Our People

Career Development

Career development at Nesma begins before an employee joins the company by making sure that the employee is recruited into the right job for his or her skills and interests. By then providing training, performance management and career path planning, we can put our employees in a better position to succeed. Across all of our companies, we want our employees to receive an opportunity to grow and develop.

ABOUT NESMA

1. 40+ Years of Leadership

2. Our Vision, Mission and Values

3. Our People

4. Our Community

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TRAINING

We continuously look to improve our training programs so that our employees can get the most benefit out of them. Our training programs fall under three types:

Organizational training

This program is how we introduce our employees to the company and properly orient them. Here is where we introduce our different businesses, our history, vision, mission and most importantly, our values. It also includes the company’s systems, health and workplace policies and safety instructions. To us, this is our employees’ first look inside the company and their real first impression of who we are and what we do.

Soft skills training

Here is where our employees know what is expected of them. This training is not as unified as Organizational Training, as it is tailored to different positions with common elements such as personal skills, interpersonal skills and managerial skills. This training helps employees with self-development and to grow in their roles.

Technical training

This is the most in-depth of all the training programs, as we cover details related to different job functions. We have dedicated specialized training centers to specific types of training such as English language and construction skills. This is where we train our employees on skills that they will need on a day-to-day basis.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Nesma’s performance management process helps our employees by opening a clear line of communication. Here is where we set performance objectives, conduct performance reviews and provide coaching and feedback to our employees. This process is very beneficial to our employees as it helps identify their needs and how to improve on them. It also serves as a way for us to identify the work done by employees and reward their excellent efforts.

GROWTH WITHIN NESMA

It is of vital importance for us to invest in our employees and provide them with the opportunity to grow from within the company to hopefully become future leaders of Nesma. There are many examples of employees who have started out in low-level positions, shown their potential and eventually reached high-level positions.

AZZA ALMALKI Azza AlMalki started with Nesma Embroidery on the first day it opened for business as an entrylevel machine operator. This was the first job Azza had gotten and she was extremely grateful for it as she had been having trouble finding a job. Like all of the other employees who first started with Nesma Embroidery in 2009, Azza is deaf. Azza worked hard and learned quickly.

She learned how to maintain the machines and taught these skills to others. By 2013, the Company’s management realized that all the new employees were getting training from Azza directly, and so they made her position official with a promotion to Trainer.

In the meantime, Azza continues learning. She now works on the embroidery machines and was recently certified on Wilcom Embroidery Software. Azza’s goals are to learn English so she can broaden her reach and potential, and to continue learning more about machine maintenance. The Nesma Embroidery training and manufacturing operation was established specifically to provide opportunities for deaf women although it now accepts hearing women as well. The company’s vision is to open a factory in every village, thereby creating job opportunities for women across the kingdom.

NAIF ALABEEDI Naif Alabeedi joined Nesma Holding in 2003 as a junior accountant. Within one and a half years, he had learned how to close monthly and year-end financial statements and was ready for the next challenge.

In 2004, he and another employee, Abdullah Al-Shahrani, got the chance to do a one-year program in the UK. At the end of that year, Nesma Vice President, Faisal Al Turki, met with them in the UK and asked if they wanted to continue for a Master’s degree. The answer was an enthusiastic “Yes!” and both Naif and Abdullah continued their educations with Nesma scholarships. Sponsoring their education was part of a larger vision from Nesma President, Saleh Al-Turki, to support the development and career advancement of a handpicked group of future Nesma leaders. Naif studied Business Management and graduated in 2007.

When he returned to Nesma, he assumed the position of Accounts Manager at Nesma Holding and then moved to the HR Department as Manager of Nesma Training Center. In 2011, he was promoted to Administration Manager and then to Executive Manager of Nesma Holding. In 2018, he became the General Manager of Nesma Holding and in 2019 he also became a member of the Nesma Holding Board of Directors.

NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS

With over 50 nationalities in the Nesma Group, we find it important to celebrate the diversity of our employees. The celebrations empower our employees to be themselves and give others an insight into the different cultures, customs and traditions that make up our teams. Click here to see upcoming national days.

SPORTS TEAMS

Nesma supports employees to organize sports teams and participate in tournaments; whether it’s an intra-company tournament, on-site project-team competition or a tournament involving teams from other companies. These activities are great for relieving stress and building teams with no hierarchy. They are available for employees of all levels. You can find all sports activities by clicking here.

TALENT NIGHT

Nesma organizes an annual talent night where employees can showcase their artistic talent. To sign up, contact us.

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