Get to know Stephan Bucher – A word from our employees

Get to know Stephan Bucher
A word from our employees
Sharing enthusiasm.

Stephan Bucher
Junior Market Manager Business Customers
Marketing trainee programme, Berne
Charm and commitment
Since I’ve been able to spend my own
money I have had an account at Post-
Finance and feel an affinity to Post Finance,
now that I’m a customer. I found the ad
for the marketing trainee programme on
the website after I completed my studies in
economics and business administration
and was looking for a job in the Berne
region. I particularly liked the fact that this
is a marketing-specific trainee programme
and not the usual type where the trainee
is shunted from one department to another
throughout the company. So I applied,
got through the telephone interview and
assessment and was offered a place. They
told me that part of the reason why they
offered me a place was on account of my
personality and my team-oriented approach
which fits in well at Post Finance.

“I can use my strengths
profitably.”
Performance and passion
I completed each of my four-month internships
in Market Management Business
Customers, Market Research and Product
Management – in three different marketing
areas. I really liked the fact that I
could start working on projects of my own
from the outset. In Market Management,
for instance, I dealt with the question of
how Post Finance can become more firmly
established among start-up companies. I
researched existing ideas, contributed some
of my own and prepared a concept.
I learned a good deal about the culture and
processes of PostF inance during this project,
and especially about how one can win over
colleagues, involve them and convince them
of the advantages of a particular topic.
These tasks enabled me to recognize my
strengths – in my case the combination of
analytical thinking and creative implementation
– and I learned to put them to use
in a profitable way. Throughout the project
I always had a mentor who was committed
and who took the time to answer my
questions.
Encouragement and challenges
I felt at home at PostF inance from day one.
But they made it easy for me to get started
– for instance thanks to the meetings
with other trainees and because the team
was very open and helped me to settle in.
During the trainee programme my work
was recognized and acknowledged and
acquired new knowledge. This boosted my
self-confidence and gave me the freedom
to develop and implement my own ideas. I
benefit from this in my current position in
Market Management. I can recommend the
trainee programme to all graduates who
don’t yet know what sort of job they want
to do. It gave me an opportunity to get
to know a number of options within marketing
and I found an interesting permanent
position that suits me very well.

Post Finance – Sharing enthusiasm.
We are a successful, innovative financial
service provider in the Swiss retail market.
Our success is based on the combination of
performance and passion. We regard
service provision as a personal mindset:
with charm and commitment, we make
dealing with money as simple and straightforward
as possible. This enables us
to impress our customers anew each day.
We offer a modern working environment
in which we encourage and challenge each
other. Here, we take pride in our work and
are personally committed to making a difference
together.
Be inspired by the diverse challenges and
perspectives we offer.
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