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Nestle to boost
investment in halal
products operation
SHAH ALAM: The growing global opportunities in halal foods and products
has encouraged the Nestle Group to boost its investment in halal manu-
facturing and capacity building.
Its executive vice-president/zone director for Asia, Oceania, Africa and
Middle East, Datuk Frits van Dijk, said this trend would augur well for Nestle
Malaysia as the group continued to expand its workforce.
“Malaysia has long been recognised as Nestle Group’s halal centre of
excellence and a leading exporter of halal products which account for more
than 20% of its total turnover in this country,” he said at the graduation
ceremony of 31 participants of Nestle Malaysia’s executive diploma in
manufacturing management (EDMM) programme here on Wednesday.
Van Dijk said Nestle employed more than 280,000 people worldwide
and considered human capital development as an important investment.
“At Nestle, the average number of years of service at retirement is 27
years (in the top 20 countries that employ 80% of our people), and we
believe that one of the reasons for the low turnover is that we help people
grow in their personal capabilities,” he said.
The EDMM programme, developed jointly by Nestle Malaysia and Open
University of Malaysia (OUM) was launched in 2006 to develop Nestle’s
production executives into first-line managers.
The 20-month programme is based on a thoroughly-researched job
analysis of the first-line manager position in Nestle factories, with each
topic taught supporting a performance objective and the goal of delivering
specific workplace competencies. – Bernama