You are jointly responsible for coordinating the supply chain. What does your job entail?
We map the entire production planning in a separate program. I am mainly responsible for designing the program and how processes run in it. It is important to listen carefully to everyone so that we can identify problems, develop solutions and improve processes.
Your job at Rosenbauer helps save lives. How often are you aware of this in your daily activities?
This aspect was actually very decisive when it came to applying here. Even if I'm directly involved in assembling a vehicle, I'm still helping to ensure that everything at Rosenbauer turns out like it should.
What defines Rosenbauer for you?
When the siren wails outside and you can hear our Rosenbauer firefighters running down the corridors almost in unison to immediately provide help and possibly save lives, that's a real goosebumps moment for me.
Rosenbauer has a nose for new ideas from the top downwards. How do these innovations come about?
New ideas are always welcome at Rosenbauer, and from everyone! Innovation happens constantly at our company, not only at product level, but also at organizational or process levels. The open corporate culture helps us to think about how we can improve every day. This is a decisive factor for success.
Women in technology are unfortunately still a minority. Do you think that's a shame?
There are a lot of women who are talented at math, computer science or mechanics, but you wouldn't necessarily expect them to be so talented at first. However, more and more women are entering technology and change has begun. It is a slow process, but it is also unstoppable. And that is a good thing.
What advice would you like to give to young women?
The most important thing is to have self-confidence and not to be intimidated so easily. You also have to know what you are capable of doing. But also what you are not so good at – you shouldn’t pretend anything. When you don't know, you can always ask.
Is there an error culture at Rosenbauer? Is failure allowed?
Absolutely! We all make mistakes. But if we stop making mistakes, we stop working. The important thing is that you correct the mistakes and stand by them.
Digitization is a hot topic. What does Supply Chain Management think about it?
We are currently working with a start-up on a system that deals with AI and machine learning. We feed the program with all possible data and information, which is then used as a basis for a neural network in the system. Artificial intelligence can recognize connections that we as humans no longer see. This is how we aim to obtain more accurate forecasts for planning in the future.