Simple because it matters.
Simple because it matters.
Corporate Culture & People, 17 November 2022
Andrea Rohr, what is your job at ERGO?
I am Sales Director for VD West within EBV. Let me walk you through my job in numbers: I am leading 13 regional directors with approx. 1,250 agencies/sales partners and several administrative functions.
I am also responsible for around €96m in new business (2021) and the entire management of this organizational unit. My area of responsibility also extends to the "hybrid customer" as well as to product control of Legal Protection and Casualty in the sales department.
I am Sales Director for VD West within EBV. In terms of statistics, this means managing 13 regional directors with approx. 1,250 agencies/ sales partners. I am also responsible for around €96M in new business (2021). My area of responsibility further extends to the "hybrid customer" as well as to product control of Legal Protection and Casualty for the tied-agents.
How did you start your career?
I graduated from my studies in Business Administration in 1988, and decided to work in management consultancy. In 1992, I left consultancy to become an independent financial broker and moved to Erlangen.
I’ve been working in the ERGO Group since March 1998. Until recently, I was head of various departments at ERGO Direkt, including Direct Sales, Call Centres and Operations. In addition, I headed and supported various major projects during my time at ERGO, for example "Hybrid customer” and "Merger Life". In June last year I applied successfully for my current position as Sales Director at VD West.
What is your motto?
Don’t ask why it won’t work, but how it could work.
What do you particularly enjoy about management?
Seeing how people and teams can develop and thrive if they are encouraged and allowed to. How a spirit of working "for one another" instead of "with one another" can develop within a team, making it even more successful. I am also especially proud when we meet particular challenges as a team!
What three measures does ERGO need to introduce in order to get women into management positions?
What is the best career decision you have ever made?
The same one many times over: deciding to try out and learn something new, when taking on different areas of responsibility. This stops you reaching burn-out after a few years and gives you a much better meta-perspective. It makes it impossible to lose yourself in operational details, allowing you to focus on your actual task of "managing".
Find the next challenge that suits you best!
Let us grow together!
As a strong team at ERGO:
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