Colombia. The coffee grower continues to be a country with growth worth highlighting, above the average. This is stated by Satya Menard, CEO of Sodexo for Latin America in On-site Services, when taking stock of the management of the multinational that, mainly, offers companies the operation of the general services and food areas.
The executive reports that the company closed 2013, whose fiscal year ends in August, with a growth of 23 percent, while globally it was a modest 3 percent. It does not rule out that in 2014 the registered turnover exceeds 20 percent.
For Menard, two factors have contributed to the good performance of the business in the country. The first has to do with the interest of gaining efficiency on the part of industries, companies, clinics and hospitals. Likewise, it favors the arrival in the country of a greater investment.
Satya Menard explains that next to economic growth is the share of employment. This year it grew by 1,000 positions, which completed 12,000. He adds that "we make an effort to improve quality with the training of people."
This policy translates into the training of 400 people per month to be cleaning and kitchen assistants, for example. For this the company set up the first of the four Sodexo experience centers - Sena 'Cedex', to strengthen basic skills.
