Hornbach-Baumarkt-AG Group

60 GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT Non-Financial Performance Ind icators
Personnel activities create sustainability
560 new jobs
At the balance sheet date on February 28, 2013, there were
14,222 individuals (2011/2012: 13,662) in active fixed employment
at HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG or at one of its subsidiaries.
This corresponds to an increase of 4.1%. In Germany,
the number of employees rose from 8,093 to 8,434
(plus 4.2%). In other European countries, the total workforce
grew by 3.9% to 5,788 (2011/2012: 5,569). As an annual
average and converted into full-time equivalents, the
HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG Group has 12,674 employees
(2011/2012: 12,188). Women account for around 44% of the
Group’s workforce. Overall, women hold 17% of the management
positions at the Group.
Uniform recruitment and initial training process
To ensure that we are perceived as an attractive employer and
attract the right employees on an international basis, we work
with a centralized, electronically assisted application process
(eRecruiting system) in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.
This way, interested applicants can find suitable jobs
quickly and easily here in the various countries and then apply
online. To ensure that new sales employees have a successful
start to their work at HORNBACH, in these countries we have
also implemented a standardized initial training process, one
whose core elements involve working with trained mentors
and making intense use of self-study media.
Ongoing training and development
We are committed to the ongoing further development of our
staff. In the year under report, around 7,600 employees in
Germany drew on our range of seminars to enhance their
product range, system, and advisory skills. Not only that,
124 employees took part in in-house training programs to
qualify as specialist bathroom and kitchen advisors (certified
course accredited by Chamber of Commerce).
One key component of our efforts to secure the next generation
of staff involves training employees in a total of 23 vocations
in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Alongside
this, 61 young people completed a dual study program at
HORNBACH in Romania as part of a pilot project. Furthermore,
we offer nine dual study programs in which the practical
stages can be performed at all European stores. A total of 756
young people were actively employed as trainees across the
Group as of the balance sheet date (2011/2012: 799).
Number of employees
(annual average converted into full-time equivalents)
Financial year
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