30-year-old Christian Lund Andersen, who was born and raised in Grønbjerg in West Jutland in Denmark, already got an insight into the automotive business as a teenager. His stepfather ran a car dealership with an associated workshop and when the opportunity arose to get an apprenticeship at a local wholesaler, he jumped at the offer.
In 2014, Christian completed his apprenticeship as a Spare Parts Assistant at Auto-G Holstebro and thus completed his education as a Sales Assistant specializing in the automotive industry from Mommark Business College. As a graduate, he continued his employment at Auto-G Holstebro until 2016 - where he, well helped along the way by his girlfriend, decided that the time was ripe to try something new.
“My girlfriend had to move to Aarhus to study and it happened to coincide with Triscan looking for a Catalog Assistant. During my 4 years at Auto-G Holstebro, I had gained knowledge and a good impression of Triscan. I therefore decided to send an application - and it paid off”, says Christian.
Already after less than a year of employment, Christian was appointed Product Manager and today has product responsibility for several product groups - including brake discs/-drums, brake pads/-shoes, brake mounting kits, brake hoses, wheel cylinders and exhaust pipe connectors.
Tasks
“I have a very varied job which I really appreciate. Within the product groups I am responsible for, I work with development and updating - that is which new references are to be added and which are to be discontiuned. At the same time, I have to make sure to update product information in our product data and finance system, some of which is used as catalogue data”.
As Product Manager at Triscan, Christian's tasks also include selecting suppliers, which involves travel activity.
“So far, my travel activity has been limited to Europe, where I have visited suppliers and been to trade fairs. Unfortunately, the corona pandemic put an end to a planned trip to Asia, which I can now look forward to".
Another task is warranty processing.
“In cases where my colleagues in our department for returns and warranty cannot carry out warranty processing themselves, I take over. Initially, of course, I draw on my own or my colleagues' experience. In most cases, we use our in-house test center, while we rarely involve our manufacturer or an independent test institute”.
Education
In order for Christian to have the best conditions for carrying out his job, he has been through a great deal of internal training. But Christian has also been on external courses to develop his skills in e.g. the use of Excel.
“Courses are also held internally with external lecturers. We have e.g. had a specialist from Teknologisk Institut (the Danish Technological Institute) to update our knowledge of the automotive industry's quality assurance standard IATF 16949. I am often asked if there are courses or educations that I want to attend - and I am pleased about that”.
Company culture
Christian feels comfortable in the culture which he has encountered at Triscan. "The first thing that comes to mind is probably freedom and responsibility. To a large extent, I am allowed to prioritize and manage my work tasks myself. I think that there is a positive energy and atmosphere at the same time as an informal tone – which is very appealing to me”.
Employee benefits
As an employee at Triscan, you are offered a number of fringe benefits that range widely from pension scheme, health insurance, lunch scheme, fruit, coffee/tea/ice water, staff social club, home office and staff purchase.
“I am among other things member of our social club "Spændebåndet" (“Hose clamp”). Here we meet for concerts, theatrical performances, museum visits, bowling and much more. Meeting your colleagues outside normal working hours is always nice. Furthermore, I have often had great pleasure of being able to work from home. It is definitely an asset for me that creates freedom”.
Social responsibility
At Triscan, we show social responsibility in several areas. For Christian, it has not been decisive for the choice of Triscan as a workplace, but he appreciates the effort.
"Honestly I must say that I did not attach any importance to it during my recent job search, even though it clearly means something to me. I think it's great that we in close cooperation with Aarhus Municipality have the opportunity to help people in our business center, who for some reason have dropped out of the labor market or never entered it”.
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