Employees at K+S

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Forward-thinking personnel management is the cornerstone of healthy and sustainable corporate growth. That is why we have set ourselves the goal of recruiting to our various business segments qualified employees who, on the basis of their knowledge and experience, want to make an active contribution to our economic growth. We are constantly looking for competent and motivated employees with whom we can work together in a long-term relationship based on trust.

	Lothar Armbrust - Head of electrical engineering thanks to continuing education I already began working for K+S at the age of sixteen, when I trained to become an energy facility electrical expert at the Werra plant. After working as an electrician for one year, I decided to study electrical engineering at the Fachhochschule Gießen and returned to Kassel as an electrical engineer in 1993.
	Markus Bock - complex fertilizer product manager After already completing my training as an industrial clerk at the Werra plant of K+S KALI GmbH, the path that I took led me back to K+S after studying business administration at the Fachhochschule Fulda. Working in the central controlling specialist unit at Kassel, I developed controlling instruments and the knowledge that I had acquired during my studies proved to be very useful.
	Dr. Franz-Georg Loth – Head of Sales with International Experience After completing two degrees (business administration/agricultural science), I joined the K+S Group in 1994. Initially, I spent two years working in fertilizer sales Germany and then switched to product marketing at K+S KALI GmbH. My responsibilities included the marketing of our special fertilizers followed by the coordination of our Thomaskali product.
	Mathias Wellert - IT and electrical engineering purchasing In August 2002, I began my dual training to obtain the degree of Diplom-Betriebwirt (BA) at K+S Aktiengesellschaft in Kassel. While training as an industrial clerk, I worked in various departments and completed a three-year course of weekend and evening study.
	Karin Wiegand – Rising IT Standards Mean New Challenges After completing my training as an assistant specialising in mathematics and technical matters at Wintershall AG, I began working at K+S in 1990 as a programmer at the Werra valley Wintershall site in Heringen. The end of mainframe computers and the increased use of personal computers resulted in a greater demand for on-site technical assistance in the 1990s.
	Thomas Wolperding – A Third Generation Mining Engineer After completing secondary school and military service, I finished a course of practical study in mining under the auspices of the state mining agency in 1979 and began studying at the Clausthal Technical University in 1980. During my studies, I spent vacations working in a number of mining-related fields in Germany and the United States.
	Johannes Zapp - Head of production at K+S KALI GmbH I began my career with K+S in 1988 immediately after completing my degree in mining engineering at the TH Aachen. I spent one year at each of the Neuhof-Ellers, Werra and Sigmundshall plants as a pit foreman, before taking up the position of mining operations assistant at Sigmundshall.