I joined Faymonville to take on the challenge of “Cometto”, with a focus on sales. My overall responsibility was extended and I took care of the development and expansion of the entire company in all areas. The challenge fitted perfectly with the experience I brought with me as added value, my career and my creative enthusiasm. When taking on such a position, it is particularly important to take responsibility for your decisions, to find out and determine what is important for the company and where the priorities lie. I am also convinced that strong qualities in communication, motivation, organisation and team leadership are important for the long-term success of a company. There is no “I”, there is only a “we”; this is an important key to success. Respect and reliability are other important values that must be practised, in line with the motto: “We say what we do and we do what we say”.

After the takeover of Cometto in 2017, the main focus was clearly on acquiring orders, as the situation was very critical. It was not easy to convince customers and employees of the “new Cometto”. It was also important to identify strategic and good people in the company, put them in the right positions and get rid of employees who did not believe in the new strategy and mentality. This was followed by the intensification of sales activities and the highlighting of the Cometto brand. Furthermore, the business philosophy was changed, as it was no longer said that the special comes before the standard, but the other way round. We first had to increase production volume before we could start realising special projects. The company had a very high level of technological expertise, but it was now necessary to translate this know-how into the efficient production of high-quality products. This was a very intensive task, since this had never been done before. As at other Faymonville Group sites, investments were also made in production infrastructure and processes here.