Development Opportunities

At Sara Lee, both personal and professional developments are high priorities. We expect and support continuous learning that is relevant to our employees’ responsibilities and the company’s goals focusing on developing leadership, business and technical skills of our employees. Above all, we provide our employees with learning opportunities that help develop skills to keep pace with the emerging needs of our customers. Whether it’s new hire on-boarding, advanced functional training for seasoned employees, general business skills or even outside formal education, employees have plenty of opportunities to learn and grow at Sara Lee with clear linkage to our business priorities. We provide a range of development including on-the-job developmental opportunities, internal and external face-to-face learning and e-learning.

All Sara Lee employees worldwide receive regular performance reviews through Sara Lee’s Performance Management Process and Talent Review Process. These processes are designed to help employees and their managers define performance objectives, prepare for mid-year and year-end reviews, explore future potential and career ambition of the employees and set development goals providing employees with the opportunity to receive feedback and support from their manager about their professional development and career planning.