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"My job is about bringing people together."

Sander van Kesteren, HR Business Partner, Corporate Functions

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My job is about bringing people together. I see myself as an account manager within HR who adds value to the business success by guiding, advising and coaching supervisors and employees to create long-term business success and sustainability. In this respect I am sometimes the little angel on their shoulder and the conscience and sometimes a little devil who challenges and brings different perspectives to the table, always depending on the situation and people involved.

How I came to Boehringer Ingelheim

My career within Boehringer Ingelheim started on the 1st of December 2014 as a regional HR Business Partner for Enabling Functions and Operations.

My typical working day

This work day does not have a clear beginning or a definite end.

It is a combination of dealing with e-mails, having meetings related to recruitment, for example, or different employee subjects, making proposals for management teams and facilitating discussions. The HR Business Partner role is a leadership type of role, therefore your job is to manage the ever-changing environment and help the company to adapt to it.

My advice for you:

Dare to make mistakes. Boehringer Ingelheim has a culture that allows learning from mistakes. Making mistakes opens opportunities for your own development and Boehringer Ingelheim creates a safe environment to make mistakes as long as you make sure that you learn from them. Agility for me is the ability to accept and understand that there are different views and other truths than your own.

Why I work for Boehringer Ingelheim

At Boehringer Ingelheim the four company values – respect, trust, empathy and passion – are not only values on paper but are lived and experienced in daily practice.
This encourages me to also lead by example and behave according to those values.
What impressed me most about Boehringer Ingelheim in the first place was that during the job interview I was also recruited for my future position. There was a lot of emphasis on my potential and a lot of clarity considering my own further development within the organization. In such a big and international organization like Boehringer Ingelheim, opportunities are endless as long as you respect the corporate culture and have an agile personality that easily adapts to changing environments. This encourages me to go the extra mile and give my best to achieve the optimal result.

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