I joined Hilti in 2016 while still in high school. I initially did not meet the educational requirements for the role as a student worker in marketing, but my perseverance, hunger and ambition granted me the job. Exactly 1 year later, I was asked to take over a fulltime role as responsible for all marketing activities in Denmark. This meant crafting a direction within marketing for a company which is part of a global organization of over 30,000 employees across more than 120 countries. 1 year and 1 month later, I was offered to join the digital team in the regional headquarters in the UK. Achieving this role at the age of 22, I became responsible for developing and directing industry-leading digital strategies whilst leading 5 teams of digital specialists across 5 countries and 24 social media pages.
 
I began my journey at Hilti in the most junior role existent in the organization, moved to a different country and achieved a strategic team leader position within 2,5 years, before turning 23. All of this, whilst studying for my degree in International Business.
 
What still motivates me today is the opportunities to grow. What I learn at Hilti is invaluable for my career and personal development, and my rapid growth is thanks to the opportunities and support that Hilti grants me.

What really attracted me to Hilti was the scope – in every sense. Our international reach. Our breadth of products and services. The variety of projects we work on.
 
I’ve been with Hilti for two years now, and my job is all about puzzle solving. Every day poses a new challenge, as customers come to us as their go-to solution provider. They’ve got a problem? They come straight to a Hilti engineer to solve it.
 
At Hilti, we place a huge emphasis on research and development. We want to be top of the market with our products, so we invest in R&D to keep ahead of the game. That’s another exciting thing about working for Hilti. You know you’re offering your customers the most innovative solutions out there. It makes the conversation very easy.

I joined Hilti in Mexico inside the Engineering Department and later moved into the product side of marketing. I next took a more strategic role and, after a while, became strategic marketing manager, still in Mexico. I’m now back in product management, working on direct fastening products in Headquarters and handling projects in a global scope. So it’s sort of familiar ground, but on a worldwide scale. Being in Schaan was an incredible experience as I got to know how global projects work and met amazing colleagues. Now I’m based in US and still working as a Product manager (living the true spirit of a global team). It’s great to be able to run the projects I was taking care of in Schaan while being really close to our customers.
 
Hilti always show a genuine interest in getting to know you, which I think is so important for a business. After all, a business is made up of people. It also means it’s not just work, work, work. They understand you have a personal life too. The leaders are all good at making that personal connection while supporting you on achieving results and personal development.
 

As a student, I worked for several years in the global marketing team of a renowned medical technology company. During this time, I noticed that the marketing and sales teams often disagreed, despite sharing the same sales strategy. To understand why the opposing points of view, I decided to apply for a job in sales - to experience sales for myself and see the customer’s way of thinking. 

Hilti attracted me for their strong brand and premium products, but mostly because I’d heard they have a good development program for young people.

In 2014, I joined Hilti as an account manager and found it very exciting to become part of the Hilti philosophy, to learn different sales strategies and to get to know our products.
 
At Hilti, the customer is always our main focus and I was worried I’d find it difficult to get the customers on board, to prove myself, in what’s traditionally a man’s world. But this only motivated me more and it didn’t take long for my customers to trust me and listen to my recommendations. To be considered their expert was a great feeling for me!
 
While sales is a brilliant introduction to Hilti, as a graduate of international marketing management, I didn’t want to be a sales professional forever. So I moved to Cologne as sales consultant for our asset management software ON!Track, and shortly became part of the marketing team. It means I now get to use my skills in marketing, but still working closely with our customers, which is really exciting and varied. I really enjoyed the interaction with our customers and the opportunity to teach them, for which reason I wanted to further develop in these areas. Thus, after two years as a sales consultant I now work as a technical trainer for customers trainings in the areas of occupational safety, fire prevention and rebar
 

My journey with Hilti Emirates started in January 2018 as business developer in the power segment after 6 years work experience in the Middle East. As the only Chinese national working at Hilti Emirates at that time, the task of building a relationship and even the name of Hilti in my customers’ mind were built from the ground. Therefore, I was facing many challenges. However, I my line managers and colleagues took care of. I was also being trained systematically on product know-how, company structure and culture all at the same time. I felt I was fully equipped before I started in the field, dealing with our customers. As a result, my power project has been fully developed after one year of hard work and reached an amazing turnover of over 2 million AED.
 
Since then, my responsibility has expanded to the whole Gulf sub-region covering 14 projects in four countries. Chinese customers are becoming increasingly engaged with Hilti and benefiting from our great value proposition.
 
I enjoy working with such a professional and supportive team, my abilities and experience have been strengthened as well. I truly believe that my Hilti career will continue to grow!