Every year, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) is awarding its dealers nationwide in recognizing its effort and exceptional performance to meet the brand’s global standard.
Now on its 14th year, the Dealer of the Year Awards (DOYA) aims to honors Isuzu dealers and its sales force, who worked tirelessly to achieve in sales and after sales operations.
Despite the challenges faced by industries in 2018 resulting in a slowdown of sales, IPC still emerged as the country’s leading truck brand, extending its winning streak to 19 years, prompting IPC Executive Vice President Shojiro Sakoda to declare, “We are all here, standing, and celebrating our success.”
In the presence of dealer principals and operators, branch, sales, and service and parts managers, supervisors and sales executives, IPC President Hajime Koso said in his welcome speech the remarkable work of each dealers. “Now that Isuzu has already 43 dealerships operating nationwide, we know that all of you are doing your best to achieve our goals each year, and we appreciate each one of you. We are working as one team, we are one Isuzu,” he said.
The 2018 Dealer of the Year Champion was given to Isuzu Iloilo, followed by Isuzu Cabanatuan and Isuzu Cagayan de Oro for the 1st and 2nd runner up, respectively.
The Most Improved Dealership of the Year award was handed to Isuzu Bulacan. Meanwhile, the Sales Team of the Year was awarded to Isuzu Pasig.
For individual category, the Sales Executive of the Year in the LCV Category was given to Gabriel Joshua Corro Jr. of Isuzu Iloilo, while the Sales Executive of the Year in the CV Category was awarded to Caren Pearl Gaspar of Isuzu Pasig.
2018 DOYA Awards were also given to Isuzu Pasig for being Best in Sales Operations, Isuzu Bulacan for being Best in Parts Operation, Isuzu Alabang as Best in Service Operations, and Isuzu Sto. Tomas Batangas as Best in Customer Service Operations.
“We couldn’t have done it without you. This is the night of becoming an inspiration—an inspiration to do something different, something bigger, and something remarkable,” explained Koso.