ROS

Today we introduce you Aureli Hervas. He is 50 years old and he works in The Production Department as a Plant Manager, he has been working for Ros for 8 years, He tells us about his role in the company:

“My main role is to coordinate teams and workflows.”.

Tell us about your department´s Objectives and challenges:

“ Optimize human and material resources.”.

What is the day to day in the company?

“Make a daily study of the situation of the factory. Monitoring projects with other departments.”.

When did you start working for Ros, did you have any goals?.

“I have always been linked to the world of production. There is a period of observation, another of identification and finally one of execution, within the knowledge of the processes in Ros. It was important to identify improvements, on the other hand, the factory is always innovating, new modeling approaches, new markets, constant changes.”.

Did you get there?

“The objectives of both human and material meet short-term, projects for long term we must wait.

How do you like to see the company in 10 years?.

“I would like to see a clairvoyant manufactures, where the parts´ traceability were the best of the factory. We have to make it easier for people.”.

How do you combine your work with your personal life?.

“The ability to combine work with private life is given by the sum of experience and teamwork.”.

Maite, she is 28 years old, the voice that responds to costumers in the company. She is working for Ros since 2008.

Department and position within the company?.

I do customer service .. among other tasks.

Tell us the function of your department?.

My role would be to handle calls and transfer them to the right person, or write orders, pass notes, pick up the mail daily.

Tell us your day to day in the company?.

Ugh! Where should I begin?: I attend calls, answer queries from the web , emails, I support other departments etc... etc.

When did you start working for Ros, did you have any goals?.

Yes I did, I wanted to do more things. Have the chance to grow within the company. Learning to do more things.

Did you get there?.

Yes, of course

How do you like to see the company in 10 years?.

Much more computerized.

How do you combine your work with your personal life?.

Great, he works here. And we have the same hours and the same holidays.

Today we will talk to Joan Farré.

He is 46 years old and he has been working 22 years for Ros, almost half of his lifetime. He is currently working on The Technical Office Department, a very interesting a department if we talk about furniture.

Joan tells me about his role in the company:

I started working at the assembly plant, later I was with the numerical control machines, then in charge of assembly and delivery deparment, after this dealing with machines in general, and now finally in the technical department.

What is the your department´s function?.

We create and maintain roads and structures for the furniture, We programm numerical control machines, we also do the planimetry.

Within the department, what is your role?.

I program NC machines. I can do other things too.

How you learned your job?.

At the end of the departments where I have, they are related, one thing led to another, and I have learned thanks to my own experience.

Goals and challenges of your department?.

We constantly innovate. We are currently working to implant a new management program. We also create new furniture or improve the one which is already established. Another objective is the maintenance of these furnitures.

What is your day to day in the company?.

It depends in which stage you are. if you are in a stage of creation new furniture or if you're in another stage of improvement the product already created.

How would you like to see the company in 10 years?.

Bigger and technologically well prepared..

How to combine work with your personal life?.

The best I can, ha ha ha..

Joel Terrero, a 33 year old Dominican came with a suitcase full of dreams to Spain. Today he told me his story within The Ros factory.

Part of my family was already in here, my mother, my sister. I arrived to Spain 6 years ago. Ros already hired me when I was still in my country. Ros opened a big door to me, a door full of opportunities which I did not want to miss and I embarked on this destination where I am today.

Ros has been his workplace in the last 6 years, Joel tells me about his position in the company and his dreams:

I work in The Assembly Deparment, I am in charge of a machine called Biesse Rover 346 2. I'm the operator, the machine bores generic parts to customize, I'm responsible for that machine during the evening shift (2:00 to 10:00).

Speaking about your country: What do you miss most?

Apart from my family and friends, the weather of course, the evening with friends drinking wine, La Force and listening to Dominicam music, basketball, baseball. There was a food chain called The Chicken King, I miss it too a lot.

On a personal level, so far , How has been the your experience living abroad?

It has been great so far, I learned many things, I have contact with people from different cultures. Regarding the company, it has opened doors and taught me a profession. Dealing with colleagues has been very positive in general and I have learned a lot from that too.

Which are your challenges?

Challenges never end, we all have goals and dreams. Good economy, stability, family, and keeping all that good. No day is like another day.

How would you like to see the company in 10 years?

I hope getting better, things can improve. Why not?. In some ways is the company feeds us and cares for us.

How do you combine your work with your personal life?

Well!! I like my schedule. It gives me time to do my things, going to the GYM, and time for my personal and daily life.

SANDRA began working for ROS1 SA three years ago within the Planning Department. She is 34 now, and has three children. She speaks today about her work in the company, her aims and how she combines her role as mother with her work.

Sandra says:

In the Planning Department we take care of all technical documentation for the furniture´s manufacturating, work orders, labels, etc.. We cover all the process; from the arrival of raw materials to the factory until it becomes a furniture."

"I would like to mention recent improvements implemented in the factory, such as the isntallation of a new server, which has led to execute work orders more efficiently and, above all, faster".

"My rutine is to prepare all the information which that day is going to the factory plant, the recent isntallation of a new server has improved the quality and efficiency of my work."

"I was looking for a permanent job, and until today, I feel good in ROS. Also the timetables are flexible and compatible with my childrens´ school."

It was 1975 when Peris began to work in the former ROS factory, located in the town of Artesa, Spain. In 1982 was when he incorporated to the engine department. Learning from his teacher, Josep Maria Sala, proved to be a good worker, and he was promoted to manager of his section and Mounted section.

It was then when the great technological changes came, and Peris adapted to them brightly. He likes challenges and achieve challenging goals.

He is currently working within the Technical Office Deparment and the, in the R & D (Research and Development) Deparment, he feels very accomplished and satisfied with his work.

Peris says:

"The company currently has a very big challenge which is to modernize and be much more competitive. I think they are using the right human resources, with new people very well prepared and we are adaptating vey well to the latest machines so I think we have a good future".

His professional life in some way determines his private, but he tells us that tries to bring the best he can.