Operations Manager
Job description
About the Position
Operations Manager at the age of 21
Six years after graduating from secondary school, Magdalena Schöberl became an Operations Manager at a BayWa building materials site. She was just 21 years old at the time. Juggling figures is at the centre of her work, as she has to calculate quotations, orders, and purchase orders for her customers on a daily basis. Her age was never an issue for her team and the customers quickly got used to it.
Responsibilities
- Calculate quotations, orders, and purchase orders for customers
- Manage a building materials site
- Navigate the challenges of the construction industry
About the Workplace
Schöberl: My work is a numbers game. Due to the shortage of goods in the construction industry, which has persisted for around two years, more than ever. At our building materials site in the Upper Palatinate, we have 8,000 square meters of open-air storage space and 800 square meters of office space, including a specialist store with an exhibition for building elements and flooring as well as social rooms, and are the point of contact for private and commercial customers. The company was newly built in 2021, is large and flooded with light. I simply feel at home here.
Requirements
- Strong skills in quotations, orders, and purchase orders
- Experience in customer management
- Ability to manage a building materials site
About Magdalena
BayWa has taught me a lot about myself: If someone had told me in 2015 – fresh out of secondary school – that I would be running an entire company a few years later, I wouldn't have believed it. I was the guy who was just brave enough to order another portion of fries.
At the time, it still seemed like a very trivial decision to me: Go to a college or earn money directly. I knew BayWa from our own farm. In addition to farming, we had pigs, fallow deer, and chickens. In the end, I decided to train as a wholesale and foreign trade clerk in Wörth an der Donau. The work made me self-confident – today I know what I can do.
After three years of training, I went on to study economics. After work, evening classes were on the programme. My dad was always my role model. He founded his own company, a forestry business with three harvesters, and works up to sixty hours a week. His work is his passion, and that's exactly the feeling I wanted to have. Today, I can proudly say that I've managed to do just that – not least with a great team at my side.
We Offer
- A dynamic and challenging work environment
- Opportunity to grow and learn within the company
- A supportive and experienced team
About the Company
BayWa is a leading company in the building materials industry, known for its commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. With multiple sites across Germany, BayWa provides a wide range of building materials and services to both private and commercial customers.
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