Sonae Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Ecommerce & Retail · Retail

Sonae is one of the biggest private employer in Portugal, with about 40,000 staff. With each employee having had different training and career paths, all of them are treated as individual cases. This approach is immediately evident in the care taken by the company to select and integrate new staff, a process which seeks to match the personal and professional profiles each employee with the specific demands of the tasks to perform. They genuinely believe that people are at the heart of their success; that their skills are intimately linked to results; that the human factor is the key factor. They are a people company that deal with people every day. Their final goal is always customer satisfaction. The HR policy follows the strategy of the business, its demands, pace and ambitions. It contributes actively towards the company’s mission of sustainably creating value.