Industry
Food & Beverage Services
Headquarters
Vevey, Switzerland
Company Size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1866
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.
Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.
Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category –offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.
NESTLEVEL
Discover Nestlé
Meet our Nestlé Leaders who champion the Global Youth Employment initiative across our zones.
Remy Ejel
Imane Zaoui
Dragan Culibrk
Mona Arslan
Regional Marketing & Media Lead – Nestle Breakfast Cereals – Middle East, Asia, Oceania & Africa
Company Spotlights
Starting Local, Going Global
In the second installment of our “Talent Talks” podcast, hear how Nojoud took her career from Dubai to Switzerland, to help build our influencer strategy on a global scale. From the weather to new cultures and colleagues, you can hear her journey, her learnings and her advice.
e-Business Driving Growth
Whether you’re a fresh graduate or an experienced manager, there’s always opportunities to help you drive new projects. Meet Zaid who joined our Nutrition business to help shape the way we communicate online with parents and shoppers across the region.
Inclusion in MENA
We’re committed to being intentionally inclusive across our 19 countries, in all functions at all levels.
We take pride in the fact more than 60% of our young managers are female, and this is also true in many of our countries where senior leadership is 50:50 gender split.
But there is still work to do! We are passionate about driving diversity beyond gender. We recently held a live event for our 15,000 colleagues to celebrate and talk about the challenges we’ve overcome.
Employee Testimonials
Nema Malkawi
Internal communications Specialist at Nestle
The work environment at Nestlé MENA is very diverse and dynamic. When I list the people on my team, I realize that we are a mix from all over the world which makes me super happy! I get to learn more about different cultures, norms, experiences, and add some extra tips to my travel agenda!
Dina Ismail
Cluster HR Business Partner - Nestlé
What I enjoy most about working with Nestlé is how no one day is the exact same as the other. You are constantly being exposed to new people, new experiences, and new circumstances. Being part of an organization that actively works towards the betterment of its employees, partners, and society at large is what inspires me to get to work every morning.
