BUILDING PROFITABLE FOOD COMPANIES IN RUSSIA:
CONTINUOUS EXCELLENCE AND STRATEGY
For companies at any level of the Russian Food Chain Industry: From Farm to Fork
A Forum for CEOs, owners and senior managers from food companies operating in Russia that wish to grow their businesses in a sustainable and profitable way.
Food companies in Russia face plenty of challenges and opportunities. This is true for companies across the entire Food Chain industry, from primary activities and industrial processors to food retailers and the HoReCa channel. The same happens to other important players that serve this industry, including logistics and shipping companies; the financial sector; equipment suppliers; services and consultancy firms; or technological and agricultural companies, amongst others. This seminar welcomes top decision makers from all of them.
Moscow, 30th May 2016
In addition to lectures, we will study and discuss three Cases with the participation of top executives from the companies under analysis.
Contents of the seminar
The main challenge for today’s global and local companies is to maintain their competitiveness. It is of capital importance to supply goods and services that customers value more than those from competitors. The only way of doing so is through the continuous improvement of processes and the coordination of the Supply Chain. The Nestlé Continuous Excellence initiative drives the manner in which the company manages its continuous improvement processes.
During the session and based on the Nestlé experience, we will discuss how this can be achieved. What kind of objectives should be set? What initial conditions must be in place before embarking on an ambitious Continuous Improvement journey? How to ensure people engagement? What are the best indicators for controlling progress? And finally, what are the key factors for making it sustainable?
CASE “NESTLÉ CONTINUOUS EXCELLENCE: THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS”
“I’m looking forward to sharing Nestlé “case study learning” with top managers and entrepreneurs in Russia. I support San Telmo’s activities, as I know from my own experience that continuous learning is essential for leaders who are committed to sustaining and growing their business.”
José López, Former Executive Vice President of Nestlé Global Operations
Cherkizovo Group is currently Russia’s largest meat producer and integrated agro-industrial holding group. The company controls every stage of the production process, from crop growing, grain production, feed formulation and production and egg incubation to pork and poultry breeding, slaughtering, processing and distribution. Through organic grow and acquisitions, their net profits had grown an average of 25% per year during the previous 6 years. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Igor Babaev, whose family controls 65% of the shares while the remaining 35% are publicly traded in the London and Moscow stock exchanges.
In spite of this success, the Management Team, headed by CEO Sergey Mikhailov, looks to the future in a move to overcome new challenges. How to respond to decreasing consumer income and lower demand for meat products? How to integrate production facilities coming from different origins into an efficient distribution network that meets retailers’ growing demand for higher service levels? Is it the right time for more acquisitions? Is Cherkizovo prepared to be globally competitive and export to international markets?
At noon, there will be a round table discussion between top executives and entrepreneurs of the Food Chain sectors: Agribusiness, Industry, Retail and Food Service.
CASE “CHERKIZOVO GROUP”
Prof. Manuel Gonzalez ToruñoGeneral Manager RussiaProfessor of Business Strategy, Instituto Internacional San Telmo
Professor Gonzalez Toruño is a Law Graduate and holds a M.B.A.
from IESE, Barcelona. Manuel is an entrepreneur who has
launched several companies in different industries, including
Agriculture, Real Estate, Renewable Energies and Wealth
Management. He serves on the Board of a number of companies
and has extensive experience in advising CEOs and senior
managers on strategy planning and implementation. He recently
lived in Ireland, where he launched and developed the Timoney
Leadership Institute – a joint venture between San Telmo and a
group of Irish business leaders – for delivering world-class senior
executive education programs in Ireland. He is the promoter and
first Director for Russia for the activities launched by San Telmo
in January 2014.
Manuel is the author of more than thirty Case Studies and
Technical Notes in the fields of Business Policy, Strategy,
Negotiation and Entrepreneurship.
Prof. Enrique Garrido MartínezDirector of the Operations Management Department , Instituto Internacional San Telmo
Enrique Garrido is Professor of Operations Management
Department and Director of this Department at Spain’s Instituto
Internacional San Telmo. He holds a degree in Mechanical
Engineering and an MBA from Madrid’s Instituto de Empresa.
He has also completed a Faculty Development Program at IESE
and an Agri-Food Business and Senior Management Program
at San Telmo. He has held management positions at Heineken
and the Huntsman Group and has taught at several business
schools. Since 2010, he also runs his own consulting firm and
participates as an investor and board member at a number of
start-up companies. His main areas of interest are business
models and operations, supply chain management, analysis
and improvement of operational processes, Lean Management,
business transformation projects and entrepreneurship, with a
special focus on the Agri-Food Business sector. He has published
numerous case studies and technical notes.
Prof. José Antonio BoccheriniDirector, Food & Agribusiness Department Instituto Internacional San Telmo
Professor Boccherini graduated as a Computer Science engineer
in Madrid and began teaching computer languages and systems.
After receiving an MBA at IESE, he worked at Accenture in Madrid,
where he was responsible for developing strategy projects for
consumer product companies. He later worked for Diamond
Cluster International, a management consulting firm offering
strategy services to many large telecom companies.
He joined San Telmo in 2003 as Professor of Information Systems,
later becoming the Director of San Telmo’s Food & Agribusiness
Department
He has written case studies and published articles on business
strategies for the Agri-Food industry, and lectures regularly at
international conferences.
Prof. José López VargasFormer Executive Vice President of Nestlé OperationsProf. of Operations Management, Instituto Internacional San Telmo
José Lopez was with the Nestlé Group for 34 years. He joined
Nestlé in Vevey, Switzerland, as a project engineer. In 1999, he
was appointed Managing Director of Nestlé Malaysia and Head
of Region – Malaysia/Singapore. In 2003, he was appointed CEO
of Nestlé Japan Group and in 2006, Chairman and CEO of Nestlé
Japan Ltd. In 2007 he returned to Switzerland and was appointed
Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A., and Head of Operations,
positions he held until his retirement in September 2015.
Within Nestlé, he was responsible for GLOBE (Global Business
Excellence), which oversees the business and IS/IT processes for
the whole company.
Jose is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for
Sustainability Leadership and Executive in Residence at I.M.D.
Lausanne.
Faculty
Contents of the Workshop
1.- Managing change, a managerial responsability
Geopolitics of management:
Political, economic, social and cultural change.
Uncertainty, the name of the game. Managing by questions.
From power to leadership: the moral dimension.
The art of holding crucial conversations: Trust, credibility, passion, energy, motivation.
Leadership, a question of character. Leading by example.
2.- The agenda of the Manager, setting priorities
Leadership: a journey from the inside out.
Self-Knowledge: Discovering your true self.
The inner conversation of the leader: Logic and intuition.
The human learning process: from mistakes to failure.
The agenda of the leader: setting priorities.
Focus, time the scarcest resource.
MANAGEMENT SEMINAR:TO LEAD IN TIMES OF CRISIS
AND UNCERTAINTY
Prof. Santiago Álvarez de MonProfessor of Managing People in Organizations, IESE Business School
Santiago Álvarez de Mon is one of the top ten renowned
management thinkers in Spain, according to Management
Business Forum. He is an expert in leadership and organizational
behaviour. He is the author of management books and his articles
are regularly published in business publications. He has written
numerous research papers and book chapters on coaching,
personal development planning, team-building, leadership,
corporate culture and self-management. He is the author of
several business cases such as Rafael Nadal (“The Champion and
The Person”), Pau Gasol (“An International Career”) and others.
Faculty
These fees cover academic tuition, academic materials, coffee breaks during the seminar and lunch.
Monday, 30th May 2016
The seminar will take place at:
Hotel Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre(31A bld.1 Leningradsky prospect Moscow 125284 Russian Federation)
Dates, Fees and Registration
Fees
Date
Venue
The working language for the seminar will be English, with simultaneous translation
in Russian
₽ 55.000 complete day (VAT included)₽ 15.000 management seminar (afternoon only. VAT included)
Satiango Álvarez de Mon is a frequent speaker at conferences
and has provided training and consulting services in companies
such as Santander Bank, Vodafone, BBVA, Telefonica, Rolls Royce,
Pzifer, Jhonson-Jhonson, Merck, PWC, Red Electrica, UBS…
As a speaker and a lecturer, he refuses to stay on the superficial
and tries to provoke a profound examination of fundamental
aspects of organizational structure such as involvement of
employees, business relations, leadership, personal initiative
and communication. Overcoming adversity and conflict
management are two other issues on which Santiago Alvarez de
Mon is an expert.
He is a professor at IESE and lecture on Managing People in
Organizations in Advance Management Programmes. He holds a
law degree, an MBA from IESE and PhD in Sociology and Political
Sciences. He is also visiting professor at prestigious business
centres in China, Mexico, Colombia...
For more information
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