First Saudi Women Trainees Graduate from Nestlé Programme

Nestlé Centre of Excellence

The Nestlé Centre of Excellence programmes graduated its first batch of Saudi women trainees in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A successful conclusion to a four-week programme for female university graduates which started in March 2013.

The 15 participants undertook different training modules within the programme such as project management, finance for non-finance, business etiquette and advanced Microsoft office. In addition trainees collected practice in a real working environment by joining business teams as part of theiron the job training to put their skills into practice within different departments at Nestlé Saudi Arabia.

The new graduates received their graduation certificates on May 19th, 2013. On the occasion of the graduation ceremony Yves Manghardt, Chairman & CEO Nestlé Middle East, said: “The Nestlé Centre of Excellence is part of Nestlé’s “Creating Shared Value” initiatives that we established in Saudi Arabia last year. Its mission is to train Saudi graduates up to multinational standards in different fields.

Nestlé Saudi Arabia Country Manager Roger Meguerdichian stated: This programme is the fourth pillar of the Nestlé Centre of Excellence. We started with the Nutrition Development Programme, Graduate Development Programme, Sales Training Academy. Today with the Business Executive Programme we are graduating a new batch of ladies capable to assume different roles within the company. So far a third of trainees are being offered a position in various departments within Nestlé Saudi Arabia.

About Nestlé:

For over 140 years, Nestlé has been applying its nutrition expertise in the development of products that contribute to the health and wellness of consumers, evolving into the world’s foremost Nutrition, Health and Wellness company. With Headquarter in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé currently employs around 330,000 people worldwide and has 461 factories and operations in 83 countries.

“Good Food, Good Life” is the foundational philosophy upon which Nestlé continues to build an ever-increasing portfolio of quality brands that not only deliver on great taste, but on nutritional value as well. To that end, the company invests around USD 1.5 billion in research and development alone, every year.

Nestlé’s portfolio of products includes Infant Nutrition, Milks, Soups, Bottled Water, Confectionery, Coffee, Beverage Creamers, Culinary and Breakfast Cereals.