Our Culture of Professional Development
Be Inspired.
An Environment that works to bring out your best.
At Kraft Foods, employee development is more than just training, it’s a way of life. We hire talented people, provide them with challenging opportunities and engage them in their development. The result is an organization of talented, engaged and committed employees who rank among the world’s top business professionals.
Our guiding principles for global employee development are:
- Kraft recruits and expects motivated, active learners.
- Development is a career-long process and is most effective when it includes diverse experiences and focuses on doing the work of the organization.
- Managers play a critical role in promoting development and must know their people, capabilities and aspirations.
- Kraft standards and processes provide direction to worldwide development practices.
Global processes provide the common language, standards and tools to support each employee's development, and can maximize career potential, including:
- Orientation programs to get employees off to a good start
- The Kraft Foods Leadership Competency Model which defines leadership at all stages of a career
- A global core training curriculum linked to career stages
- Performance appraisal and development feedback for everyone
- Senior Leaders as teachers in training programs
- A global succession planning process to identify and promote development of talent
- Formal and informal mentoring programs
- Educational assistance for external coursework
- Diversity council sponsored career development events
- Dialog with Kraft Leaders on emerging business trends and initiatives
- Community outreach and volunteer opportunities
- Easy intranet access to development and career management information and tools
Kraft’s commitment to learning and development is modeled by our senior leadership team, our diversity councils and Kraft employees at all levels. We are proud of our people and committed to their growth – they are the key to our success.
