Annual Report
with sustainability reporting Traineeships for young starters
•2019/20 Last financial year, 26 recent young graduates started as trainees, the majority in IT, also in HR, finance, logistics and purchasing. During a maximum See thebut complete annual report period of one year, the trainees complete an internship in various departments. They gain practical knowledge of many jobs, processes and working methods, and start building a network. • As an organisation, we see traineeships as a win-win. We facilitate the inflow of young starters and also meet the growing demand from young people for mentoring, training and opportunities to try different things. • For example, Technics is launching a new traineeship in engineering. From September 2020, up to eight young engineers will work in four different departments for ten months, before taking up a permanent position.
Sustainability
More and more training opportunities in-house
To tackle the shortage of specific profiles in the job market, we are setting up more training and education programmes ourselves. These are open to new employees and colleagues who want to give their career a different direction. • In our technical school, the first four colleagues have successfully completed the training in basic machinery techniques. These employees with a new direction receive further training by the department in which they will end up. • Twenty-eight employees have successfully completed the butcher’s training. • Two new programmes for prospective managers: trainee store manager for Colruyt stores and junior team leader for logistics.
ACTIVITIES | Retail • Wholesale • Foodservice • Other activities • Group support activities
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