Alken-Maes in three words? Dynamic, open, freedom. No old-fashioned stuff or rigid hierarchy, the place is brimming with ideas and opportunities, with an open culture where everyone is easily approachable. Transparency and being to the point are key, as well as seeing and taking opportunities. You get support, but you are in the lead.
Personally, the informal way we came together as colleagues appealed to me right from my very first day. Mix that with the team’s determination to get the most out of our customers, and you get a wonderful work dynamic where creativity and problem-solving ideas thrive. Love it!
At Alken-Maes, we have many different data sources. Even though sometimes we can’t see the wood for the trees, extracting a nice storyline from all these figures with tangible recommendations for the various teams is enormously satisfying.
Don’t worry. We won’t make you do a blindfolded taste test of our brands. We will not make you take a general admission test, but depending on the job you apply for, we do test other skills.
For sales & marketing positions, we would like to hear your input and ideas on a business case.
If you are applying for a job in our supply chain, a personality test and an analytical test will be carried out. These assignments are part of the application process, so please don’t be put off by them. Enthusiasm and common sense will get you a long way.
Letting your talents develop and reach high fermentation sounds like Alken-Maes. Certainly, don’t expect rigorous training programmes (not really our thing); instead, you can expect learning landscapes. A fancy term to say that your entrepreneurship and proactivity determine how fast you grow. Most learning occurs on the job, while additional learning is done through courses matching your profile and interests. Do you feel like learning French to communicate better with customers and colleagues? You’ll have it dans ta poche in no time! We are happy to provide weekly French lessons for you. And for us.
We can be Cristal clear about that. If it is your ambition to go from zero to hero like a rocket, we don’t have that on tap, I’m afraid. We are a local company with around 600 colleagues. Humble in size and modest in its management structure. We don’t invent C-level profiles just for the sake of it, and career development proceeds organically here. Sometimes faster than expected, but sometimes it takes a little longer to reach your next opportunity. Switching industries during your career? That’s definitely something we can offer you. From HR to marketing, sales to finance or technician to team leader: all our vacancies are also open internally.
