Sovereign Foods takes great care of its employees, believing that they are our greatest asset. We are focused on ensuring that the company recruits, grows and retains highly talented people through excellent people management practices such as:

• Having a development programme that is linked to personal growth;
• Becoming a wonderful place to work where everyone of our staff can fully release their creativity, passion and feel part of a winning team;
• Having a performance-driven culture that focuses on contribution and results;
• Having a well-structured staffing plan in place to ensure that all staffing needs are identified and planned, which contributes to the overall strategic objectives of the Group; and
• Having high levels of communication and engagement that ensures the commitment and participation of all staff.

Sovereign regularly invests in its people by extending education grants to employees who are interested in furthering their education as well as through extensive Group-wide occupational training. The company also promotes healthy living through its onsite clinic and newly launched HIV/Aids Awareness Assistance Programme.

The following inhouse training initiatives are run by Sovereign Foods:

• Computer Training School:
     – Dedicated facilitator for tuition in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook training from basic to advanced level.
• Farm School:
     – Educating staff on environmental SOPs
• Apprenticeship Programme
     – AgriSETA and MerSETA registered
     – 27 apprentices
• Agricultural Graduate Programme:
     – Focused on poultry production
• Grow our Own (Internal Upskilling Programme)
     – 65 graduates on the programme
     – Focused on skills development and transfer
     – This curriculum consists of 25 training modules and related assessments