Discover your development and training opportunities at MAHLE
At MAHLE, you shape your further development together with us. We offer all our employees an individual and comprehensive range of learning opportunities – whether for professional or personal development goals. Whether you are early in your career, expert or a manager - you will receive the support you need to realize your full potential.
A structured process and clearly defined time frames ensure that employees and managers talk about further development needs and measures. You will discuss your responsibilities, previous collaboration, and future changes with your manager. At the same time, the focus is on your professional development. You contribute your own ideas, and the goals and measures are defined. You want to strengthen and expand your skills and competencies in your current position or prepare for the next professional step - MAHLE offers you the right qualification and development measures for every development goal!
„ Our sustainable, demand-oriented and target-group-specific learning and development offers promote mindsets and qualifications that are necessary in a changing world of work. „
MAHLE offers its employees an extensive learning landscape, for the most part digital. The trainings are largely available on demand; fixed dates and location restrictions are hardly necessary anymore. This means that learning can take place at any time, at the employee's own pace, according to their needs and from any location, allowing the company to respond to their individual qualification requirements in the best possible way.
Learn to transform: re- and upskilling
How our employees developed in their careers
"The development program „Talent4Future” helped me to further develop my strengths, especially my communication skills. These are particularly important for my day-to-day work, for example at supplier meetings and events as well as in stakeholder and project management. The program also gave me an internal platform, new contacts and new perspectives."
Sven’s Career Path @ MAHLE
- Master's degree in International Management.
- Joined MAHLE as Lead Buyer for Casting Europe.
- Assumption of the role "Cross-Business-Unit Lead Buyer Casting": Global and cross-divisional coordination of all strategic activities within the product group "Castings".
- Current Position: Head of Corporate Purchasing for Casting and Forged Parts. Responsibilities: Definition and implementation of holistic strategies for the procurement of direct production materials; operational supplier management to ensure demand coverage.
“After attending various training courses, which developed both my soft and hard skills, I feel much more confident in dealing with a variety of topics on a daily basis. I am convinced that I now have the necessary basic knowledge and am familiar with the right tools to find my way around new topics. The training sessions have also boosted my self-confidence. Since then, I feel able to take on challenges and look at new tasks from a different perspective."
Vitorya’s Career Path @ MAHLE
- Master's degree in Economics.
- Joined MAHLE as a working student during the Master’s degree in the global Electronics and Mechatronics Business Unit reporting department.
- Participant of the International Graduate Program: different assignments within the field of controlling in locations in Spain and Japan.
- Current position: Global Controlling Analyst in the Mechatronics and Electronics Business Unit with a focus on reporting, planning and analysis.
„The internal and external seminars and practical applications have created a solid professional basis for my transition from mechanical engineering to the mechatronic world of e-mobility. My participation in relevant external conferences and involvement as a speaker have provided me with cutting-edge specialist knowledge and a global personal network.“
Holger's career path @ MAHLE
- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration (post-graduate program).
- Joined MAHLE with the preparation of his diploma thesis and assumed the role of simulation engineer for engine cooling pre-development.
- Assignment abroad in India in the technical management of the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation team, training of local engineers, standardization and process optimization at the Pune location.
- After returning to Germany, project manager in the field of fuel cell systems and electric drives.
- Head of System Development, responsible for the "System Competence", "Simulation" and "Design & Cost Calculation" teams.
- Current position: Head of Series Development in the area of traction motors within the Electronics and Mechatronics business unit, with teams in Kornwestheim and various locations in Slovenia.
"During my time at MAHLE, I've already had the opportunity to take part in several training courses, for example on lean management. Thanks to my training, I have learned how to optimize processes in the plant with the help of data processing. Thanks to the constant support, I can not only improve myself individually, but also help my team to progress."
Lidia’s career path @ MAHLE
- Vocational training in Technical Administration.
- Joined MAHLE as a plant operator on a production line.
- Taking on a role in the technical office.
- Team leader in production management.
- Current position: Head of Technical Office. Responsibilities: team coordination and management of employees.
„Technical training is a basic requirement for me to keep up with the ever-changing environment in the automotive industry. The soft skills and people management trainings at MAHLE were very useful to learn how to approach different people and how to communicate better with them. I also learned how to deal with and resolve conflicts within the team.”
Carlo’s Career Path @ MAHLE
- Master's degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Business Administration.
- Joined MAHLE as hardware engineer for the eWaterpumps product line.
- Development engineer & develoment manager for heater control units, support for projects from acquisition to follow-up.
- Current position: Head of Electronic Hardware Development. Responsibilities: Process optimization, support in problem solving, team management and team development.
