Employees

Philosophy

BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution is characterised by a committed, highly qualified workforce and an outstanding management team, both of which work together to ensure the success of BASF SE and BTC. We value their varied perspectives, experience and intercultural expertise and see them as important prerequisites for success in the international market.

We form the best team in the industry

The key to the success of BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution is its employees. After all, it is their skills, ideas, experience and unfailing commitment which has enabled us to secure a leading position in the market.

In order for us to retain and further develop this position, it is important for us to work today to be able to take on the challenges of tomorrow. In the dynamic environment of our traditional yet changing markets, our team offers our customers added value and helps them to improve their performance. To this end, our teams – and in particular our management – are developed on all levels by means of internationalisation and diversification.

All over the world, BTC competes with a wide variety of industries and companies for the cream of job applicants. Only the very best will suffice, and we expect our future employees to offer the company a competitive advantage in the form of experience, skills and knowledge.

Employee profile

At the heart of BTC here in Cologne are people from all over Germany and all over Europe. The constant expansion of our business activities and the measures taken to hone our competitive edge are the main reasons for our ever growing workforce.

As a European distribution company with its own administrative structures, BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution employs international graduates from a wide variety of fields – BTC in Cologne, for example, employs graduates ranging from chemistry and mechanical engineering to business administration, textiles and clothing.

Our sales force is made up of specialists from a variety of backgrounds, from forwarding agents, wholesalers and import-export merchants to IT specialists, industrial administrators, office administrators and office communications administrators. Employees are trained in-house in conjunction with BASF SE. This means that BASF trainees complete different stages of their training at BTC in Cologne and at other members of the BASF Group, thereby gaining insights into many different areas of the company.

Our employees are not only offered development opportunities within BASF SE but also within the BTC Group. In this way, our employees have the chance to become better acquainted with our European sister companies by means of job rotation.

Facts

BTC promotes team culture and open dialogue. Only by working together as a team can we become even more successful. Teamwork means using different perspectives as opportunities, working together to find better solutions and making a significant contribution to value creation within the company.

The basis for this is an honest evaluation of every situation at the outset. It is important for each and every one of us to give and receive open and fair feedback. For this reason, BTC uses feedback systems for all managers to supplement appraisal interviews with employees.

BASF SE and BTC Germany are currently introducing a new bonus system for salaried employees. This links voluntary bonuses more closely to the financial success of the company and the personal performance of individual employees.With the new bonus system, BASF and BTC Germany continue to allow their employees to share in the success of the company above and beyond their agreed pay scale – a development which was designed to boost performance rather than reduce costs.

The mandatory appraisal interviews, which include a performance evaluation of each employee, guarantee that uniform criteria are adhered to. We ensure that all managers are qualified to use the system.

With flexible working times and forms together with process-oriented and team-oriented work practices, we offer our employees ideal conditions for getting the most out of both their family and professional life. The company benefits from this in the form of highly motivated employees whose flexible working times allow them to be deployed when and where they are needed most.