Barilla Careers, Benefits, Review

Our Diversity and Inclusion Journey 

• Barilla is on a journey, and our journey has been one of introspection and discovery.  Today, we are committed to heightening our efforts, setting challenging goals that will help us become a more inclusive workplace; enhancing an open culture that embraces and celebrates. 
• By embarking on result-oriented partnerships with external organizations, implementing tangible changes in policy and procedures, raising awareness of diversity and inclusion naming a Chief Diversity Officer who reports directly to the CEO, and securing a long-term commitment from our senior leadership to these advances. 

Diversity Programs & Initiatives 

• Employee Resource Groups
  
  • Our approach from the start of our journey was to learn from others in order to accelerate our progress, as well as obtain input from our employees. ERGs are voluntary groups organized, led, and formed by Barilla people all around the world, with the aim of encouraging an even more inclusive corporate culture and boosting the change within the Company.
    • Alleanza
      • The mission of Alleanza, which means “Alliance” in Italian, is to increase the representation of Black and Latinx employees at Barilla through recruitment and retention initiatives and promote an inclusive culture where all employees can bring their full identities to work.
    • Balance
      • To promote diversity in gender equity, and work-life balance. Professional, and personal development along with relationship building through the mentorship program.
    • Harmony
      • Harmony, to create an inclusive environment supporting employees that identify as part of the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and their allies.
    • Insieme & Pulse
      • Insieme & Pulse, to promote diversity and equal opportunities in production plants.
    • Voce
      • The mission of VOCE is to promote a more open, inclusive, and mutually respectful work environment by stimulating cultural changes, centered around LGBTQ+ & Ally initiatives.
• Women Empowerment and Leadership
  • We have taken action to promote women in business enhancing female talent in every aspect of company life.
    • From 8% to 29% of women in Barilla’s top band (direct reports to the CEO) 2013-21
    • From 23% to 37% of women in direct reports to the Global Leadership Team (2014-21)
    • From 33% to 40% of women in leadership positions globally (2014-21)
    • In 2020 we achieved an important goal: Gender Pay Equality for all our people around the world.
• Advancing Racial Equity
  • "We recognize as an organization that if we are not intentionally including, we may be unintentionally excluding. That is a very important concept when dealing with racial and ethnic diversity." - Talita Ramos Erickson, Chief Diversity Officer, Barilla Group.
  • Our people represent our central resource towards development and success. Advancing opportunities for all is part of our commitment. It is part of our DNA and of our Code of Ethics. We choose to challenge inequality and injustice in every aspect of our business and at all levels of our organization.
  • Systemic inequality/inequity continues to impact the lives of historically excluded groups around the world. At Barilla, our business leaders are committed to tackling these challenges and taking action to build more inclusive, equitable workplaces for racially and ethnically diverse employees.
  • Together with Urban Growers Collective (UGC), a non-profit organization, we are working to strengthen food justice in Chicago's South and West Side communities through the Fresh Moves Mobile Market initiative.
• Our Key Priority: Disability
  • Including people with different abilities is a key priority for us. We want to overcome physical and mental barriers and push cultural understanding and awareness of visible and invisible disabilities, ensuring inclusion in the workplace.
  • We are collaborating with Hackability to work on innovation and social inclusion through the Hackability@Barilla Project, aimed at designing and developing innovative and low-cost packaging and kitchen tools for better accessibility and autonomy.
  • We confirm our ongoing commitment to disability inclusion by joining the 500Valuable, a global movement whose aim is to engage companies and corporations to put disability on their business leadership agenda.
• LGBTQ+ Inclusion
  • In 2017, we were the first Italian company to sign up to the Standards of Conduct for Business of the UN High Commissioner Office for Human Rights, aimed at tackling discrimination in business, in order to support the rights of LGBTQ+ communities where companies operate.
  • In 2019, we confirmed our sponsorship of Openly, a new digital news platform, developed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, dedicated to reporting global problems affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
  • Barilla received a 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from 2014 to 2022 ranking us as one of the top places to work for LGBTQ+ people. The CEI is the national benchmarking tool measuring policies, practices, and benefits pertinent to LGBTQ+ employees. The HRC’s CEI is a primary driving force for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion.
• Our Refugees Program
  • In 2015, we started the Barilla Refugee Program in Sweden, and then expanded it to Germany, France, and Italy. More than 50 refugees have received work experience and training to support them in their integration into the workplace. Many more refugees will be trained through the program.
• Cultural Change in the Supply Chain
  • We are committed to providing equal opportunities across our entire supply chain, from field to fork. We strive to engage and cultivate suppliers that are reflective of the communities we serve and the values we hold.
  • Our Supplier Diversity and Inclusion program is a natural extension of how we conduct business. Continuing to promote and increase the participation of diverse businesses allows us to further drive innovation, deliver the highest quality products and grow local economies. These unique viewpoints and skills fuel our ability to give back to society in meaningful ways.

Barilla, originally established in 1877 as a bread and pasta shop in Parma, is today an international Group, which is not stock-market-listed. Barilla is the leader in the pasta business worldwide, in the pasta sauces business in continental Europe, in the bakery products business in Italy, and in the crispbread business in Scandinavia. The Group employs more than 8,000 people and in 2017 had net sales of more than Euro 3.4 billion, with investments of Euro 218 million. The Company has been managed for over 140 years by one family's entrepreneurial experience and is now run by the fourth-generation siblings: Guido, Luca, and Paolo Barilla. Always oriented toward a proper diet through exceptionally flavored and nutritionally balanced wheat products intended for daily use, Barilla became popular worldwide due to its attention to the quality of its products, the result of significant investments in research, innovation, and technology, as well as communication. Barilla owns 28 production facilities (14 in Italy and 14 outside Italy), which produce over 1,800,000 tonnes of food products every year, which are exported to over 100 Countries.

At Barilla you are empowered to live and work responsibly and ethically, embracing our value system of respect, trust, courage, intellectual curiosity, and passion. It is a company that for 145 years has been driven by its people's entrepreneurial spirit, enabling us to look beyond established boundaries and continuously find new ways to improve our value to our people, customers, consumers, and communities. Moreover, we acknowledge diversity as a key factor in driving our future, that is why, you are invited to bring your authentic self to work and enjoy acceptance and understanding.

"Give people food that you would give your own children"

Pietro Barilla

• What Makes us unique
  • Barilla is more than a global food company; it is a family. We are a unique and diverse combination of individuals inspired by an Italian spirit and heritage. We are driven by a passion for joyful food, innovation, and commitment to improving the food system. We are here to leave a positive (and delicious!) mark on the world. We can do so because we are family-owned, so we don't put short-term profits ahead of our mission, our commitment to sustainability, and our values.
• Purpose
  • Making food that is good for people and the planet is the purpose that drives us. At Barilla you are empowered to live and work responsibly. By joining our community, you will have the opportunity to have a meaningful job taking part in our long-lasting journey of promoting wholesome and joyful food, reducing our impact on the planet, and fostering open and caring dialogue in the communities in which we operate.
  • Recruiting Process
    • Online Application
      • To apply to our open positions, complete the online application providing us with all relevant information.
      • https://career2.successfactors.eu/career?company=barilla
    • Pre-screening / Initial Interviews
    • Final Interviews
    • Offer
  • Lists of jobs (Explore our careers)
• At Barilla our team of 8,500 works from Parma, Italy to Chicago in offices, plants around the globe, and at home. Barilla offers a wide range of careers from hourly positions such as Packing Operator in our plants to Corporate Function roles in our Headquarters offices.
  • Supply Chain, Sales, Human Resources, IT, Marketing, RDQ, Legal,

Internships

• Each Intern has the chance to showcase their skill and knowledge with a dedicated manager to work on real projects. Each intern will have a personalized schedule of work that will give you the experience to reach your full potential. Build a network with every department to expand your mastery and have questions answered by professionals, managers, and Vice Presidents at any time. Our open-door policy to speak to anyone regardless of title allows for great products created, but even greater people.

Testimonies

• “Barilla has been one of the most important experiences for me and my career. I’ve been given real projects and treated as a professional where my work is valued. This internship has deepened my knowledge of HR and taught me many new skills. I will be leaving this internship a well-rounded and more competitive candidate for when I enter the workforce. It’s been a fantastic opportunity.” -Seth Brophy, Human Resources Intern, 2022
• “I am especially passionate about our ‘Good for You’ category. It is so inspiring to work for a company that truly puts the health of its consumers, employees, and our earth at the forefront. Barilla cares about making a difference, and I am so excited for the continued growth of our ‘Good for You’ category, especially in Colleges and Universities for our new generation of professionals!” - Sofia Quon-Youle, Foodservice Marketing and Sales Intern, 2022
• "Over the summer, I gained a refreshing perspective on what it means to work in a corporate setting. I got to know an amazing and fun team! I am happy that my internship has provided me with projects where my work has been valued from start to finish. Everyone at Barilla has been incredible. I have been approached by my team in such a welcoming, friendly, and professional manner. There has never been a moment where I couldn't ask a question or expand my curiosity about how it is to work at Barilla" - Jakub Stec, Supply Chain Purchasing Inter, 2022