OREANDA-NEWS. Metinvest Group's Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol hosted the final defence of projects prepared by participants of its Young Leaders corporate program. The main objective of the program is to identify potential managers among the plant's promising young leaders.

The Young Leaders program facilitated learning opportunities, training, and seminars for participants. The program's 100 young specialists were guided by management mentors in areas such enterprise development strategy, logistics, personnel motivation, improvements in repair quality in key shops, and reductions in power consumption and metal rejects in rolling shops.

The evaluation commission for the projects consisted of Natalia Strelkova, HR and Social Policy Director of Metinvest Group; Alexander Levchenko, Engineering Director of Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol; Vadim Boichenko, HR and Social Issues Director; Konstantin Pismarev, Technology and Quality Director; and Yuriy Zinchenko, General Director, who headed the commission.

Projects involved reducing materials consumption in the production of rolled products, improving logistics, upgrading the operational efficiency of equipment, and increasing weld metal resistance during rolling. One of the teams presented a 10-year development strategy for the plant, while another developed a personnel motivation system.

The winning team, who won the Young Leaders program cup and a bonus of UAH 5,000, was led by Natalia Predkova. Her team presented a project to reduce maintenance costs in the chief power engineer's and chief mechanical engineer's shops. Other top projects were recognized in 8 categories, including for best visualization, best speech, creativity, and applicability to the company. The best projects will be further developed and implemented at the enterprise.

“Participation in the Young Leaders program was good motivation for many workers of our company to demonstrate their own initiative, develop and confidently prove their professionalism,” said Yuriy Zinchenko, Ilyich Iron and Steel Works' General Director. “Opening doors for promising young specialists is one of the priorities of the management of the plant and an important aspect of Metinvest's personnel policy.”