Employees
Just as we co-develop with our customers we co-develop
with our people. AAK has employees in more than 25 countries
on six continents. We have 20 production facilities and
customization plants across the world and a global procurement
and sales organization. Organic growth, investments
in production facilities and acquisitions are expanding that
global presence.
In 2017, we continued to recruit employees to our two
new factories in Jundiaí, Brazil and Zhangjiagang, China
– construction projects that of course also demand a lot of
training and induction of new employees.
AAK had an average of 3,399 employees in 2017 – an
increase compared to the prior year due to the new factories
mentioned, and our continued organic growth.
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program for 2017–2019, has been developing according to
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processes, and roles and responsibilities.
For example, we have updated our AAK Trainee Program.
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new graduates (selected from more than 1,800 applicants) to
a new one, which includes an international assignment and
even more training days than before.
We have also continued and updated our AAK Sales Training
Program, CCV (Creating Customer Value). In 2017, 73 new
colleagues in our go-to-market organization completed the
CCV training. During the year we have prepared for the next
step and we are planning to roll out CCV Advanced during
2018.
Furthermore, we have conducted our second global
employee engagement survey together with Great Place to
Work. 87 percent of our employees completed the survey
making our participation equal to the top-tier companies
that have a much stronger tradition of engagement surveys.
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of 2018 be initiated across the organization with a high level
of employee participation and engagement.
We have also strengthened our approach to workforce
planning, which includes succession planning as potential
review and talent management.
Last but not least, based on our 12 leadership competencies
as a foundation for future leadership development within
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than 350 managers and leaders globally. Work to revitalize
our company values has also been included in these leadership
days.
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Sourcing operations
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