Our talent management framework is fully aligned with our strategic business goals. Identifying talent requirements needed now and in the future - as individuals and organization - is one of our key priorities. Through a yearly talent management cycle and talent reviews, we ensure our talent base and workforce is equipped for the challenges that lie ahead. We strongly believe in accelerating the development of our talent pools on-the-job, through stretch-assignments, special projects and exposure to different work challenges and environments. At Barilla career progression is based on merit and potential. Through planned vertical and lateral career steps, in line with individual goals and the objectives of our business, we help people grow - and through them, our organization.

Managing performance is an ongoing dialogue between manager and direct report. At the same time,  to effectively manage performance and align business objectives across the organization, our yearly performance management process is based on an integrated evaluation of specific functional skills, individual business goals, and leadership competencies to achieve these goals. Through a top-down cascading process, company business goals are translated into individual objectives, ensuring we are fully aligned towards the achievement of our strategic objectives. Development plans lead individual professional growth, ensuring that identified gaps are filled and that key strengths are reinforced in line with our continuous improvement approach.

We recognize International Mobility as a fundamental factor for developing talents and transferring key skills within the organization to successfully handle the sustainable growth of the Business.

International mobility enables us to share and reinforce our sense of identity, our culture and values, while helping us leverage on the diversity of our workforce across geographical boundaries to achieve superior results as an organization.

The Barilla LAB for Knowledge and Innovation is our multidisciplinary corporate university aiming at up-skilling our people on our path towards technical and leadership excellence. Through a variety of leadership development and training programs, as well as ad hoc initiatives we support the development of skills and competencies needed to successfully deliver current and future objectives. The focus of our activities is to share & align existing knowledge across the Company while leveraging on new best-practice knowledge & trends. 
Our on-boarding and induction programs provide new hires with a comprehensive company overview covering structure, financials, job families, business, products and brand evolution, as well as technologies and processes. The aim is to build a shared understanding of our company’s culture, business objectives and strategic direction from the very first working day.

The LAB also acts as an accelerator for innovation facilitating research on a variety of topics such as consumer trends & evolution, social & economical development models and it also networks with top research centers and institutions.