Total of 630 people to be hired by Nestle Ukraine, to join its traineeship programs in 2024-2025
MOSCOW. Oct 26 (Interfax) - As many as 630 people will be hired by the Nestle company in Ukraine or will join its traineeship programs in 2024-2025 under the Nestle Needs YOUth program, Ukrainian media said, citing the company's press service.
Nestle plans to hire 320 people aged 30 or younger and to invite another 310 to join its traineeship programs, the company said.
"In Ukraine, we continue to promote the Nestle Needs YOUth program, which helps develop leadership qualities, offers career opportunities to young Ukrainians and helps them receive their first job," Nestle General Director for Ukraine and South and Eastern Europe Market Alessandro Zanelli.
Nestle in Ukraine announced in early 2023 that $42 million would be invested in the construction of a new factory in the Volyn region, Zanelli said.
"Our goal is to create a food hub in the Volyn region, develop infrastructure and suppliers' network, which will create additional opportunities and new workplaces," he said.
Nestle's Ukraine division has already hired more than 80 people aged 30 or younger under the Nestle Needs YOUth program since the beginning of this year, he said.
Furthermore, the Nestle business center in Lvov, which has a staff of 1,700, mostly young people, continues to hire employees. Nestle in Ukraine has provided jobs to more than 500 people since the start of the crisis.
In Ukraine, the Nestle Needs YOUth program was first launched in 2013 in Lvov, which already hosted a Nestle factory and the international Nestlé Business Service Lviv. Over the past ten years of the functioning of the Nestle Needs YOUth, which helps young people gain access to apprenticeships, traineeships and job opportunities, Nestle in Ukraine has hired more than 4,800 people aged 30 or younger, and around 1,900 students have participated in the company's traineeship and apprenticeship program.
Nestle is one of the world's largest manufacturers of food products and beverages. The company's portfolio consists of over 2,000 brands, which are sold in almost 187 countries.
Nestle began operating in Ukraine in 1994, when it opened its representative office there. Nestle acquired the Svitoch confectionary factory in Lvov in 1998, and has been controlling 100% of the enterprise's shares since 2018. Nestle Ukraine LLC was founded in Kiev in May 2003. Nestle became the owner of 100% of Volynholding shares later that year.
In 2010, Nestle SA acquired Kharkov-based Technocom LLC, the producer of instant food under the TM Mivina brand. Nestle Business Service (NBS Europe) was created in Lvov in 2012, becoming one of Nestle's seven worldwide business centers and providing support to the company's divisions in more than 40 countries.
Nestle in Ukraine produces coffee and beverages, confectionaries, and culinary products, including cold sauces, condiments, soups, instant food, baby and specialty foods, ready-made breakfasts and ice cream, and pet food.