I started with Hilti as an Engineering Intern while completing my bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. At the time, I just knew I needed an internship, but I found Hilti to be fun and challenging with new experiences all the time.
 
After graduation, I accepted a full-time role as a Technical Support Engineer, finding a career I didn’t know was possible alongside people who have become more than just colleagues. The people were the reason I came to work here, and they’re the reason I stay. Since starting with Hilti, I’ve been in seven different roles across six major cities. I’ve traveled to multiple parts of the world. I’ve been able to create new departments, form new teams and develop myself along the way. From taking on a new sales division, leading the creation of the Project Management Office, through today where I lead the Canadian market organization, my career continues to grow and challenges me every step of the way.

Throughout my career, Hilti’s unique culture has made it a truly special place to work. It’s a place I love calling home. Hilti isn’t a job you work to get experience and move on. I came here to build a career that would let me develop, explore, learn, fail and learn again. I’ve stayed because I can’t imagine working anywhere else. I wake up every day excited, eager and prepared to conquer our goals, surrounded by great people and teams. Success breeds success, and there’s nothing stopping us.
 

While at university, I did an internship with Hilti to complement my otherwise technical studies. I soon found that translating customers’ needs into engineering was something I really liked. Today I’m still excited about Hilti’s technical expertise, premium products and brand strength – strong as a tribal sign.
 
Hilti has always given me the freedom to be creative, along with enough support to feel safe and secure. In my current role, I still create things, but I’m the one helping others with their first steps and insecurities. This excites me now.

At Hilti, we don’t do marketing for marketing’s sake, but to move the organization on and create results. It’s about innovating, evolving, revolutionizing. This is all encouraged with a view to developing both yourself and the company.

Hilti is a people-oriented performance culture, with a shared keenness to learn quickly and belong to the best. Career development is structured and ongoing. It’s a case of keeping an open dialogue. For me, the biggest challenge, success and fun has been moving around the world with Hilti and a growing family of my own. Do it if you can.
 

I joined Hilti as an intern on the Unitech International program, while writing my master’s thesis on pricing analysis. After graduation, I was offered a position as global product manager, where I managed a portfolio of screw fastening products and launched new ones in key markets. I got to travel the world visiting customers and finding out what they needed. I can proudly say that I contributed to changing the US screw market from single to collated screws, making our customers more productive and safe. I also got to learn German!
 
A couple of years later, I moved to head office in Manchester to manage our flagship direct fastening tools. While there, I got to launch one of our most iconic products of the past decade, the BX3 battery nailer. It was quite a game changer for me, as the launch significantly boosted the region’s sales growth, while giving me lots of exposure to senior management. In the process, I had to demonstrate strategic thinking, agile learning and the ability to manage complex stakeholder situations. All important elements for professional development at Hilti.
 
The project opened doors to a new challenge for me, and I now lead a team of highly talented product managers in driving the technical marketing content for our specifier and engineering communities. This is a newly created team, so it gives me the opportunity to develop new competencies in areas such as crafting direction and developing others. Again, all important aspects of leadership at Hilti.
Next steps on my journey with Hilti have recently been Head of Product Management in E1HUB and at the moment I started my transition into Head of Marketing for BU Software. New challenges, great opportunities, as usual with Hilti. Wish me luck!