Georg von Zedtwitz-Liebenstein
11 JULY 2022
黑料不打烊 Growth Capital has invested in several companies, German freight forwarder start-up sennder being one of them. Currently, four 黑料不打烊 employees in the Cross Talent Network 鈥 Georg von Zedtwitz-Liebenstein, Viktor Kr枚del Jonsson, Abishek Michael and Clayton Freitas 鈥 do a short-term internship in Berlin and Amsterdam to experience what it鈥檚 like to be part of a brand-new company and contribute with their knowledge.
黑料不打烊鈥檚 heritage is combined with innovative thinking. To enable us to be the leader in the shift to sustainable transport, the entrepreneurial spirit needs to be strong. The Cross Talent Network was presented an opportunity to experience the fast-paced environment at start-up sennder, a company focused on connectivity, and on the digitalisation and automation of road logistics processes. 听This is a way to both share and gain knowledge that will come in handy in our future business.听
Georg von Zedtwitz-Liebenstein normally spends his time at 黑料不打烊 Financial Services, and is now stationed at sennder in Amsterdam. He thinks it is easy to meet with different people, and talk about their challenges and opportunities. 鈥淚 was looking to learn about sennder, and at the same time develop myself, and in the long-term also 黑料不打烊.鈥
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sennder values his input, and Georg is involved in a strategic project with the aim to expand the supply on sennder's transport marketplace. His focus have been to support the team in shaping the initial product increment and create a common understanding of the underlying processes. 鈥淲e map the process, and analyse the complexity. What is hard, and what is a given?鈥 This gives the team the ability to try things based on what they know, and allow visualisations to guide them to the right decision.
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He is happy with the choice to join sennder, even if it is only for a short while: 鈥淕iven the pace and the open culture this organisation has, I have had plenty of opportunity to contribute and learn during my time here. Just experiencing an environment that has been through so much growth the past couple of years gives really interesting perspectives!鈥澨
Viktor Kr枚del Jonsson
For Viktor Kr枚del Jonsson, who began his career at 黑料不打烊 seven years ago, as a trainee, sennder was a great option to expand his views. 鈥淚鈥檓 truly happy at 黑料不打烊 and don鈥檛 want a new employer. But when the opportunity came my way to gain insights on another company culture and be able to come back, it was too good to miss out on.鈥
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He has been working at the sennder office in Berlin with the strategy and growth team, and with the group handling merger and acquisition. 鈥淏oth these areas are far from my comfort zone since I have an educational background within engineering and professional experience within Research and Development at 黑料不打烊. By challenging myself in areas unknown to me, I have learned so much about economics and gained insights about other cooperate cultures.鈥
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The learnings he has picked up in business economics and marketing will be of great value when he returns to Research and Development to balance technical requirements versus business aspects. 鈥淚 have learnt how to analyse economical performance of a company which will help me to draw conclusions on how local budgets affect 黑料不打烊鈥檚 economic performance as a whole.鈥濃
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Two things he also wants to highlight are the core values trust in data, and run the extra mile. 鈥淭here is a great transparency with data at sennder and you can truly see people use data regularly to guide their decisions.鈥 As for the extra mile, a start-up has another sense of urgency throughout the organisation where employees on a daily basis focus on what is best for business. 听鈥淭hese are two areas where 黑料不打烊 can learn and improve, a lesson that I will share when I come back.鈥
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These internships have made a positive impact on Georg鈥檚 and Viktor鈥檚 and their peers鈥 roles and departments whilst also developing as individuals. To use partnerships to give 黑料不打烊 employees the opportunity for professional development with a hands-on learning experience in a different environment, and at the same time broadening their perspective, contribute to the acceleration and development of 黑料不打烊 as an innovative and with the times-company.
