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IKA Top Jobs

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At IKA, we are shaping the future of laboratory and analysis technology together. A task that requires a wide variety of talents with different job profiles and expertise. Get to know some of them and get inspired by their journey.

Nils Haupt – Lead Project Manager VR

What many people only know as an entertainment gadget, ensures, that we at IKA can set up our sales department in an even more innovative way and thus serve customers on the other side of the world at any time. Nils Haupt is responsible for the virtual reality project. The graduate chemist has been given the opportunity to turn his passion into his profession at IKA. He is convinced that breaking new ground helps to explore the world from a different point of view, but also offers freedom and new perspectives. With this understanding, he develops new application possibilities for us on a daily basis and trains colleagues in the use of VR at our international offices. What he likes best about it? The enthusiasm that is shown towards him and his work.

Martin Menner – Area Sales Manager Process Technology

Of all our Faces of IKA, Martin Menner probably has the most stories in store. He has been with IKA for 30 years, knows an incredible amount about the company and has many stories to tell about how IKA has changed over the past decades. When he started his career in the construction department, it was a rather manual work: no computer programs, only fax machines and drawing boards. Later, he moved to the sales team, where he feels more than comfortable today. As a trained mechanical engineer, he appreciates the product range at IKA and enjoys his daily work – so much that the day often flies by for him. Even when things get tricky, there is no challenge that cannot be solved as a team. Martin also has no shortage of personal anecdotes and stories about what he has already experienced at IKA – from dance performances to fishing in China.

Julia-Sophie Ferenc – HR Manager Talent Acquisition

Julia-Sophie Ferenc already worked as an intern at our subsidiary in Warsaw, Poland, during her studies. An enriching time – professionally as well as personally as she finds and above all the cornerstone for wanting to continue her career at IKA. In mid-2022, we welcomed her back as a permanent member of our HR team in Staufen. Today, Julia-Sophie is an important link in attracting new talents to IKA and optimizing our application process. Anyone applying to IKA in the future can look forward to more than just easy-to-use systems and processes. Julia-Sophie also strives to make the unjustly feared job interviews a pleasant experience, and rather a chance to get to know each other.

Norman Maier – Area Sales Manager Process Technology

Norman Maier started his career at IKA as a mechanical engineering student, having already known our blue laboratory equipment from school. Today, Norman is responsible for the sales of our products in various territories such as Scandinavia, Belgium, Austria or Italy. Within the nine years he has been with us, he has thus evolved from the technical side into a new role of responsibility, where he is now the “Face of IKA” for many of our international customers. Thanks to his technical expertise, he can provide our customers with even more targeted advice and understand their concerns and wishes. What excites him about IKA is not only the trust placed in him, but also the team spirit and the chance to get to know other cultures in his job.

Stéphanie Teyssandier – Account Manager France Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Stéphanie Teyssandier has been with IKA for a year now and is responsible for sales in the south of France. This French-born native didn't end up at IKA by chance: Stéphanie is fluent in German and wanted to use her love of the language for a German company that also taught her a different culture of work. Already during her job interview, Stéphanie knew that she would find this at IKA. The team spirit convinced her immediately. To start at IKA, she completed a three-month training course at the headquarters in Staufen. There, she primarily learned about the products and how they work. With the knowledge and experience gained during all of her training, Stéphanie visits potential and existing customers for IKA and presents the products and their possible applications to them. After joining the company, Stéphanie learned to appreciate another one of IKA’s strengths – the innovativeness that is evident not only in our products, but also in the way we work. For several years, IKA has been using virtual reality to better serve customers across a wide reach. This also offers Stéphanie an exciting addition to face-to-face customer contact.

Ibrahim Akbas – Account Manager Türkiye / Managing Director Türkiye

Ibrahim Akbas manages the subsidiary in Türkiye which was founded in April 2021. A new establishment is always associated with initial challenges: from finding a suitable location to recruiting staff. But, thanks to the great support he has received from IKA, solutions have been found for these problems What is most important to Ibrahim in his job is to analyze technical challenges, understand product users, and make decisions based on this understanding. In IKA, he has found an employer who exploits all the technological possibilities for this and, for example, uses virtual reality in the sales area. IKA can thus benefit from a future-oriented perspective and stand out decisively from other companies in this way. The two terms that he immediately associates with IKA are innovation and structuredness. He sees innovation not only in the products, but also in the fact that IKA does a lot within the framework of further training and meetings to ensure that the employees can continue to grow with this innovation.

Youssef Khattabi – Distribution Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Youssef Khattabi is Distribution Account Manager and looks after retailers in Africa, the Benelux states, the Baltics, and parts of the Middle East. He makes sure that our retailers and partners know and follow IKA's marketing line and that all relevant information is passed on. His work focuses on communicating with people while traveling to other countries and experiencing different cultures. A perfect combination for Youssef as he, himself, wanted to move his residence back to Germany after three years abroad but didn't want to miss out on working with international clients. The fact that Youssef had not previously worked in the field of laboratory and analytical technology was not a problem either. IKA offers new employees extensive training to get them started. What are the three characteristics that distinguish IKA as an employer and a company? For Youssef, they are innovation, communication, and openness.

Kinga Klepacka – Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Kinga Klepacka has been with IKA for four years. She started as an Intern during her studies of microbiology in Warsaw. Already at that time, Kinga developed into a permanent and valued member of our IKA team which led to her working for the sales department. Today she is an Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology for customers in central and north-eastern Poland. According to Kinga, it is above all flexibility and curiosity in her job. The latter, however, is easy to achieve: IKA's innovative products make you want to get to grips with them and gain an understanding of their functionality. The exchange with colleagues all over the world is also helpful for this. At IKA, everyone shares their expertise and helps all employees to develop and overcome challenges together. Kinga very much appreciates this working environment of professionalism, helpfulness, and the opportunity for further development at IKA. She also finds it enriching to receive feedback from customers that their work and IKA's high-quality products are appreciated.

Matthias Grumann – Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Matthias Grumann was looking for a new challenge two years ago and found a job in advertisement at IKA for a new and innovative Account Manager team. He thought to himself: I'll give it a try! One and a half months later, Matthias started this new job. Today, he is one of our employees who mainly works remotely and supports our customers primarily through teams or by phone. He really enjoys his work because he supports many different customers, with different applications in many different fields and industries. His work in two adjectives are versatile and solution oriented. Matthias finds empathy, listening and, a technical background particularly important for his job. He always must be up to date with the latest developments because IKA regularly launches and develops new products. As an employer, what distinguishes IKA for him is that tradition, innovation, and quality are skillfully combined.

Dr. Andreas Peter – Product Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Dr Andreas Peter is Product Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology at IKA and is primarily involved with laboratory reactors – a special field in which both technical and chemical understanding are important. In order to serve customers in the best possible way, he first has to understand which chemical reactions the customer wants to carry out and what other requirements the customer has for a product. Then it is a matter of finding the right IKA product and pointing out advantages. Due to the diversity of customers, every day of Andreas' work is different and multi-faceted, but at the same time, it’s also characterized by challenges that even a specialist like him can still learn from day to day.

Luca Paulke – Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Luca Paulke has only recently joined IKA. For the 26-year-old, who is our face in North Rhine-Westphalia as an Account Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology, it is his first job after university. He could not have imagined a better start to his career. From day one, he was impressed by the friendly corporate culture and the professionalism of his colleagues. He found the familiarization phase enriching, during which he had a meeting with an expert for a specific product every day and was able to establish direct contact with the employees in the laboratory. He particularly likes the mixture of theory and practice because despite his technical background, it makes the work easier when you experience the IKA products yourself and have them explained by experts. The most important thing in his job for him is to understand the needs of his customers. Finding the right solution for everyone is the focus of his work.

Dr. Dennis Stibane – Corporate Product Manager Laboratory and Analytical Technology

Dr Dennis Stibane is the emblematic of innovation at IKA as he is responsible for a completely new product group. The Corporate Product Manager has been working on the launch for more than one and a half years and is looking forward to it. We have tailored his position at IKA to fit him perfectly so that Dennis can contribute his expertise in the best possible way. He became aware of IKA because he had already worked with our “blue” products during his studies. The decision to apply was quite easy for him. In the meantime, he is not only enthusiastic about our products but also about our corporate culture. IKA offers him a familiar environment, with flat hierarchies and colorfully mixed, highly qualified teams. Dennis associates the following terms with IKA: blue, magnetic stirrer, and quality.
We are pleased to announce that Dennis is also taking his next career step at IKA. As Global Business Development Manager Bioprocessing, he will drive global efforts to successfully sell our new bioreactors.