At Nutreco, our values reflect our culture, what we promise our customers and our dedication to our purpose of Feeding the Future. We asked employees from across the globe what our values mean to them and what it’s like to work for Nutreco. Sata Ye, Area Manager for Skretting in French-speaking Africa, feels our value of “trust” is the basis for everything else – not only in work but in life. 

Sata started at Nutreco in 2018, and her role involves developing and supporting sales of aqua feed and managing Skretting’s technical sales team in the region. “I work together with a great team of production, logistics, marketing and management colleagues to maximize support to distributors and end customers.”  

To Sata, there are many things that make Nutreco special, but what stands out most is how people are prioritized. “Employees are placed at the top, in first place. Sharing the same values to be a team, a family.” She connects with our purpose of Feeding the Future, which has to do with feeding future generations in a sustainable way that protects the world’s resources. “And I appreciate how the company communicates transparently about our business situation and provides flexibility and trust to employees to manage their roles.”  

According to Sata, Nutreco’s value of trust is the foundation of every human connection. “Trust is the basis of my family – my parents taught it to me early by giving me responsibilities. It’s also the basis of superb relationships with my friends, my manager, my company and our customers.” 

She says that trust at work is built by communicating in the right way, at the right time, and in mutual confidence with her manager, colleagues and customers. “I also feel this trust in the role my line manager gives me to manage my team – I am totally empowered to take decisions, plan action and support customers in the field, obviously with her supervision and advice.”  

Sata believes all of Nutreco’s values will help us achieve our purpose of Feeding the Future by being our compass.