Saint-Gobain Prepares Employees for Future Skills with Career Day

Saint-Gobain continues to support employee career development through its Career Day event, organized simultaneously across the world. In the organization held in 80 countries, employees gained information about artificial intelligence, digital transformation, continuous learning and global career opportunities, while acquiring new perspectives on the future business world through inspiring career stories and expert presentations.

Saint-Gobain, among the world leaders in sustainable and lightweight construction solutions, held its annual Career Day event simultaneously this year to support employee development. Organized on the same day across all countries where the group operates, the event gave employees the opportunity to learn about career opportunities within the company, explore different development areas and gain new competencies for the future business world.

During the event held at Saint-Gobain Turkey, employees received information on career management, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, continuous learning culture, internal mobility and next-generation competencies. At the event where employees from different business units shared their career experiences, success stories of employees who developed by taking on different roles within the company were also presented to participants.

The closing keynote, "Honoring Life," delivered by Prof. Dr. Acar Baltaş, provided participants with inspiring perspectives on their career and life journeys.

Human-Centered Growth Strategy
Saint-Gobain continues to support its sustainable growth targets with a human and culture-focused approach. The company's global strategy, Lead & Grow, aims to strengthen employees' role in company transformation while offering comprehensive development opportunities in leadership development, performance culture, career management, continuous learning and internal mobility.

According to the company, the foundation of long-term success lies not only in technology, investment or business models, but in the knowledge, competencies and potential of the employees who bring these strategies to life. For this reason, employee development is considered an integral part of Saint-Gobain's growth plans.

Career Viewed as a Continuous Development Journey
At Saint-Gobain, career is not seen merely as advancement to a higher position. The company defines career development as a long-term learning process where employees gain new experiences, take on different responsibilities and develop their potential.

In line with this approach, employees are encouraged to take on roles in different projects, experience new business areas and make use of opportunities to work in different functions. Supporting career development not only through vertical but also through horizontal and cross-functional mobility is among the important elements of company culture.

In particular, future competency areas such as generative artificial intelligence, digitalization and data-driven working models hold an important place in Saint-Gobain's development programs.

Offering Global Career Opportunities
With approximately 162,000 employees operating in 80 countries, Saint-Gobain also offers international career opportunities to its employees. Through the company's internal mobility platform Moov, employees can monitor open positions in different regions of the world, take roles in group companies and gain experience working in different cultures.

This structure enables employees to shape their careers on a global scale rather than limiting them to their home country, while also supporting knowledge sharing and cultural diversity within the company.

Savcı: "We View Career as a Continuous Learning and Development Journey"
Speaking at the Career Day event, Saint-Gobain Turkey CEO Murat Savcı, drawing attention to the central role of employee development in the company's strategy, said:

"What will determine Saint-Gobain's future success is not just our innovative products, technologies or investments; it is the knowledge, competencies and potential of our employees. We view career not as reaching a position, but as a continuous development and learning journey. We support our employees to take responsibility for their own development, to seize opportunities and to be pioneers of change. Career Day is an important reflection of this approach."

Saint-Gobain's Career Day demonstrated the company's commitment to preparing employees for the future business world and supporting their career development, while standing out as a strong example of its human-centered growth vision.