"Employees who identify problems are supported and challenged to assume a high degree of responsibility."
Career start:
Responsibility and travel in the work study
Coming to the end of my bachelor's degree (Economics) at the University Würzburg I realised that I have collected a lot of theoretical knowledge but barely no practical experience. On the lookout for a working student job I saw a job advertisement for an Assistant to Management at SENS. My first expectations were making coffee, scaning documents and preparing meetings. However, that became just a small part of my new work. In fact, I have gained exciting insights in all divisions, have received a chance to plan and realise my own small projects and quickly became part of a unique team.
I am motivated every day by the excellent management and the collegial atmosphere.While at university everybody fights for their own goals and sees the success only at the end of a semester, at the company you will get direct feedback and work in a team for the same goals. The team at SENS is very young and even managers are open for new suggestions from students.
Thus, I was able to independently supervise a TÜV certification for which I also travelled to Italy and Spain.
Career at SENS:
From working student to Global Director
In mid-2017, I successfully completed my Master's degree in Business Management and then started as a Business Process Manager at SENS. Here, I had the benefit from my previous work as a student trainee. During this time, I recognised the potential that lies in optimising processes. In my next position, I was Head of IT and BPM (Business Process Management) and thus assumed leadership responsibility for my team. Meanwhile, as Global Director Organisational Development & IT, I am in charge of four departments. As a team, we take care of IT, our ERP landscape, process management and organisational development at SENS. What I particularly like about my job is that I have the feeling that I am part of a growth process and that my work contributes to our joint success.
Advantages:
Own development and teamwork
Every day brings new challenges, which gives me the opportunity to learn something new and to grow beyond myself. SENS also offers its employees a modern work environment and a high level of benefits, especially for a medium-sized company. Among other things, we have active health management, various sports activities, and regular team events.
Lena talks about these events and her career at SENS in the interview.
