P&G about BEST
The main objective of BEST is to provide technical students with complementary education in order to develop their leadership, technical skills
and encourage their mobility and intercultural communication... BEST active members possess the technical and managerial maturity and are ready to add immediate value to P&G business.
Career offers
P&G has a special webplace where students can apply for jobs, internships and courses.
And, as P&G is a partner of BEST, you can have direct access to P&G recruitment by just filling in your CV.
You can also get notified about new career opportunities with Procter & Gamble by subscribing to the newsfeed.
History of the cooperation with BEST
Ghent
1 - 12 August, 2009
Case Study partner of the first European BEST Engineering Competition.
EBEC is the final round of 52 Local Engineering Competitions organized by BEST all over Europe. Joost Cornelli, Nadina Busuioc, Koen De Vos and Bart Fleuren held a technical case study. In the Official Closing Day Nadina, Maud Lebars and Simone Knoop were present to hold a presentation of P&G and announce the winners of the Case Study. P&G was present at the Walking Dinner as well.
Budapest
16 - 23 April 2009
Opening Day Partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2009, Budapest.
In the Parliament of Hungary Joost Cornelli, Erdal Halil and Premek Kanok presented P&G and career opportunities, with special focus on resemblance between being P&G employee and BEST member. P&G was also present at the jobfair, after a Workshop was held about process engineering.
Tallinn
28 April - 7 May 2008
Opening Day Partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2008, Tallinn.
Wim Farasyn and Davia Baigdonaite were present. Parallel presentations were held: one for members of BEST who hadn't attended a P&G presentation before, and one for the more experienced ones. Wim Farasyn held a session about preparing a CV and all P&G representatives attended the Job Fair as well.
Valladolid
5 - 11 November, 2007
Partner of Presidents Meeting 2007, Valladolid.
Gabriele Hofmann (WE Talent Supply and Talent Development) held a presentation in the Plenary, which was later a good basis for an important project in BEST: BEST Performance Indicators.
Paris
12 - 21 April, 2007
Opening Day Partner of General Assembly "France", 2007.
Ghent
13 - 19 November 2006
Opening day partner of the Presidents' Meeting of BEST 2006.
Wouter Schaekers presented P&G and career opportunities to the delegates. Jose Antonio Junco organised a technical case study where typical P&G working
methods were explained and applied to solve a problem in a structured and efficient way. They both were on the job fair of Presidents' Meeting.
Zagreb
19 - 27 April 2006
Opening day partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2006.
Three representatives attended: Wim Farasyn, Sanja Haas and Wouter Schaekers. They presented P&G to the delegates. P&G prepared two workshops for the delegates: Sanja organised an interactive session on Human Ressources while Wim and Wouter led a training session on technical matters. After that P&G was present on the contact fair of the General Assembly.
Ljubljana
8 - 14 November 2005
Opening day partner of the Presidents' Meeting of BEST 2005.
Three representatives attended: Ioana Stevin, Wim Farasyn and Luca Schianchi. They presented P&G to the delegates. Luca Schianchi from technical department of the plant in Prague came to lead an interactive session of technical nature. After that P&G was present on the contact fair of the Presidents' Meeting.
Chania
15 - 23 April 2005
Opening day partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2005.
Wouter Schaekers, BEST alumnus working at P&G, and Alexandra Klimi, P&G HR-manager, presented the career possibilities in P&G. Afterwards, P&G
lead a discussion about the international career opportunities of BEST members and was present on the contact fair for the delegates of the
General Assembly.
Porto
10- 16 November 2004
Company day partner of the Presidents' Meeting of BEST 2004.
Tamas Feher presented P&G to the delegates. Also Tomas Centeno from P&G and Wim Farasyn and Wouter Schaekers, BEST-alumni working at P&G were
present.
They organised a Case Study for the delegates and lead a discussion about the step from a BEST-member to an international career. After that
P&G was present on the contact fair of the Presidents' Meeting.
Lyngby
3 - 11 April 2004
Company day partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2004.
P&G made a presentation about their company and the career opportunities for BEST-members. They also organised a Workshop for the delegates of
the General Assembly. Afterwards P&G was present on the contact fair.
Natoye
29 October - 4 November 2003
Main partner of Presidents' Meeting of BEST 2003.
Results about P&G Challenge during Opening Day done by Bernando Bonaduce. P&G took also part in the jobfair organised.
Gabcikovo
6-14 april 2003
Company day partner of the General Assembly of BEST 2003.
Presentation about P&G Challenge at the plenary (done by Stefan Hallez - coordinator of BEST Corporate Relation team).
Bucharest
31 March-3 April 2003
JobShop 2003.
Job fair organised by LBG Bucharest together with Politehnica University of Bucharest.
Bucharest
3-9 November 2002
Main partner of Presidents' Meeting of BEST 2002 in Mamaia.
P&G took part to the company presentation and the job fair on the opening day. Also the co-operation with BEST was presented into the plenary.
Gliwice
1-16 August 2002
Trainer Camp 4 in Poland.
P&G got involved in the training proces of 25 BEST members,offering presentation, facilitation and communication trainings.
Ecole Polytechnique
7-15 April 2002
Official sponsor of the XXI General Assembly of BEST.
Ecole Polytechnique
7-15 April 2002
First round table meeting with companies interested in cooperation with BEST took place during the XXI General Assembley in
Paris. Participants: represntatives of Accenture, Areva, Bombardier, Siemens Shell, P&G and BEST. The meeting consisted of several topics from
which some were meant to give information about BEST, some to ask for feedback and some for discussing possible ways of cooperation for the
future.
Leuven
18 March 2002
Training on Persuasive Selling provided by P&G trainers.
Iasi
14-15 March 2002
Jobshop 2002
Jobfair organised by LBG Iasi together with Technical university of Iasi. 24 companies were involved and more than 1500 students visited their stands.
Ghent
17-23 February 2002
Winter Course 'Logistics Management'.
During the course 25 students visited the P&G plant in Mechelen and participated in a case study.
Madrid
7-13 November 2001
Official sponsor of the 7th Presidents' Meeting of BEST.
Gabcikovo (Slovakia)
1-4 November 2001
Official sponsor of the Jamboree 2001 of BEST.
Ljubljana
8-15 April 2001
Official sponsor of the XX General Assembly of BEST.
BEST Alumni working in Procter & Gamble
Jean-Samuel, from Centrale Paris and Barcelona (active member in BEST from 2003 to 2007)
System Analyst - SAP
Location: Warsaw, Poland
University: Ecole Centrale Paris and ETSEIB Barcelona
Studied: Energy Engineering and Industrial Organization
Joined P&G: September 2006
Why did you join P&G?
I wanted to work in a truly multicultural environment. In fact when i applied for this position in Warsaw, my French and Spanish diplomas were immediately recognised, and the fact that I'm not fluent in the local language was not even taken into consideration, which is not the case for all employers.
Moreover P&G offers the possibility to work on very different projects and jobs (if you want to start in IT and then switch to Marketing, it's possible), and develop your skills all the time.
The atmosphere of work is also excellent, people know how to work in team, and this is particularly appreciable when you are on a very complex project, with people spread all around the world.
How would you describe your role at P&G?
I'm managing projects related to the implementation and maintenance of IT solutions to manage the Supply Chain (SAP). I'm working with the P&G employees who will be using the solution and with the technical experts who help us implementing these softwares.
This role is very interesting, because it requires to understand both the business process (the supply chain) as well as the technical solution that will support it (the software) . I work with very different people from all around the world (I'm based in Warsaw but work for markets in all Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Russia).
Have you travelled to other countries/regions within your role?
Yes. For my projects (I'm based in Poland, but I'm not working on Polish projects at all),and for trainings.
Have you received any training at P&G?
Yes. P&G offers the possibility to develop skills continuously. I received trainings on SAP, project management etc...
The offer of trainings inside P&G is very wide, and your manager will make sure you develop your skills during all your career.
Name: Daniele Longo, ITALY
BEST history: LBG Torino, active member in the period 1994-1997. He has been Summer Course responsible and organiser of several events
such as GA 1994 in Torino.
P&G work: Daniele works for P&G in three Global Teams to upgrade the IT Platform used for International Relocation of P&G employees, to
develop a new IT support for managing In-Country Relocation, and to finalize and distribute training documentation for the next generation of
IT tools developed for P&G.
Mobility is the key word. Daniele started his adventure in P&G in November 1999 with a job application via Internet. Within 2 days P&G offices
in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Belgium, UK, and Italy were looking for him. "I finally started in London, and I must confess I had quite a very
busy and challenging time, but very interesting too."
Quote: Since he entered P&G Daniele worked already in four countries (UK, France, Switzerland, USA) and changed assignment six times,
working with people coming from all over the world, different cultures, mind-sets and languages. Just two years in P&G, but what a great time!
What's next? Who knows?
Detailed company profile
Basic Information:
Department/Office: Recruiting office
Street and Number: Temselaan, 100
Zipcode: 1853
City: Strombeek-Bever (Brussels)
Country: Belgium
Company Homepage: http://www.pgcareers.com
Other headquarters:
P&Gs Global Headquarters are based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. However P&G has offices and operations in almost all countries of the world. In Europe, P&G has its Global Headquarters for the Fabric&Home Care Business in Brussels (Belgium), Technical Centers in Brussels (Belgium), London (UK) Newcastle (UK) and Frankfurt (Germany). The Headquarter for all commercial operations for Europe, Middle-East and Africa is located in Geneva (Switzerland).
Company's Countries
Argentina,
Australia,
Austria,
Belgium,
Brazil,
Canada,
Chile,
China,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Hong Kong,
Hungary,
India,
Indonesia,
Ireland,
Italy,
Japan,
Kenya,
Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of,
Malaysia,
Mexico,
Morocco,
Netherlands,
New Zealand,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Pakistan,
Panama,
Peru,
Philippines,
Poland,
Portugal,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Taiwan, Province of China,
Thailand,
Turkey,
Ukraine,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Venezuela,
Viet Nam,
Yemen
Company's activity fields
Consumer goods
Figures:
Number of employees in Europe: 37800
Number of employees in the world: 138000
Percentage of employees with a scientific degree in Europe: 26
Percentage of employees with a scientific degree in the world: 37
Number of countries where the company is present in Europe: 33
Number of countries where the company is present in the world: 80
Global annual turnover (in millions of Euro): 83500
More details about the company's activities:
We have a global invention network of 18 technical centers in nine countries on four continents and apply for 3,000 patents more each year. Today, P&G holds 27.000 patents.
A short profile of the company culture:
P&G is one of the world's leading fast moving consumer good companies, marketing over 300 brands of top quality products in every continent. The secret of these good results? Its people. Thanks to its promotion from within, the new hires of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Personal development, diversity and expertise are then the keys of future success of the company, who established a very strong development structure. In this very competitive market, moving fast is vital. Therefore, change and innovation are everywhere, new ideas and new ways to work are always welcome. The environment is simply dynamic and exciting!
Profile of the engineers and professionals the company is looking for:
All engineers' specialisation or equivalent - from environment, chemistry, construction, electronics, to computer science and all others ? - as well as many kind of graduates are present at P&G. The variety of departments, jobs, countries makes a place for whoever wants to keep working on its expertise area or discover new ones. However, P&G doesn't hire diploma's, but people: strong personal qualities like leadership, communication, working effectively with others, creativity, follow through, priority setting are as important as the technical mastery.
Of course, we don't look for experts in all these areas as of day one, but we look for good potentials.
People will always be our most important asset. We take people?s technical and personal development very seriously. We run on-going learning programs, encouraging our people to become informed risk takers who can create breakthrough solutions and mastery growing responsibilities. The sheer and breadth and depth of our Research and Development capabilities help us to attract many of the world?s most talented scientists and engineers. They work in a powerhouse of a fast moving environment that has recently created products such us Febreze, Dryel and Swiffer. Our unique value lies in our technical mastery and personal leadership, therefore we value and reward people who build technical expertise and use their follow-through to achieve business results.
Typical career for hired engineers:
A new hire will directly start with his/her own project, managing planning, resources and responsibilities, under the coaching of his peers. Rapidly, projects and responsibilities will gain in importance, leading, after few years to people management. Changing assignment is very regular (every 2 to 4 years), keeping motivation high, and increasing experience opportunities.
International mobility policy:
Mobility at P&G is inherent to its structure: being a multinational present in 70 countries and promoting diversity, everybody is welcome whereever there are opportunities. However, it is always up to the person to decide to move abroad or not, depending on his personal ambitions and private choices.
Recruitment procedure:
First fill in the online Application Form, you can 'Apply Now' from anywhere within our Website www.pgcareers.com. This application is a tool that collects more than simple biographical data. The information you provide us as part of our online questionnaire tells us about your skills and interests and begins to create a picture of who you are and how you might contribute within our company.
The Reasoning Test is the next step along the way for those going forward. This is a verbal reasoning and numeracy test which lasts about 65 minutes. You can download a practice test on our site to familiarise you with the kind of problems you will face, and the speed at which you will need to work. Next, will be a set of interviews.
Please do not forget to mention when you apply that you are a B.E.S.T. member/leader (please type B.E.S.T. not BEST).
Internal training's policy:
Learning by doing is the major focus of the training, nothing can be more explicit than practice. Therefore, the first projects starts the first day, with the coaching of colleagues and managers. On top, technical and personal development training are present all along the career, based on regular review of performance and career development interests and needs.
Additional information:
Please look at our Website www.pgcareers.com for all other information you would like to know, like internships, seminars, events, ...
