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11 Line C Nadine Hillebrand starts her working day by greeting her team. “It‘s the right thing to do and a sign of mutual respect,” says the Line Coordinator, setting the tone every morning for motivated collaboration on an equal footing. Since April 2023, she has been coordinating the processes on production line C, which mainly produces small series. Prior to this, she spent several years as a fitter at WAS, installing furniture, supply ducts, carer ’ s chairs and medical technology and fitting cei- ling centres. Initially through a temporary employment agency, then permanently employed since 2016, she applied for an internal job advert after almost five years as an assembly line supervisor. She was successful: not only did she have the support of her colleagues, she also had valuable assembly experience - two qualities that made her the ideal candidate for the position. Team player all along the line Despite having the best prerequisites, it is still a big step up to be responsible for 22 employees from a wide range of fields, from mechatronics and electronics technicians to carpenters and sealers, who ultimately seal every crack and crevice hygie- nically with silicone. She benefits from the fact that she has successfully honed her team player qualities for many years as part of the FSG Twist women’s football team. Although she now prefers the gym to the pitch, the joy of working success- fully with others is still part of her personality. What she lacked in experience in personnel management, she initially learnt in training courses and has been developing her skills every day since then. “A lot of it is really learning by doing. The other line coordinators and my team have supported me in this process. I realise myself that I have become much more confident in my position for some time now”, summarises Na- dine, who actually once pursued other career plans.