family! However, when time allows he likes to run (well jog!) to keep the weight off but, his real passion is for golf, which he recently returned to after several years in “semi-retirement” due to family commitments.
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Iain is the Managing Director of James Donaldson Timber and has been working in the timber trade since the day of his 18th birthday back in 1984. His role is to develop the corporate strategy for JDT and ensure the organisational structure, health and safety procedures and finances are there to support it. Continuing his trend of making career decisions on big birthdays he started as MD of JDT on his 40th birthday in May 2006, and has therefore been with us for over 10 years. His professional accomplishments extend beyond the Donaldson Group, as he is currently President of the Scottish Timber Trade Association and past Chairman of the National Softwood Division of the TTF. And it seems work projects aren’t enough for Iain, as he’s currently working on a two storey extension to his house and a four car garage!
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Luke has been with DTE since October 2007 and Business Development Director since 2017. With over 20 years of experience in the Timber industry and a strong emphasis on developing people, Luke was the natural choice to become DTE’s new Managing Director. Luke and his young family enjoy spending weekends walking in the Shropshire Hills close to their home. Luke and his wife also enjoy cooking for friends and family, it’s not uncommon to have 20 round for Sunday lunch!
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Mark started at Donaldson Group in 1986 as a management trainee. Throughout his three decades with the Group, Mark has taken on a variety of roles, including production assistant, quality assurance representative, stock manager and mill foreman. He then moved into systems management firstly as integrated systems manager, and then Head of Occupational Risk and Compliance Management.
Taking on the role of Chief Risk Officer in October 2022, he will continue to support the expansion of the Group into a more diverse product range and service offering through the ongoing delivery of a risk management strategy, as well as continue to identify and mitigate risks to make the business more resilient and more secure for stakeholders, and especially for colleagues.
Mark has an MSc in Quality Assurance and throughout his time with the Group, has led many advancements and improvements.
In his spare time, he enjoys walking his rottweiler dogs and he even runs a Facebook group for rottweilers. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, and wood turning as well as holidays in the UK with friends who also own rottweiler dogs.
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Pamela is currently Global Operational Excellence Director at Diageo, having held several senior leadership positions across the global beverage alcohol organisation, including technical, innovation, packaging operations, HR and global transformation areas.
Pamela joined the Donaldson board in February 2019 and in addition to her current responsibilities at Diageo, Pamela brings extensive skills in leadership and strategic thinking from experience covering the end to end supply chain in a European and Global context.
Pamela is also on the Board of Directors of North British Distillery; a Non-Executive Director of Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association and a trustee for the Big Hearts Community Trust.
In her free time, Pamela loves to spend time with her family and enjoys music, outdoor life and travel.