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Studenti posjetili moderniziranu obiteljsku tvrtku koju je VERN’ov alumni izveo na međunarodno tržište

The successful family business today employs 18 people, has been growing for four years in a row, and in addition to being the main supplier to an international retail chain, it exports to Canada and the USA.

U okviru terenske nastave na kolegijima Poduzetništvo te Poslovna etika, profesorice mr. sc. Zrinke Gregov, grupa VERN’ovih studenata posjetila je ogulinsku obiteljsku tvrtku Sigurna hrana, koju je promišljenim marketinškim aktivnostima alumni VERN’a Sebastijan Glavić izveo na međunarodno tržište.

Riječ je naime o nekadašnjem obiteljskom obrtu kojeg su pokrenuli i razvijali otac i majka, da bi kasnije Sebastijan i njegov brat nastavili obiteljsku tradiciju te informatičkim i poduzetničkim znanjima postupno modernizirali tvrtku koja je danas sinonim za kvalitetni i prirodni kiseli kupus kojeg na tržište plasiraju pod brendom Jelenko.

Sebastijan je na VERN’u prvo završio prijediplomski studij Ekonomije poduzetništva i tada je počeo preuzimati marketing tvrtke, a trenutno je apsolvent na diplomskom studiju Poduzetničkog menadžmenta, na kojem je stekao znanja za internacionalizaciju poslovanja i profesionaliziranje menadžmenta.

Through continuous investment in people and machinery, the company has been growing by around 20 percent annually for four years in a row, and with 18 employees, they plan to produce between 600 and 700 tons of sauerkraut this year. They are also the main supplier to Lidl under the Okusi zavičaja brand, and they export this excellent product under the Jelenko brand to Canada and the USA.

"Due to the quality and meeting the highest international standards for food quality, we have inquiries from large retail chains from Western Europe. However, such large orders require very large investments in new halls, pickling pools, warehouses and machines for production automation, so we are careful not to allow too rapid and risky growth. In addition to high-quality cabbage, only water and salt are used for pickling, and everything else is done by beneficial lactic acid bacteria, so this sauerkraut is also the highest quality natural probiotic that falls into the category of so-called 'healthy food'," they explained to us.

U posjetu proizvodnim pogonima bili su studenti diplomskog studija Poduzetnički menadžment, njih 32 te troje studenata s Erasmus semestra, a kako je Sigurna hrana VERN’ova tvrtka-partner, posjetu je prisustvovala i Nataša Jeličić, voditeljica projekata suradnje s gospodarstvom #EducationmeetsBusiness.

Studenti su na kraju posjeta dobili i promotivne pakete proizvoda tvrtke, kako bi na najbolji način generirali i testirali ideje za nove proizvode i usluge, što je praktični dio projektnog zadatka nakon terenske nastave.

U obilasku Ogulina studenti su dodatno razmijenili mišljenja i  dojmove s kolegom alumnijem i njegovim ocem, s kojima su razgovarali o najznačajnjim izazovima u poslu, certifikatima i usklađivanju s međunarodnim normama, poslovanju prema zahtjevima velikog međunarodnog trgovačkog lanca, te o poslovnoj etici i funkcioniranju obiteljskog biznisa.

Sebastijan concluded by telling his colleagues that the business knowledge acquired at VERN was the link that enabled the company's sustainable international growth. "When you pass the exam, you will forget the definition you knew by heart word for word, but the essence of what you learned and the way of thinking will remain with you for the rest of your life," he concluded.

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