With his Master's degree in Digital Business and Strategy, Lukas Göbel had not planned to join an industrial company. However – as is often the case – the task appealed to him.
Sebastian Weidenbach was confident that he wanted to start his professional career in international sales at a larger company when he was still a student. Having grown up in Ingelheim am Rhein, Sebastian had no connection to the Ruhr region until 2022 - the 28-year-old had associated thyssenkrupp primarily with lifts and escalators. And the technology company headquartered in Essen turned out to be a stroke of luck.
University graduates who want to join a trainee programme to launch their professional careers are often spoilt for choice. At least in theory, but things often look different in practice. This is because many programmes only offer limited opportunities for professional development, lack exciting challenges and structured supervision or the chance to take on responsibility at an early stage.
"Going once, going twice, sold!" – This phrase is usually correctly associated with auctions. At thyssenkrupp Materials Services, however, it was the culmination of a carefully planned fundraising campaign.
Digital, cloud-based work has become part of everyday life for many of us. Efficiently integrating this technological progress into production processes is a top priority for the experts at thyssenkrupp Materials Services. They use the advantages of digitization to drive processes forward sustainably, create transparency, and automate analyses.
Our goal at thyssenkrupp Materials Services is to achieve climate neutrality. Every day, numerous experts support us in our efforts to reach this goal by working on future technologies, sustainable processes, and green supply chains. Helene Leneschmidt works in one of these green jobs. By working as Governance Sustainability & Environment Manager at thyssenkrupp Materials Services, she is committed to achieving greater sustainability within overarching corporate processes.
A project launched by thyssenkrupp in 2015 to give refugees a career perspective throughout the Group is now an integral part of thyssenkrupp Materials Services' recruiting and training strategy. A success that changes many lives and holds the opportunity to shape the labor market in a sustainable way. In August 2022 the next step was taken.
Becoming greener. That is the goal thyssenkrupp Materials Services has set itself. From 2030 the materials trader and service provider wants to operate on a climate-neutral basis. The way to achieve this ismodern and sustainable supply chain management.
Robot Process Automation (RPA) is an automation technology for business processes. Bots take over repetitive, rule-based and manual process steps – and thus take the burden of employees.
Heike Meurers is a very experienced vocational trainer. She has been working at thyssenkrupp Materials Services in Essen for over 20 years, where she looks after young professionals. She is mainly responsible for apprentices and dual students in the commercial apprenticeship and study programs. As the first point of contact, she is available to provide advice and assistance to all and has a clear focus on the quality of thyssenkrupp´s training.
Ali Ali’s story reflects that of millions of refugees. At the age of 19 the business management student and his girlfriend decided to leave his family and his homeland. For young men like Ali in particular, life in Syria had become too dangerous. The journey first took him and his girlfriend to Turkey, and from there across the Mediterranean on a badly overcrowded boat to Greece. After an odyssey lasting several months and taking them through Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria – most of it on foot and most of it illegal and highly risky – the young couple from Aleppo finally arrived in Germany.
