At Quifatex we have our first female forklift operator, which represents a milestone for the company. We congratulate Ruth Fernandez for her dedication during this training period, which began in October 2023 and involved 40 hours of practice and 12 hours of theoretical training.

Our Forklift School promotes the development of our Distribution and Logistics Center employees to improve their knowledge and skills.

We reaffirm our commitment to good practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and growth through our internal programs.

On March 20, at the Talent Summit event, organized by Ekos magazine, the best places to work in Ecuador 2024 were recognized, which is the result of an annual ranking led by Great Place to Work, based on the measurement of the work environment where the best organizations to work for are chosen, classifying them as follows:

• Companies with 20 to 100 employees.
• Companies with 101 to 500 employees.
• Companies with more than 500 employees

Within this last category, Quifatex ranked 5th among 10 companies.

We are proud of this achievement, which reflects the result of teamwork. This encourages us to continue to focus on living our vision, purpose and corporate values, reaffirming our commitment to have a work environment where trust, satisfaction and well-being of our employees are our priority.

Comunicándonos is one of the most important events within our company. It involves all employees nationwide and is responsible for sharing relevant information such as 2023 results and 2024 projects. All this with the purpose of aligning ourselves to work as a team to meet and exceed the objectives set for this year.

Our CEO, Jacqueline Mayor, was invited to participate as a prominent leader in this meeting, with the talk, “You create your own space”, which addressed issues related to the empowerment of women in current times.
In addition, Quifatex was one of 15 companies that received the prestigious “Iconic Companies Creating a Better World for All” award, in recognition for encouraging good practices in diversity, equity and gender inclusion.

Our Influencers, the informal leaders of the organization, experienced a day of awareness of our corporate values through a workshop that was recently held.
Through a set of different dynamics, they received reinforcement in the meaning of each of the values so that, in this way, they can become the promoters of our culture with their teams and coworkers.

For us, being recognized by Great Place to Work reflects the focus of our corporate culture, where the well-being of our collaborators is fundamental, hence why we focus on living it daily.
This encourages us and commits us much more to our employees, since they´re the pillar that allows us to achieve our purpose of making Quifatex the best place to work.

As one of the benefits that the company offers to our employees, we have established alliances with several universities, technological institutes and training centers in the country so that our collaborators can access the different undergraduate and graduate programs that they have on offer. In doing so, we seek to see them continuing to grow personally and professionally so that they can achieve more goals in their lives.

At Quifatex we always seek the well-being of our collaborators so that together we can create the best place to work.

Our company promotes the health of our collaborators through several programs, one of which is ACTIVATE Y VIVE, in which our workers have a follow-up of several months in nutrition, physical activity, psychological consultations and stress and sleep management. This is in addition to other programs we have carried out, such as the 5k Challenge Race, Daily Active Breaks, High Performance Athletes Program and our Internal Soccer Championship.
Through these spaces, we promote healthy lifestyle practices, the experience of corporate values and the involvement of family in sports.

On Friday March 11th, Quifatex launched the Trainee One Lab Training Leaders Program in the city of Quito, which seeks to recruit young professionals from different universities, in order to promote their growth and development in our company, through the assignment of strategic projects.
The event revealed Quifatex’s line of business through the participation of internal speakers who shared their experience and learning with 20 university students. Our premium brands prepared a creative surprise for our visitors, so that these young people could learn more about them and their products.
In addition, the participants were able to learn about the purpose of our Trainee One Lab Training Leaders program, its benefits and how it contributes to their professional growth.
We appreciate your trust and we hope that this event has been a unique experience for each one of you and we invite more university students to be part of our program in the future.