"Nestlé will lay off 16,000 employees worldwide as recently-appointed CEO Philipp Navratil looks to turn around the world's largest food company. In a bid to cut costs, Nestlé will slash 12,000 white-collar jobs along with an additional 4,000 manufacturing and supply-chain positions, reducing 6% of its global workforce over the next two years, the company announced Thursday. Some white-collar roles will be automated as the firm targets "operational efficiency," the company said in the statement."
""This initiative is focused on transforming our ways of working, streamlining the organization and processes, and leveraging digitalization and automation," a Nestlé spokesperson told Fortune. The workforce reduction will affect workers globally, the spokesperson said, but "it will affect each market in a different way, and each market will prepare its own plan," they added. "We are not in a position to share more details at this stage.""
Nestlé will lay off 16,000 employees worldwide, cutting 12,000 white-collar jobs and 4,000 manufacturing and supply-chain positions, reducing about 6% of its global workforce over the next two years. The company plans to automate some white-collar roles and simplify its organization to drive operational efficiency and digitalization. Philipp Navratil, the newly appointed CEO, announced the transformation as the firm faces consumer demand headwinds after price increases and shifting preferences. For the first nine months of 2025, Nestlé's sales fell 1.9% to around $82.8 billion while organic sales rose 3.3%, reflecting currency effects.
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