Helge Behrens, Operations Manager Germany
Helge Behrens is Operations Manager Germany: "In my work, innovation cannot be separated from sustainability."
"In my work, innovation cannot be separated from sustainability. All the innovation we do must be sustainable. You can't innovate without including the customer, whose preferences are certainly not insignificant. And those preferences may well differ from country to country. In all markets, the brick is moving towards a more dematerialised version. In Belgium, for example, this is through a thinner brick, in Germany through a brick with holes. We learn from each other, that's the beauty of it."
“Vandersanden also thinks of the next decade”
"For me Collective Wellbeing is about bigger things like health, job security, customer friendliness and sustainability. A very big step towards Collective Wellbeing at work was the Vandersanden Experience in 2018, where we came together with colleagues from all Vandersanden markets. But other events were also very meaningful. At the beginning of last year, I was seriously ill, and literally everyone who works with me sent me wishes for a speedy recovery, flowers, cards, messages and so on. That, too, is Collective Wellbeing for me.”
"Our production site was owned by a multinational for almost 20 years. The fact that Vandersanden is a family business and really lives and breathes its family values, is felt in everything. Decisions are taken more quickly and with a long-term perspective. A family business thinks not only in terms of the next twelve months, but also of the next decade."
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Collective well-being
As a community participant, Vandersanden wants to contribute to the welfare of employees, clients, society, and the environment. We like to call this ‘collective well-being’, and it is shaped by four individual areas.
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