Life is a big puzzle, which is made by everyone differently: someone is fast and playful, someone is slowly, with the taste of the process, and someone clearly and structurally builds the picture of life that he had dreamed of since childhood. Being the head of the confectionery factory is a cherished dream of many children. About how to realize children’s dreams and achieve their goal, Zhytomyr.Travel learned from the commercial director of the confectionery factory “Zhytomyrsky Lasoschi” Tetyana Nikitich
“I am from a childhood gourd. This, apparently, is genetically engineered. All my relatives are consumers of sweets in large volumes (Laughs). I remember when in a childhood I was in the confectionery factory “Zhytomyr Lasoshchi”, in the air I felt a pleasant smell of iris or caramel, and I thought: “That’s why I would work at the confectionery factory!” I remember that my mother always bought the candies of our factory, so their taste is familiar from childhood ”
“There is also a fashion for the tastes: in a certain period, the mood for the taste of the mango or spiked milk. For the past two years, the fashion for candy that once loved: “Red Poppy”, “Kara-Kum”, and “Daisy” – that is generally a classic. According to our research, such candies are now on the rise ”
“Who did I dream of becoming a child? Of course, I dreamed of making baby candy (Laughs). But when I was in high school, I started to be interested in law and agriculture. Graduated from the school with a gold medal and entered the Agrarian University (NUBiP) at the Faculty of Law, which by the way graduated with a red diploma. In graduation classes, I was interested in problems of land reform and shares. During this period, I got such a knowledge base, which was difficult for me to study at the university. At the end of the first year of study, I already had a job, and then my own small business. And then he constantly set himself new goals and confidently pursued their achievement. Now my practical experience helps me a lot ”
“Practical and theoretical knowledge are two big differences. Life teaches. During my school years, I realized that I would not need much of it, but we were required to teach it. It would be right for children to choose the direction in which they wanted to develop, they understood why they are because we spend a lot of time “not there”. I always stress the fact that the time factor is extremely important: having received information on time, a person has a chance to become more successful. Therefore, I learn from the people I communicate with, and my environment is those you can learn ”
“I believe that a woman just needs financial freedom. My husband and I have been together for 15 years, he has always been responsible for himself, gave useful advice, supported. It gave me strength and confidence. It is very important to have the person with whom you can confidently go forward and overcome the problems. But when a man completely holds a woman, she has no confidence in the future: the one who gives today can take everything tomorrow, using dependence. I know of cases when men took everything, regardless of their children. Children do not hold anyone at all. The main thing is the relationship. Men also have problems, and the power of women is that she can support and help, but do not reproach. It is necessary to build friendships, not to interfere with each other to develop, then there will be harmony ”
“My daughter loves sweets very much, and the most beloved is our” Daisies “. I know that no matter how much they are, she will eat everything slowly, therefore, I do not hold more than two grams at home ”
“We are very demanding to the quality of our products, and no brand of sweets does not go without tasting. The whole production meeting is gathered – technologists, marketers, people who sell. Each sample of products must be evaluated, filled in a tasting letter and only after that a decision is made. Candy can be born for four months: we change something, improve, determine. And when we have a general opinion, a decision is made to release a new product. Moreover, at least every two months there is a full tasting on the production of new products, but the control of the production process takes place daily. Everything that has been produced to this day, I’ve already tried – the job is “(Smiling)
“Everything related to the production of food products undergoes a process of serious control. This applies to both input raw materials and finished products. We have a separate warehouse, which stores units of finished products with the appropriate markings. We use raw materials of the highest quality, therefore, all the candies of our production I give to my own child. In “Bird’s milk”, for example, add butter according to GOST ”
“For a candy fashion, it is necessary to constantly watch. From now on there is a trendy trend – a healthy diet, which gave us an incentive to release a series of cereal bars “Good day” for people who support themselves in the form and do sports. Every day a certain amount of calories should be consumed, and some kind of product is needed to saturate the body without overweight. Now we have a whole line of sweets for healthy eating, and we have a diabetic series – products that contain fructose instead of sugar ”
“The factory works with 37 countries of the world. Under certain circumstances, we lost a certain share of exports, but we quickly reoriented and successfully worked with the eastern countries. In the near future, opening a store in Iraq. Now about five contracts at the final stage of signing. Soon our candy will be sold in Africa. And this is our pride!”
“I coordinate different directions of work – from the procurement of raw materials to the supply of our products on the shelves of stores. Everything should work clearly like a clock. For a day, we produce about a hundred tons of products, and while the process of production is in progress, the finished products are already sent to their consumer. He is now loading another car. On the eve of Easter, needs are growing, and we offer special offers to the holiday ”
“At the factory they work entire dynasties. Many of our employees worked here earlier, and my grandparents worked with my grandparents. There was once a very serious employee support system. Of course, we strive to do more for our team. We now have the idea – social products. We do wholesale purchases of sugar, flour, then why not let our employees buy them at bargain prices? We are currently negotiating the purchase of milk. We have preserved a long tradition of giving the workers gifts for holidays. We have a trade union who deals with vacation packages. We conduct training and trainings for upgrading our staff. Recently, there were premises for a gymnasium, so that our employees had the opportunity to play sports at their company. European companies that have a powerful system of personal motivation can be a model to follow in this direction. Ukrainian enterprises are also confident they are trying to do more for social security, but that is why certain economic reasons are in hindrance. And some are trying to save on this, but to save on their own employees – this is the way to nowhere. Today it is necessary to do so that people are proud of their enterprise, were confident in the system of social support ”
“If we talk about the turnover of personnel, then we must look at what kind of work we are talking about. We have seasonal workers, and there is a lot of flow in those areas. Many people are now leaving for work abroad, in the same Poland, but we also have people who have already come back from there ”
“When we were preparing a series of New Year’s gifts, we wanted the baby to get different sweets, and the accent was usually made on chocolate. Many patrons bought gifts for children of all ages, and we did not set a task to earn. We wanted it to be a real present! At New Year’s and Christmas holidays, all children are given candy, and my daughter is no exception. And when she gets two candies from the box and others do not care about her, it’s hardly a New Year’s gift in the full sense, although the person who buys and gives it does not collect it”
“The factory has been in existence since 1944. During this period there were various evolutions of production. We have 28 different production lines at the same time, and various candies can be produced on the same line. Today, the average wage of an employee at work – 8 000 UAH., We pay overtime, pay a prize. We do not have all automated lines, a lot of manual labor, and a staff of up to a thousand people at work”
“For the first time in the eleventh grade, the movie” Moscow does not believe in tears “, and then he looked ten times. So clearer, what was once the time: what kind of relationships in families, as they spent together leisure time. Now another life, a lot has changed. And the woman-leader? I would not divide the heads of men and women. The head is a big responsibility for making decisions ”
“I would very much like to emphasize in our country more attention to the development of a family-friendly culture. It needs to be developed from kindergarten. When parents are concerned with work or home affairs, the child will remind us that we need to appreciate the time spent together”
“I took many qualities from my parents, especially from my mother. Relation to work, for example. Once I was offended: half-childhood spent with her at work. Then I was surprised and could not understand why so many people listen to my mother? Her team was very respected, and it was noticeable. Actually, one should not love the leader – we must respect. And people should feel that they have taken care of their heads about their needs. One in the field is not a warrior. I confidently say that I can join the work in any process, well, except for the technical part, but if I do not trust my team, I will not understand that at each site I have a rear and everything will be done, business will not. Therefore, people in the team try to pick up such that they can be relied on. Those people who work at the factory today are, of course, a team. It can not be said that it is done only by the leader, everything is done by the team. My task is to distribute responsibilities and control the result. If he does not satisfy me, I do not criticize, but I propose a solution. A man who comes out of the office should not go with the question: “So what should I do?” I’m confident that together we will always find a solution”
“We encourage our employees. To celebrate achievements and to talk about them needs to be praised. I understand and see when employees do what is not foreseen by their official duties, I try to mark such people so that they continue to have an incentive ”
“The visiting card of our factory is a set of sweets” Greetings from Zhytomyr “, which collected all the candy that became a classic. The set is made by hand, and with weight, there is everything in order – 600 grams. Of course, you can make a gift box in the form of a large box, which will have 150 grams of candy. From the person will take, as if everything is beautiful, presentable, it seems, a cool gift, a lot of gifts, and when opened and tasted, then almost nothing. And when we give our candy, then the person realizes that it is actually a gift. Often, “Greetings from Zhytomyr” are bought for gifts and sent abroad to their partners and relatives. And we abroad convey such presentations to our partners, and people are delighted with the “Greetings from Zhytomyr”! ”
Translated by Aliona Shykhevych
