Milan, 4 October 2021 - Autogrill Italia and Coca-Cola HBC Italia, the main bottler of The Coca-Cola Company brand products in Italy, already partners in various commercial initiatives, are once again collaborating on an innovative project dedicated to the training of their employees: "Leaders on the move", a Development Program for talents from the two companies.
By pooling experiences, people and corporate values, the one-year inter-company program aims to develop numerous skills as well as enrich the professional background of the participants through the creation of two business cases, one commercial and the other focused on sustainability, a key value for the two companies.
The course is particularly innovative as two companies - already partners at business level - have come together to design and implement a training course to draw a great learning opportunity from the network and contamination with different experiences.
Gabriele Belsito, HRD Autogrill Europe & Italia, commented: "We are proud to embark on this journey with Coca-Cola HBC Italia and to kick off, right at Autogrill's headquarters, the Leaders on the Move programme , a training activity conceived, designed and implemented together with Coca-Cola in the belief that learning takes place precisely through the contamination of different ideas and people. The training course, which we consider of high value because it is structured as a real Executive MBA, is the result of the joint work of two Human Resources functions of two different realities and this makes it a unique example of its kind. With targeted activities and the participation of professors and professionals in the sector, elements that contribute to strengthening the growth of our talents, it will be a further stimulus in consolidating our corporate culture, based on the enhancement of the skills of all our resources".
Emiliano Maria Cappuccitti, HRD of Coca-Cola HBC Italia adds: "We have long been engaged in acceleration paths dedicated to our talents who express the desire to grow in the company by covering more complex roles, thanks to the collaboration with Autogrill and the experience of its people we can take this commitment to the next level. Leaders on the move in fact, it allows us both to offer colleagues an exclusive experience in terms of development and to accelerate innovation and project the company into the future, starting from our talents and working closely with our business partners".
Developed with the collaboration of Challenge Network, "Leaders on the move" kicked off on 30 September and will continue on a journey consisting of different stages that will lead the Talents within successful companies in the retail sector to deepen their knowledge and market-related trends, through unique experiences and testimonials. Each resource will be encouraged to open up to innovation and change by analyzing, to experiment with best practices in the management of the sector and to put their skills into play, thanks also to dialogue with the other players involved.