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NEMMY Awards

Building on the Power of the Pact, the NEMMY’S recognize representative and manufacturing firms that are dedicated to developing more powerful and profitable relationships.
The 6th Annual NEMMY Awards Presentation will take place at the NEMRA24, during the Opening Session!
Location: TBD
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Submissions can be made below in each of the following award categories.
Deadline for submissions: Friday, December 17th, 2023 (5:00PM EST)
Awards Available for Nomination
Partnership of the Year (POTY) Award
Rep's Choice Award
Nominated by a rep agency, this award recognizes the manufacturer that uses the Power Pact concepts to continually improve their value proposition to their sales force and customers.
Manufacturer's Choice Award
Nominated by a manufacturer, this award recognizes the rep firm that uses the Power Pact concepts to continually improve their agency and its alignment with manufacturers.
Criteria for Award Submission
Partnership of the Year (POTY) Award
Criteria for Submission
Using the following criteria, describe how you have been able to work as partners to reach your common business goals, through any combination of two or more of the following:
- Jointly developing and monitoring an annual business plan
- Using sales- enablement / support tools and processes to align your activities—technology, territory visits, customer service, new product launches, training, marketing and promotional tools
- Making mutually strategic investments (compensation plan, sales specialists, additional product training, etc.)
- Top leadership involvement and a commitment to a win-win relationship
Note: A Rep and Manufacturer should nominate themselves as a team
Rep's Choice Award
Criteria for Submission
Describe how the manufacturer you’re nominating generates superior performance through any combination of three or more of the following:
- Communicating company strategy and value proposition to their sales network.
- Providing superior levels of sales-enablement tools and service support
- Utilizing fair and equitable compensation models to drive sales growth
- Demonstrating understanding and respect of rep value by CEO/top leadership
- Investing in new products, support tools, technology, and process improvement
Note: A Rep should nominate a Manufacturer
Manufacturer's Choice Award
Criteria for Submission:
Describe how the rep firm you’re nominating generates superior performance through any combination of three or more of the following:
- Effectively implementing an annual business plan
- Building brand preference and demand through effective selling at both the distributor and end user customers
- Providing superior customer responsiveness through highly trained and organized inside sales and customer service teams
- Deploying marketing resources to help build brand and end user demand
- Investing in sales training and professional development of its team
- Communicating effectively with all people/functions within your company
Note: A Manufacturer should nominate a Rep
Past NEMMY Award Winners

2022-23 Winners
2021-22 Winners
Winners Notes: Through leading sales and sales related initiatives on TEAMS calls, Bill Waltz and the Atkore leadership team demonstrated their understanding, support and advocacy of their sales representatives.
In addition to driving product innovation, taking the commodity out of commodities, and providing supporting marketing and sales tools, Atkore implemented a bonus program which resulted in a significant boost to the bottom line for their reps.
Winners Notes: In recognizing John Moore & Associates, Manufacturers touched on many of the elements highlighted in the Rep of the future studies. Having a clear corporate strategic plan and always looking for innovative ways to promote their manufacturer’s… top that list.
JMA consistently collaborates on strategic business development plans, regularly discusses growth initiatives and new opportunities in their markets and is thoroughly engaged at the contractor, engineer, and end user levels, ensuring manufacturers that JMA is driving demand and brand preference for their brands.
Winners Notes:
For over 30 years Legrand and Lyle Williams Company have been building on a partnership based on the core belief that the Manufacturer/Manufacturer Representative relationship is built on trust, integrity, respect, and the pursuit of excellence.
In 2021 the expansion of the partnership between Legrand and Lyle Williams Company and the joint execution of an aggressive sales plan culminated in unprecedented territory growth and market share gain.
Both parties noted that this performance would not have been possible without the strong partnership that integrated mutual investments in technology, territory engagement, customer service, marketing, and other support tools with a common pursuit of excellence.