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Eulàlia Suárez-Fuster
Operations Director / Member of the Management Board
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True to the motto "on time and on schedule", Andreas starts his day early in the morning. He often starts loading the IMPAG truck at the IMPAG AG logistics centre in Rothrist before 6 am. As soon as everything is loaded, the tour begins.
Andreas' daily routine is varied and always demands a high level of concentration, especially in traffic.
"Besides safely handling hazardous goods, the most important thing for me is that all deadlines are met," says Andreas. "If requested, I also notify the customers well ahead about the time of delivery!"
Andreas quickly unloads the ordered goods at the customer's facility and, if possible, takes the empties back with him. One after the other it goes on, as the next customer is waiting.
Chlorate in pool water: an explosive topic that is discussed frequently and with great intensity.
Besides his function as Senior Sales & Product Manager at IMPAG AG, Patrick is an active board member of the Swiss Association for Health and Environmental Technology (SVG) in the field of public swimming pool construction and operation. In addition to advising those responsible for public facilities (sports and swimming pool halls, schools, etc.), he regularly gives technical presentations and provides information on the current state of professional knowledge.
"Even after many years in the industry, what excites me about my work is the combination of sales and market development and the opportunity to pass on my knowledge to those responsible for the different areas," says Patrick. "And who else has the pleasure of being at the pool all year round.."
Innovation is no coincidence, but hard and challenging work. This is what the 15 participants from our subsidiaries experienced in the Business Model Innovation (BMI) project.
With the BMI project, which was led by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the ZHAW School of Management and Law during 2021, we aimed to explore a new approach to institutionalize innovation in our company through a structured process. In doing so, we pursued two strategic goals.
On the one hand, the BMI project was meant to promote the innovation culture and attitude of our employees towards change and development in a sustainable manner.
On the other hand, what was learned in theory was to be applied by the four teams in different workshops. With a lot of curiosity, creativity, courage and confidence, but above all with joy and enthusiasm, eight concrete innovation projects were developed, which have the potential of being successfully implemented and bringing added value to the company were developed. After the final presentation to the Executive Board, one of the innovation projects will be realized and a second will be further examined.
Julia is a fantastic example of how diverse a field of work can develop at IMPAG AG.
After completing a three-year dual study programme in Internal Business Administration at IMPAG Germany and gaining insights into a wide variety of departments, Julia joined IMPAG Germany as a full-time employee in Sales Support in the Chemicals division. Not long after this, Sales & Product Management started to involve new responsibilities, ever since which Julia has been responsible for the support of our customers in the Home Care sector. While continuing to work, Julia then completed her Master’s degree in Digital Business Strategy, allowing her to become involved in new cross-group projects and activities in addition to her work in Sales.
“The variety of my tasks can definitely be challenging,” says Julia, “but I really appreciate this variety and enjoy taking on new challenges.”
Julia will certainly find, and master, new challenges in her new role starting on 1 January 2022: she will be joining the management board in Germany and, together with Vera, who will continue to serve as managing director, will share overall responsibility for IMPAG in Germany.
Our Product & Sales Managers are not only to be found in the office or in sales talks at the customer's premises.
The many projects in which our Sales & Product Managers are able to accompany the transformation process that our raw materials go through from raw material to use, make for great variety in their work.
Pascal has exchanged his suit for a protective jacket and is using his know-how on site at the customer's premises. After successful laboratory tests, he accompanies a test on a production plant in the industry.
We make cosmetic trends visible and our raw materials tangible!
The work of our experts in IMPAG's application technology laboratory is versatile and often no two days are alike. They handle application technology issues relating to our raw materials and active ingredients, develop formulations for trend concepts and support customers in formulation questions.
Targeted support in the incorporation of raw materials into cosmetic formulations are key factors for the successful transformation of our customers' ideas into marketable products.
Our Product & Sales Manager Tamara gets a deep insight into the topic "whipping agents for bakery products and desserts" and is given the opportunity to try it herself. At our partner's lab she has the opportunity to deepen her technical know-how in practice in order to support customer projects even more comprehensively.
Thanks to our cooperation with leading manufacturers of ingredients and additives, our employees in the various business units have the opportunity to expand their expertise in a wide range of areas, both theoretically and practically.
Motivated, active and full of enthusiasm, Monica (Head of Human Resources) and Tamara (Sales & Product Manager, Nutrition & Health) present IMPAG as an employer to the food technology students at the Agro Food Job Dating Fair.
Job Dating - We meet our future!After a short company presentation in the plenary session, students have the opportunity to get to know future employers and make initial contacts at the subsequent table fair.
For our HR, this is a wonderful opportunity to make the diverse job opportunities at IMPAG clear to students and to get in touch with potential candidates in a non-binding yet personal way.
The Corona lockdown in spring 2020 required swift action on the part of IMPAG's IT department: thanks to lean structures, Matthias, Dorian and Fabian transformed over 120 office workstations into home office workstations within a very short time. Modern hardware and software solutions, such as Microsoft Teams introduced the autumn before, allowed for efficient collaboration, accessible video conferencing and the exchange of files and information.
Our IT team manages the lifecycle of hardware and software on a daily basis and ensures support for all IMPAG Group employees. With a great deal of commitment and expertise, our IT ensures that all the necessary systems are ready and functioning reliably.