Sometimes good business wins come from the most unlikely places. Thank you all for recognizing the urgency of our colleagues’ needs in Vietnam and doing your very best to get large samples out to their customer at the last minute. We anticipate this will be a significant win for our ASEAN team, and your exceptional dedication is a major contributing factor. I really appreciate your help with this!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all your hard work and dedicated time in preparation for the SAP Go Live!
Sandra, this recognition is SO long overdue, and I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your exceptional guidance and unwavering support over the past few years. You have consistently gone above and beyond what was expected of you. I still remember when I first started three and a half years ago—you would clear the main queue before me so I could come into work with a clean slate. That was a powerful example of servant leadership and teamwork, principles I deeply value from my own management training. When you embraced the challenge of mentoring two inexperienced fellas to help turn around a struggling region, your ability to guide and train us made a profound impact on my professional growth. There were times when I doubted my ability to succeed with the new systems, procedures, and protocols I was learning, but your encouragement never wavered. You taught this position with passion, integrity, and consistency. You provided us with the essential tools for success and consistently led by example. The time you have invested in me has been more than I could ever have imagined. I want to emphasize the importance of personal development and your involvement. Over two years ago, we discussed my college education, and your encouragement to finish my degree changed my path. That conversation has stuck with me, and without it, I may never have considered it. I am now 100% committed to achieving this goal. Your support extended beyond my academics—you were there during challenging personal moments, allowing me to share my thoughts or simply lending a listening ear. The time you invested in developing my professional and personal growth plan is a true testament to your extraordinary commitment to your team and who you are as a person. Sandra, with immense gratitude, I want to thank you for being such a positive influence in my life. I truly appreciate everything you do!
Sandra always goes above and beyond in her role, doing her best to help fulfill orders and answer questions from our affiliates and international customers. She has been a great resource to our affiliates, especially when it comes to our legacy TIC Gums products. She works very hard and remains patient and understanding, even during difficult situations.
Dear Sandra, throughout the weeks and months of working with you and your team to get the Pureflo Kosher for Passover orders processed and collected from the Kenco warehouse for our EMEA customer, Strauss Israel, you have always been there for me. Even when we were tearing our hair out with the warehouse, you consistently tried to help, provided updates, pacified me, and kept me sane. When we realized we were missing the CPU details from you, you graciously acknowledged that receiving these sooner would have helped reduce frustration and provided greater visibility of our orders. This all strengthens our relationship, and I am truly delighted to have you as a colleague, no matter the distance. Even before "Colleague Appreciation Day" was mentioned, I told Julie on our call on February 8 that I wanted to thank you for your help, so this is perfect timing, especially as the last of the large volumes for Strauss Israel were collected this week. Thank you, Sandra.
Sandra, you demonstrated the Ingredion value of Owner’s Mindset by supporting PBP growth and helping the team deliver $0.6MM of export revenue in June. Getting products into the region was critical for multiple key launches, and you were instrumental in achieving this goal. While PBP export orders may not be as large as other platforms, you recognized (and continue to recognize) the value each order has to the PBP P&L. On behalf of the entire PBP team, we truly appreciate your efforts and thank you for your continued support!
Dear Sandra, thank you very much for all your help and proactive actions to get Alcocap 300 in time for P&G's trials in Europe. I really appreciate your support. Thank you again.
Dear Sandra, I want to thank you for helping Andrew and me put the final jigsaw piece in place so that the last 6 MT of Pureflo KP was collected today by the freight forwarder of our EMEA customer. It is never an easy project to get the KP products ordered, manufactured, and shipped successfully, and it always requires teamwork. Thank you for playing your part — I truly appreciate your collaboration and hard work.
Thanks for your dedication and determination to make things seem normal for all our customers globally during this COVID-19 pandemic! I really appreciate your leadership across all the workstreams (orders, non-cons, country-specific labels, etc.) — it truly makes our customers happier. Thank you!
Sandra, thank you for always being available and willing to go into SF to request that IQD samples be sent to Coke for the Guar Gum. Your support is key to the success of the Coke business.
Sandra, you did an amazing job pushing through the set-up of a new Beyond Meat ship-to for export order processing to EMEA. We only had 10 days to get the material to Beyond Meat's copacker in Germany for plant testing to support a significant new business opportunity with this target account. It required the creation of a new ship-to, CIA payment, and expedited shipping. Your creative solutions and owner’s mindset were critical in making this a great customer experience. Thank you!!!
Sandra — I received the following feedback from DSV/Coke regarding your performance: "Sandra Vazquez was my contact. SHE IS GOOD TO WORK WITH! Really the only person that helps — I know your company has different contacts for different locations, but for this IL — Sandra is my main contact." Great work!!! You are doing a great job under trying circumstances.
Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work in participating in the NA Exports to EMEA RCA. It was great to come together collaboratively as a team to confirm existing actions, while also pushing the envelope and thinking outside the box to identify innovative new solutions that will help reduce the backlog and set Ingredion up for success in a future steady state.
Dear Sandra, thank you very much for your strong support in enabling alternative deliveries for EMEA samples due to the continued challenges with UPS deliveries in the region. Your expertise, guidance, and responsiveness have been critical in ensuring a swift, smooth, and successful delivery of essential samples for EMEA NPD projects after repeated UPS delivery failures. You have been an invaluable support and point of contact in making this work, and we truly appreciate your commitment and for going the extra mile to support us. Thank you very much for all the effort you’ve put in and for bringing us one step forward in our project! Kind regards.
Dear Sandra, Many thanks for your continuous and patient support in delivering the product from the US during the transition of the business from TIC Gums to Ingredion, prior to the completion of the EU NPI process. We understand that it has required extra effort to meet the customer’s request, and it is highly appreciated. Without your consistent support, this would not have been possible. Thanks again, and best regards.