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Employees should undergo constant development within a company and be able to learn new things. That is why Valora supports and promotes internal job changes. This also guarantees that valuable professional knowledge remains within the company.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the kiosk to IT or the inventory department? From food management in Hamburg to marketing in Emmenbr\u00fccke? You can do that at Valora. The convenience and food service provider promotes and supports internal job changes. \u201cIt helps us to retain staff so we can benefit from their valuable professional knowledge over the long term,\u201d says Eric Baer, HR Business Partner at Valora. \u201cYou can find a new job anywhere within the Group, including other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new challenge for Estefania<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Estefania Gonzalez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Estefania Gonzalez used to work at a kiosk, before going on to manage a k kiosk sale outlet for nine years. \u201cAfter so many years I wanted a new challenge,\u201d she explains. However, she had no intention of leaving the company. \u201cValora is a good employer. During my first years in the kiosk, I trained as a retail professional.\u201d She is still grateful to have had that opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estefania Gonzalez clicked through the internal job offers and came across a position in IT support that interested her: \u201cI wanted to do something completely new.\u201d She applied and got the job. Since the start of October 2018, she has been working at the headquarters in Muttenz and is happy with her new position: \u201cAs an IT supporter, I help other k kiosk employees when, for example, tills are blocked, the cash register system is down, or with cancellations and forgotten passwords.\u201d She can draw on her own experience of having worked in a kiosk in this position and she understands when the callers are under stress: \u201cI know what it\u2019s like when the till isn’t working and the customers want to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis is on the move every day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Luis Costa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Luis Costa followed a path similar to that of Estefania Gonzalez. The Brazilian came to Switzerland in 2003 and his first job was working in a Valora kiosk. After four years, he became the manager of the k kiosk sales outlet at B\u00e4rengasse in Zurich’s banking district, where he stayed for ten years. In 2008, Luis Costa worked briefly in the inventory department. \u201cI really liked it and I thought that I would like to go back to it one day,\u201d he recalls. He checked regularly for years to see whether there were any jobs available. And it worked out for him: Luis Costa has been an auditor in the inventory department since August 2018. He works at a different site every day. Working with two to eight colleagues, he monitors stock levels, checks the games of chance, sees whether the goods are properly stored and a lot more besides. An audit can take from two to four hours depending on the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis Costa loves his new job. The only thing he misses are his regular customers from B\u00e4rengasse. \u201cI could write a book about all my experiences in those days. I ran an information service, waiting room and acted as an agony aunt. I witnessed marriage proposals and saw relationships ending. I comforted crying men and women, looked after dogs and kept an eye on laptop bags.\u201d However, he doesn’t want to go back to the kiosk. \u201cI enjoy working in a team. I can also learn more about Switzerland by travelling around.\u201d He always knew he wanted to stay at Valora. \u201cI would recommend an internal job change to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina: From the distant north to Lucerne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Christina Jesse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Christina Jesse also discovered the advantages of working in Switzerland. She realised her dream when she took up a new job in Switzerland and moved to Lucerne. Prior to that she worked as a Food Category manager at Valora Retail in Hamburg. \u201cI already had many dealings with colleagues from Valora in Switzerland through my interface role in Group-wide projects. That\u2019s where the idea of working in Switzerland gradually took hold.\u201d After four years as a category manager, she wanted to consolidate her marketing knowledge from her business studies in the professional arena. Christina Jesse spoke with her boss who supported her. As chance would have it, the marketing department of Food Service Switzerland had a vacancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since July 2018, Christina Jesse has been working in Emmenbr\u00fccke and she enjoys her new job. \u201cI like working on marketing campaigns from beginning to end and making a difference.\u201d She settled into Switzerland quickly. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful country, I travel every weekend to go skiing or hiking in the mountains.\u201d Her Swiss colleagues helped with the transition. \u201cThey really made me feel like I was part of the team and even helped me find a flat\u201d, she adds enthusiastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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