GSO HiddenChamps: KWS

Career programs

Business

Seed production in the core segments corn, sugarbeet, and cereals. In addition, KWS is building a new business unit for vegetable seeds.

Values

Closeness
Reliability
Foresight
Independence

Under the guiding motto “Urbanity meets agriculture” KWS created a modern working environment with different colours marking the office floors, each symbolising one of their products. The highlight: Definitely the rooftop terrace (!) with a fantastic 360 degree view of Berlin.

Our interview at KWS in a nutshell (conducted in German, please use the translation function offered by Youtube if needed):

So what does a seed producer actually do? Well, they run breeding programs and try to improve the genetic potential of plants through research. They’ve been doing that for a while and see themselves as partners of farmers worldwide.

Their mission: Providing an immense contribution to nutrition solutions for a steadily growing world population.

Company culture

KWS connects employees, farmers, and trade partners – for them, respect and reliability are core values to collaborate successfully.

Florian Bruhns, Lead of Employer Branding & Talent Attraction, talks about what the company culture is like and what career options for researchers KWS offers.

(conducted in German, please use the translation function offered by Youtube if needed)

In the 20/21 financial year KWS invested 252 Mio. € in research and development – which is about 20% of the annual turnover.

Research

Plant breeding for sustainable agriculture requires continuous and intense research activities.

Dr. Beate Rother shares her career journey which started with her PhD in Microbiology. She is now Manager of Business Functions & Communication at the Research & Development department.

(conducted in German, please use the translation function offered by Youtube if needed)