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Some graduates with officials at the ceremony.

Saudi students complete Nestlé training programme

JEDDAH, December 8, 2014

As many as 56 Saudi Arabian students graduated from the Nestlé Centre of Excellence’s training programmes for 2013 and 2014.

About 40 per cent of the students, who graduated in five batches, were offered employment at Nestlé in newly created positions.

The graduation ceremony was held in the Park Hyatt Hotel, with the attendance of government dignitaries, universities, NGO’s, media and families of the graduates.

Remy Ejel, country manager of Nestlé Saudi Arabia, said: “When we established the scheme over three years ago we said, ‘A promise made should be a promise kept’. This year’s graduation confirms that promise once again.”

Yves Manghardt, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestlé Middle East, said: “The Center of Excellence that we started in 2012 in Saudi is the pioneer in the region and its success has encouraged us to expand it to Oman, where we launched it in September, 2014, as a first step of roll out to other countries in the region as well.

“Nestlé believes in Creating Shared Value as a fundamental part of our way of doing business. It’s based on the reality that the long-term economic, social and nutrition challenges the world is facing cannot be solved by governments alone, and corporations have a role to play and contribute to the solutions.”

Nestlé’s initiative will not only help graduates gain employment within Nestlé, but it will also give them the tools and the means to find work elsewhere within Saudi Arabia.  

The programme ensures a continuous flow of local talent to the organisation and contributes to the development and training of external Saudi graduates by allowing them to benefit from the Nestlé expertise.

“While 40 per cent of the 2013/14 graduates were offered employment at Nestlé in newly created positions, the others will no doubt excel wherever they pursue their careers,” added Ejel. - TradeArabia News Service




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