I joined Hilti as a Martin Hilti Foundation student 15 years ago. I was at university in Madrid when I applied for the scholarship in Tulsa, USA. Little did I know it was the beginning of a great personal and professional adventure!

My first job at Hilti saw me with a scanner and forklift, scanning bar codes for our product portfolio in HNA. There I collaborated with Hilti’s SAP implementation team, and I later took my experience to help implement SAP in Spain. After that, I became logistics process expert, and then enjoyed a short but intense and invaluable experience in sales.

Spain and Portugal soon merged operations and I became warehouse manager for this newly-created sub-region. Next, I joined the IMPACT+ program, which brought me a range of new perspectives, as well as new colleagues and friends for life.

From there, another role and another part of Europe – plus a wife along the way! After three years of living in Switzerland, we moved as a couple to Mexico, where we still are today, now with a growing family in tow.

As an emerging marketing, Mexico is a great professional experience for me - yet another way of seeing the business. It’s also very exciting as a cultural family experience.

The common theme in all my years at Hilti – including tough times like the economic crisis in Spain or our warehouse fire in Magny – has been the enduring Hilti spirit. Working together with great people and a great company culture.
 

After working in the automotive industry in Europe and Africa in various development and manufacturing functions I felt it was time for a change - I got the opportunity to join Hilti as Strategic Supply Manager focusing on commercial topics and developing and implementing global sourcing strategies.
 
After some years I returned to the manufacturing area as Head of Engineering and later as Unit Manager for Technical Services working on challenging and demanding technical topics within a global team – developing and implementing cutting edge production technology to support Hilti’s drive for product innovation.
 
Hilti does not have a standard career path – the company caters both for expert careers in one area, but also offers and fosters career paths that allow for a very broad view and range of experiences.