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Erfahrungsbericht
Barbara Engerer
weiblich
Universität Augsburg
Betriebswirtschaft, Unternehmensführung
BWL
keine Angabe
Siemens Wind Power A/S
Human Resources
Borupvej 16
7330
Brande
Dänemark
www.siemens.com/windpower
Einkauf, Logistik, Materialwirtschaft
07.09.2010
01.01.1970
Erfahrungsbericht: Report to my international internship at Siemens Wind Power A/S in Brande, Denmark
How I came to Siemens Wind Power A/S (SWP)
During my 6th semester studying business administration and being working student at
Fujitsu Siemens Computers in Augsburg, it came to my mind that I would like to do an
internship abroad.
As I was working in an international company, I saw the need of improving my English
as well as getting to know other cultures. I have never been to a Nordic country, but I was
keen on getting to know the "north?! I applied in Sweden, Finland and Denmark at
Siemens and Fujitsu Siemens Computers as well as in the USA. Then I heard from my
renter in Augsburg that their nephew is doing an internship in Brande, Denmark, at
Siemens Wind Power and I should contact him. So I did. I told him in which area I would
like to work and within one week and one phone call with my current boss - I got the job
;-)!
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Journey and living
After that our team assistant contacted me to sign my contract of employment (well-paid)
and to tell me that she already signed me in for an apartment. She told me that I could stay
at an apartment house in Brande owned by SWP, 2 minutes walking to the company. My
apartment had an own bathroom and a shared kitchen. I entered the room and felt
comfortable. It was bigger than I imagined before. With one plug in, my internet ran and
the TV had more international and German programs than I usually have at home. That
was fantastic! I didn?t have any trouble but a lot support to organize living in Brande.
Everything was running by itself!
Brande is a town with 8800 citizens at the very countryside, located in the center of
Jutland. I was told that I have to have a car, if I want to travel or even if I want to go out
for a coffee or shopping to a bigger city. In Brande there are a lot of supermarkets, a
fitness center, a bowling center, several opportunities to do sports, a station and 2-3 shops
to buy clothes.
I asked my dad to take his car during this six month - it is not a hundred percent
necessary, but a really good advice to bring a car, if possible!
I drove here with a friend of mine who stayed the first weekend with me (it took us 9
hours from Ansbach to Brande). We got a warm welcome with my boss and the first
colleagues and went out with them the first evening to a steak house and to the cinema. I
felt great but at first insecure with the language. But this changed so quickly after the first
few days!
The first week I really met a lot of people and all of them asked me out to join them and
get to know more people. The difference to other companies is that here are so many
foreign people starting each month and all are in the same situation - to get to know
people. That makes it much easier to be connected! And this is what is happening the
whole time - in the apartment house, at work, while going out: Networking through
Siemens, the wind energy field, the countries and cultures.
Siemens? organization
Siemens Wind Power is a member of Siemens Power Generation since December 2004
when Siemens AG purchased the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Bonus Energy A/S,
founded in 1980. The Company designs, sells, manufactures, installs and services
high-quality wind turbines with a power output of 1.3 MW, 2.3 MW or 3.6 MW. The
head officeand the nacelle plant is located in Brande, Denmark, and all blades for the
wind turbines are manufactured in Siemens? own blade plants in Aalborg and Engesvang,
Denmark. Siemens Wind Power has offices in the UK, in the US and in Germany and is
building up a newblade factory in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA.
Siemens is divided into three divisions: Industry, Energy and Health. I was working for
the Energy Sector in Siemens Wind Power Renewables within the Procurement
department, especially in Processes, Methods and Tools.
There are also departments like Sales and Proposals, Engineering, Projects, Service,
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Quality, Business Excellence, IT, Communication, Human Resources as well as SAP
Projects and rest of Supply Chain.
Procurement
Our Procurement is ensuring the worldwide supply of parts and materials at the right
timing, in the right quality and with the right price. It strives to fulfill 100% of the
planned volumes in this high growth situation reduce our quality cost fight the cost
increases coming from the supply side. Procurement is involved throughout the whole
product life cycle from first ideas to long-term service parts supply and establishes
worldwide long-term supplier partnerships.
The success is built on three pillars: commodity management, order management and
supplier quality management
These pillars represent the targets: cost, time and quality.
Processes, Methods & Tools is supporting and challenging the Procurement organization
towards continuous improvement with regards to:
- Aligning and optimizing internal and cross-functional processes
- Defining and aligning clear job profiles and task descriptions for the Procurement
functions
- Developing and implementing a strategy road map for Procurement
- Implementing strategic Supplier Management
- Supporting the implementation of tools (e.g. SAP, Modias, click4suppliers, SharePoint)
- Identifying and developing best-practices
My personal experience
Before I applied for the internship, I saw process optimization and quality management as
a potential field to work after my studies. That?s why I wanted to explore this area. My
main project was exactly what I was looking for and I am really happy to have gained
experience.
Compared to the operational purchasing, it was great to see a more strategic part of the
company and what we were heading for in the future. I had a lot of personal contact to my
colleagues. Creating new processes and tools had a great influence on their daily work
even if it was not that easy to handle the change management and working culture. I loved
to work self responsible within this project, defining the roadmap and taking care of
issues. But it was fantastic to be in a team as well, to get and give advice and
countercheck different point of views.
Siemens Wind Power is in an extraordinary situation within the energy market. The
growth is incredible and makes it so special to work in this company. You have not just
everyday occurrences to deal with, which is very exciting!
You meet a lot of people of different nationalities, whereas you can improve your
intercultural skills - people you never would have met otherwise. Furthermore these
contacts could assist you for your job history in future.
I enjoyed the time so much - an amazing experience - personal as well as job and future
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related!
My advice
If you have the chance to see a foreign culture and get more practical experience, don?t
hesitate: DO IT!
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find in report!
organized by the company.
talk to HR in the company, they will guide you! but do an international health
insurance to be save!
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Telefon-/Internetanschluss: mostly available in the rooms.
you will be guided by the company. almost all employees are at sydbank in
Bank/Kontoeröffnung:
Brande. In my case it was a good choise as well and I never heard of any
problems from anyone else.
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there are no opportunities to go out in Brande. Herning has not many but
beautiful cafí¨'s. Herning is 25km one way from Brande (you can go by train).
Would be great, if you have a car. But Brande has a train station as well.
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