Mercedes 2013 Annual Report Download - page 63

“Our internationally oriented human resources activities
are not merely accompanying the growth campaign —
they are actively supporting it.”
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Motivated and High-performing Employees.
Our vehicle portfolio is thrilling customers all over the world.
In order to optimally respond to this tremendous demand,
we are expanding our production capacities as part of the
“Mercedes-Benz 2020” offensive. That will make our research
and development, our production and our sales network
increasingly international. As a result, we will need committed
employees at all of our business sites. Through precisely
targeted measures, we recruit the most talented employees
all over the world and provide them with excellent qualification
programs at all of our locations.
An international HR standard for our new locations.
As we create new Group facilities, we specifically rely on
the combined knowledge and the support of our experienced
employees. The “Global HR Blueprint” program plays a
central role here. It includes the core processes of our human
resources organization and defines the most important
milestones for a successful start of production activities.
The “Global HR Blueprint” currently serves as the guideline
for the establishment of the HR department at the new car
assembly plant in Iracemápolis, Brazil.
Education, qualification and training of the teams.
The expertise of our specialized employees is based on a
first-class training and qualification program. We provide this
program through a dense network of educational institutions.
At the same time, we train our international teams at the pro-
duction plants in Germany. For example, the car powertrain
plant in Stuttgart is a Center of Competence and is responsible
for part of the training program aimed at the new young employ-
ees
at the Romanian production locations in Cugir and Sebes,
the first Mercedes-Benz powertrain production plant outside
Germany. In addition, the Mercedes-Benz Qualification
System
(MBQS) is now available to the international cars plants.
This
program provides the preconditions for efficiently establishing
the qualification courses that are required at each location.
Recruiting and developing managers.
We also want to adequately cover our need for young employ-
ees who are capable of performing international leadership
tasks at both the management level and in production. In order
to do so, we are relying on the recruitment of local experts
at our business locations and on the advanced development
of high-potential individuals through programs for young and
talented employees. The Mercedes-Benz Qualification System
(MBQS) is the world standard for the development of managers
in the production business units, as demonstrated for example
by the programs for master craftspeople and team leaders.
The MBQS program is currently undergoing a pilot run at the
plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA). In the future, it will be
used all over the world.