KONE

About KONE

At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. In 2020, KONE had annual sales of EUR 9.9 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. Vision VISION AND STRATEGY Our vision is to create the best People Flow experience MAKING CITIES BETTER PLACES TO LIVE Every day, roughly 200,000 people move into cities across the globe each and every day, the same as 140 people every minute. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. Our goal is to provide ease, effectiveness and experiences to our users and customers over the full life cycle of buildings. We believe the best experience can be created by working together with our customers and partners in every step of the process, from early engagement to upgrading equipment. SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS WITH CUSTOMERS In January 2021, KONE entered the next phase of its strategy - Sustainable success with customers. During the four-year strategy period, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. WAYS TO WIN - Empowered people: having the most capable and engaged team of professionals who succeed in a changing world and are able to develop with continuous learning opportunities. - Marketing and sales renewal: creating a seamless, unified customer experience across multiple channels. - Lean KONE: leveraging Lean skills, practices and leadership to eliminate waste and ensure continuous improvement. - Digital physical enterprise: having future-proof technology infrastructure, building the capabilities to use data and analytics and further developing the efficiency and resilience of our supply chain. We measure our success against FIVE strategic targets: - Great place to work - Most loyal customers - Faster than market growth - Best financial development - Leader in sustainability Culture & Values OUR CULTURE We are passionate about safety, quality, sustainability and the KONE values, which together form a strong foundation for our company culture. Our unique and strong culture has always supported us in successfully renewing our business according to the changing environment. SAFETY IS IN OUR CULTURE Safety is top of the agenda at KONE, and it is our strong belief that all accidents are preventable. SAFETY IS A JOINT EFFORT Safety is a joint effort that involves everyone, from technology and maintenance service providers to building owners and equipment users. We work closely with our customers to help them recognize and deal with situations that could lead to safety risks. Everyone who uses an elevator or escalator needs to be conscious of their own behavior. QUALITY FOCUS AT KONE At KONE, quality is embedded in everything we do, from customer interaction and product planning all the way to the services we offer. High Scores on Quality - In our annual global customer loyalty survey, we have received continued positive feedback on product and maintenance quality and customer service. High Standards for Supplier Quality - We audit all of the main suppliers that deliver direct materials to KONE distribution centers or factories on a regular basis. Fulfilling ISO 9001 and 14001 Requirements - KONE’s corporate units, major manufacturing units and R&D units are ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certified. CORE VALUES AT KONE Our culture builds on our values of customer, care, collaboration, and courage. CARE We care for each other by: - Embracing diversity and inclusion - Showing compassion - Taking care of cities and the environment CUSTOMER We are committed to our customers' success by: - Being curious about the world around us - Focusing on the end-user experience - Working with a service mindset COLLABORATION We collaborate as one team by: - Listening to learn - Co-creating with our customers and partners - Celebrating our achievements together COURAGE We perform with courage by: - Continuously aiming higher - Delivering on and above our promises - Innovating and leading the industry forward Wellness & Wellbeing For us, employee well-being is taking care of our physically, emotional, financial, and social health; in the context of work, life, and career...we support leading a balanced life. We promote flexible working arrangements where it supports our business objectives and our Elevate Your Health programs are aimed to improve well-being at KONE. The Elevate Your Health programs are the most visible part of well-being at KONE. Our Elevate Your Health program is aimed to improve overall well-being for KONE employees based on four well-being pillars. For example, in North America, participation in our Elevate Your Health program offer gift card rewards along the journey and the option to earn an additional PTO day annually. Physical - BE ACTIVE: - Find your own way to look after your well-being; in North America, we use a program powered by Limeade, including a well-being assessment to help you define your own well-being journey. Emotional - BE AWARE: - Improve your emotional well-being with mental health tools; in North America, we have a partnership with Whil (yoga classes, mindfulness, and personal development learnings.) Social - BE RESPONSIBLE: - Set goals that will keep you on track to create and develop a social well-being, as well as communicate with your KONE colleagues in our social page! Financial – PLAN FOR FUTURE: - Learnings and opportunities towards financial freedom. Careers & Development KONE as an employer As the world’s cities grow more complex, moving easily and safely becomes even more important. At KONE, we work together to make cities better places to live. Creating urban flow requires talent and ambition. Put yourself in the driver’s seat. Your career is a journey, and how you travel makes a difference. WHAT WE BELIEVE IN We believe KONE is a great place to work. We offer inspiring and engaging job opportunities and support professional growth and development. WHAT WE OFFER YOU: We believe our employees are key to our success. We are proud to offer a range of total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work. We promote THREE different elements of total reward: ESSENTIALS These form the foundation of our rewards offering and are received on a regular basis. Examples: base pay, allowances and employee benefits. OPPORTUNITIES These are additional reward elements that are influenced by your performance. Examples: performance based pay and recognition awards. EXPERIENCES We offer a variety of experiences that help our employees achieve their career and personal goals and enable them to live a healthy and balanced life. Examples: career development, well-being and performance management. Our goal is to have the best possible professionals with the right competencies in each position. This is emphasized by organizing discussions between an employee and his or her manager at least twice a year, on employee well-being, career development and variety of growth opportunities. CAREER DEVELOPMENT We offer various career development opportunities for our employees; possibilities vary from horizontal moves to taking more challenging roles in the organization. At KONE, job rotation is emphasized and we post all open positions internally. Employees can apply to any of the available positions, so the possibilities are endless. Continuous change and positive development in the business allow our employees to learn and grow even if they decided to stay in their current role. To boost employees development, we also offer mentoring within KONE and have engaged into cross-company mentoring programs. LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES KONE arranges learning programs covering a wide range of professional skills. They are designed to strengthen the common operating models, to promote collaboration and cross-cultural knowledge sharing and to ensure the development of current and future managers. Our offering covers a mix of topics broadly ranging from project management and professional skills, to technical and sales training. We are committed in developing our leaders and therefore review our leadership teams and plan their succession regularly. We also invest in the development of future leaders within the organization. Megatrends URBANIZATION Today more than 50% of people live in urban areas. By 2030, an additional 1 billion people will move to urban areas. We understand urbanization and help our customers make the best of the world’s cities, buildings and public spaces, helping them achieve their sustainability objectives. We pay special attention to the environmental aspects of our offering and operations, and work hard every day to be the most trusted partner throughout the building life cycle. We have made ambitious climate pledges to this end. Together with our customers and partners, we create better urban environments for us all. SUSTAINABILITY Globally, cities stand for 75% of energy consumption and 80% of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable building and circular practices become more mainstream in new construction and refurbishment. Our objective is to be a leader in sustainability – not only in our own industry, but also beyond. We want to help our customer make cities better places to live and be their most trusted partner for them throughout their building life cycle. In addition to the environmental aspects of our offering and operations, our sustainability focus areas include safety, quality, diversity and inclusion, as well as ethics and compliance. Our vision is to create the best People Flow® experience. We have improved the flow of urban life for 110 years, and we want to share our expertise to help our customers in making cities smart, sustainable, and better places to live. TECHNOLOGY Technology enables to resolve many of the challenges with rapid urbanization and climate change. Our versatile product portfolio features a wide range of innovative products including elevators, escalators, autowalks, automatic building doors, monitoring, access and destination control systems. Technologies can be used to anticipate future needs and its impact on the industry results opportunities to create value for customers in new ways, new revenue streams, automation and new ways of working.

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Company Type: Public

Company Size: 1001 - 5000

Revenue: 5 - 10 billion (AUD)

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