CTC’S management trainee programme begins 2013 intake

The programme, which will commence in September, follows the same global standards set out by its parent company, British American Tobacco (BAT), and is one of the few MT programmes that also include the opportunity of international work exposure for the trainees

Ceylon Tobacco Company ’ s acclaimed International Management Trainee Programme is once again, beginning its annua l search for Sri Lanka’s brightest young minds, to train into international management professionals. The programme has over the years, attracted many participants and its two- year process has resulted in producing some of the organisation’s top management personnel. The programme, which will commence in September, follows the same global standards set out by its parent company, British American Tobacco ( BAT), and is one of the few MT programmes that also include the opportunity of international work exposure for the trainees. The programme gives the participants a thorough understanding of how it is to work on a global scale and produce results that would be accepted regardless of which country they are based in. CTC’s culture is based on BAT’s global employer brand philosophy of the organisation: “Bring Your Difference”, which encourages employees to preserve their individuality and add their difference to the company’s workings. The company believes in different people bringing their unique skills together in a dynamic work environment, to produce great results, and graduates from all around the country are encouraged to apply - as long as they meet the basic criteria of having a good work ethic, great leadership skills,