The Nestlé training programmes for 2013 and 2014 in Saudi Arabia graduated 56 students in five batches, 40 per cent of whom were offered employment at Nestlé in newly created positions.

“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,” said Remy Ejel, country manager of Nestlé Saudi Arabia, at the graduation ceremony held in the Park Hyatt Hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Yves Manghardt, chairman and CEO 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,” Manghardt added.

Three years after its inception the Centre has trained a total of 77 students in programmes including management, nutrition and sales.

“While 40 percent 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,” Ejel concluded. – TradeArabia News Service