Meet SABRINA, our featured employee of the month from Schaeffler!

We had the opportunity to conduct a brief Q&A session with Sabrina Stoertz , the Commercial Administration Professional at Schaeffler. In this article, Sabrina discusses her background, her career path in the Automotive Aftermarket industry, her company, and her current role.

ABOUT YOU

• Could you tell us a bit about your background? (Place of birth, age, education…)

My name is Sabrina Stoertz, I am 33 years old, and I was born and raised in Germany, growing up and still living in a beautiful town called Bensheim near Frankfurt am Main. I studied Sociology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and am the first one in my family to have graduated from university. After graduation, I strove to gain insights into different industries and roles, and I enjoyed adapting to new tasks and business environments as well as mastering the unique challenges each role came with.

ABOUT THE AFTERMARKET

• How would you describe the Aftermarket to someone who has never heard of this industry?

The Aftermarket is an industry that extends the lifetime of vehicles by providing spare parts. In that sense the Aftermarket is an industry of sustainability since it makes an indispensable contribution to this crucial topic. Whether we are talking about suppliers, workshops, or other service providers: The people in the industry make a difference for a more sustainable future and I’m proud to be part of that.

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ABOUT YOU & THE AFTERMARKET

• How did you become aware of, and why did you choose the Aftermarket to work in?

I found the Aftermarket by chance. I applied for a job as an office coordinator at the beginning of 2021. After one year in this position, I decided to apply for my current role since it seemed like an excellent opportunity for professional development. While it catered to my strengths, the job included several tasks I hadn’t done before in previous roles. As I like to challenge myself, I seized this opportunity, and it was the right decision. Along the way, I met a lot of great colleagues I highly appreciate, and I’m looking forward to continuing my professional journey with them.

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ABOUT YOUR COMPANY

• Which company are you working with & which type of job?

I work for the Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket in Frankfurt, and I am a part of the Bonus Team in the Sales Service Department.

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ABOUT YOUR JOB

• What’s your job title?

I work as a Professional in Commercial Administration in the Sales Service Europe Department.

• How would you describe your job?

Here we have a team dedicated to bonus payments and I am part of this team. I serve as a point of contact for Controlling, Free Cash Flow Planning, Key Account Managers, and Sales Service Professionals who take care of the Key Accounts I am responsible for. My job contains a variety of tasks that require a high level of conscientiousness: documentation, maintenance of the bonus software, working with big amounts of data and manual calculation.

• What do you fancy most in your job?

?These are the tasks I fancy the most in my job since they cater to four of my seven significant strengths: Detail Orientation, Critical Thinking, Result Focus, and Self-improvement. When I moved into this role, I accompanied a transition process in our bonus administration landscape, which we successfully completed. That was a challenge I highly enjoyed being part of.

ABOUT JOINING THE AFTERMARKET

• Why should somebody join this industry in your opinion?

You should join the Automotive Aftermarket if it’s important for you to work in an industry that contributes to sustainable living, and if you like being part of a dynamic environment since the Automotive Aftermarket is not only contributing to change but also constantly changing itself. The need for a more sustainable future and the innovations developed due to that need as well as new legal requirements belong to the main driver’s that put the whole Automotive Industry into transition and made the Automotive Aftermarket even more complex – making it an excellent time to join that exciting industry.

About Schaeffler

The Schaeffler Group has been driving forward groundbreaking inventions and developments in the field of motion technology for over 75 years. With innovative technologies, products, and services for electric mobility, CO?-efficient drives, chassis solutions, Industry 4.0, digitalization, and renewable energies, the company is a reliable partner for making motion more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable – over the entire life cycle. The motion technology company manufactures high-precision components and systems for drive train and chassis applications as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a large number of industrial applications. The Schaeffler Group generated sales of EUR 15.8 billion in 2022. With around 84,000 employees, the Schaeffler Group is one of the world’s largest family-owned companies. With more than 1,250 patent applications in 2022, Schaeffler is Germany’s fourth most innovative company according to the DPMA (German Patent and Trademark Office).

The Automotive Aftermarket division is responsible for Schaeffler's global spare parts business and delivers components and holistic repair solutions for passenger cars, light and heavy commercial vehicles and tractors. Thanks to its comprehensive understanding of transmission, engine and chassis systems, the company has a reputation for technical excellence, intelligent solutions and outstanding services. With more than 1,700 employees, the Automotive Aftermarket division of Schaeffler generated sales of over 2 billion euros in 2022. Around 11,500 sales partners, and more than 70 sales and representative offices around the world, ensure a plus in customer proximity.