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14 | GeNeral NeWs “Exciting and practical” A sound apprenticeship opens up excellent career prospects for young people and ensures that companies such as Geis in future have access to the trained workers they need. Below we interview Bernhard Hofmann, Freight Forwarding Careers Training Manager in Bad Neustadt. Bernhard Hofmann isn’t just Freight Forwarding Careers Training Manager at Geis’ headquarters in Bad Neustadt. He is also in the process of qualifying to become a “certified professional trainer” with the Chamber of Commerce. Training involves three stages, and in March a jury of the Bavarian Vocational Academy awarded him the level 1 certificate. Now he is preparing for the second stage. mr hofmann, why would you recommend an apprenticeship at the geis group? Bernhard Hofmann: First of all, due to the wide range of apprenticeships we offer. We train people to become forwarding specialists, logistics service specialists, warehouse logistics specialists, clerks and IT officers, to name just a few. In each case, young trainees can look forward to diverse and qualified training. All our logistics and warehouse trainees, for example, regularly participate in central, all-day training sessions held in different locations. These cover topics such as sales/marketing, correct telephone manner and shipping insurance. Interaction and exchange between the trainees is also important to us. can you give us an example? Bernhard Hofmann: Just recently we invited first-year forwarding trainees from all the company sites to Nuremberg for a “Day By Trainees For Trainees”. They were taught among other things about combined road-and-rail transport at the container terminal at Nuremberg, and given the opportunity to see the loading and unloading of trailers and containers taking place live. The degree to which our trainees are motivated by such measures is reflected, for example, in their great performance in the “Best Apprentice” competition organized by the Verkehrsrundschau, the German freight transport and logistics magazine. Five of them were in the Top 100, and the Geis Group was ranked 7 th in the Top 50 training companies. how many new trainees started working for the geis group at the beginning of this training year? Bernhard Hofmann: Once again we’ve managed to fill all our training courses in line with our requirements. In total 72 youngsters started apprenticeships at Geis’ and SDV Geis’ 18 training centres, and four students began studying at a vocational college or university. depending on the chosen profession, training lasts two to three years. what are the chances of being taken on at the end? Bernhard Hofmann: Basically our goal is to take on every trainee once they’ve qualified – especially if their performance has been outstanding. And it’s not just our traditional freight forwarding trainees that perform well. Katharina Hoch, for example, completed her office clerk apprenticeship this year with the highest possible score of 1.0, and was even awarded the Bavarian State Prize for her achievement. mr hofmann, thank you very much for talking to us. four new authorized SignatorieS At the end of September, four executives of the Geis Group were appointed authorized signatories. Hans-Wolfgang Geis has been appointed a new authorized signatory of Geis Industrie-Service GmbH in Nuremberg. There he is jointly responsible for purchasing and controlling and is the site manager for the Gorenje and Taiyo Yuden projects. He joined the Geis Group 12 years ago. Martin Vonderau has managed the Geis Group‘s Construction and Facility Management department for the past four years. The 41-year-old architect has now been appointed an authorized signatory of Hans Geis GmbH + Co. Dirk Steinkampf is National Forwarding Manager and a new authorized signatory of Geis Eurocargo GmbH + Co KG, Nuremberg. The 43-year-old joined the Geis Group more than 20 years ago. Erwin Kraus has also been appointed an authorized signatory of Geis Eurocargo GmbH + Co KG in Nuremberg. He joined the Geis Group 12 years ago and now heads the International Freight Forwarding division in Nuremberg.
a JoB tHat paCKs a pUNCH On 1 st July 2011 Rüdiger Granitza was appointed the new Managing Director of Georg Lechner GmbH in Oberhaching. The company, which since 2009 has belonged to the Geis Group, develops and realizes customized packing concepts. Rüdiger Granitza brings a wealth of experience of the sector with him. He worked for nearly ten years for a packing company, including five years as a director. Now the 43-year-old industrial engineer is looking forward to new challenges and tasks: “Over the next few years, we as a company want to expand our customer base as well as our involvement in the area of heavy-goods packing and project management.” — Geis rUNs For a Good CaUse A sporting event with a difference: The district of Rhön-Grabfeld recently bet with Sparkasse Bad Neustadt that they would get 2,500 local inhabitants to take part in the 11 th Sparkasse City Run. The agreement was that, if the bet was won, the Sparkassenstiftung would give 10,000 Euros to kindergartens in Rhön-Grabfeld. In the end, no less than 3,172 participants stood at the starting line, all of them running for a good cause, including 32 runners in the Geis shirt. On the nearly ten-kilometre-long main leg, competitors had to run five times around the city walls of Bad Neustadt. “All the runners completed the course in respectable times, but the real winners are the kindergartens”, says Peter Gayer, Head of Key Account Management at Hans Geis GmbH, who took part himself. “This year was the first time we have taken part, but it certainly won‘t be the last, and it would be great if we had even more people from Geis running next year!” — Anniversaries Over the past few months, eight Geis employees have celebrated their 25 th , one his 30 th and three have even celebrated their 40 th anniversary with the company. Bernhard Hofmann began working for Hans Geis GmbH in Bad Neustadt on 1 August, 1971 as a trainee forwarding clerk. Today he is Freight Forwarding Careers Training Manager in Bad Neustadt, Eichenzell and Salz, and also Quality and Environmental Management Officer. Jürgen Kleinlein joined Militzer & Münch in Hof as a trainee forwarding clerk on 16 August 1971 and was taken on by Geis Logistics + Trade GmbH in 2009, where he works today in the logistics division. Roland Weigelt began working for Kraftverkehr Schleiz on 1 September 1971. Since 1991 he has worked as a long-distance lorry driver for Spedition Bischoff and is currently working in encounter and night-time traffic. Eberhard Erdmann joined the Geis Group in Nuremberg on 1 October 1981. Just three years later he was appointed an authorized signatory, and is now the longest-serving signatory within the Group. Today he heads the SDV Geis branch at Nuremberg Airport. Heinz Jäkel began working for Hans Geis GmbH in Bad Neustadt on 20 May 1986 as a warehouse worker. He remains there today and currently works as a forklift operator, shipper and order picker. Dieter Weyer began working as a long-distance lorry driver for Hans Geis GmbH in Bad Neustadt on 13 June 1986. Today as Maintenance Supervisor at Bad Neustadt he is responsible for all technical matters. Nicole Zaher joined SDV Geis in Frankfurt on 7 July 1986 as a running-account bookkeeper. Today she works in the bookkeeping/netting department. Silke Mörtel On 21 July 1986 Silke Mörtel began working as a clerk in the auditing section of the Air Exports department at SDV Geis in Nuremberg. She currently works as the Site Management Assistant in Stuttgart. 15 Doris Schmidt began working for Hans Geis GmbH, Bad Neustadt as a clerk in the payments department on 1 July 1986. She is currently responsible for the time recording programme. Alexandra Eckert began working for Hans Geis GmbH in Bad Neustadt on 1 August 1986 as a trainee forwarding clerk and is now employed in the service/outbound groupage freight department. Hedwig Straub also started work as a trainee office clerk for Hans Geis GmbH in Bad Neustadt on 1 August 1986. Today she is responsible in the central accounting department for the Geis Group’s international accounts. Helga Ströhla joined Spedition Bischoff as a clerk in the sales department on 1 October 1986 and is now responsible for the import/export service and import procedures.
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