Testimonials

I joined Kubota as a Business Administration Apprentice in September 2016. I was very excited to be given this opportunity of learning with a large Company and being able to earn a salary at the same time in my first job.

Through my learning and development and the support and guidance from my colleagues and the company I was able to enhance my knowledge which has given me the experience to solve problems, help our customers independently and provide them with the best service I can. Some of the opportunities I have had during my short time with Kubota have included visiting one of our key shows (Saltex), operating some of our machinery, seeing products going through testing in our R&D function and spending time in each of the other departments to understand what they do and the interactions I have with them.

Through all of this I have continued my studies, which has proved difficult at times, and have recently passed my Apprenticeship and NVQ. I am now a fully operational Sales Administrator working within the Tractor and Ground care Division alongside all my colleagues.

Recently the Company have also commenced a major refurbishment programme across all areas which has now given everyone an added ‘boost’ as our working conditions are excellent.

It is a pleasure to work at KUK and with my colleagues.

Joshua Wook, Sales Administrator, Kubota UK

Despite being in Kubota for a short period of time, I learned a lot about the company’s culture, standardization and quality. This company often provides great opportunities for employees to obtain different work experiences and discover new skills.

Employees have high visibility as of their first day, in the sense that their creative ideas and hard work will be seen by the people at the top.Top management recognizes and appreciates our dedicated effort. That's the honor of working in a global giant. Kubota really is perfect and it's a pleasure to be working with these people.

Veysi Sesli, Production/Logistic/Procurement Manager, Kubota Turkey

I have been working in my company for more than 6 years. During this period of time, I worked as a Manager in many different positions that I believe are important, i.e. Service, Purchasing, Spare Parts, Production, etc.

In the ongoing time, I believe that mutually Kubota Brand and I have a positive interaction.In particular, I have observed that Japanese culture is clearly reflected in business life, and absolute success will come as a result of disciplined and transparent work.

The most crucial point for me, as a success-oriented person, is that my company has enabled me to achieve success.This makes us happier and more energetic. As the Kubota brand strives for success in a more motivated way for the bright future of the brand, the targets are formed by themselves.

Let's get together to taste success!

Bora Yuce, Executive Senior Manager Sales and Marketing, Kubota Turkey

After completing my studies, I had the opportunity to start my professional career with Kubota in June 1987, almost at the beginning of Kubota’s arrival in Spain. In 1994, with the closing of the Factory, there was created a new commercial company of Kubota in Spain, committed to the goal of meeting the needs of customers, an objective that I fully share. In this new company I continue my career and professional development.

Throughout all these years I have had the opportunity to play different roles and functions, from administrative production to production manager (position that I am currently developing). Since the beginning of my professional relationship with Kubota, the company has given me personal and professional development, increasing my teamwork capabilities, listening to others opinions, debating and respectfully expressing my ideas. All this helps me to move towards one of my goals; achieve maximum efficiency, with continuous improvements that allow us to improve the satisfaction provided with our products. Customer satisfaction and their needs are our main objective.

Offering customers Kubota products of excellent quality and reliability will contribute to achieving the goal of making Kubota the leading brand in Europe.

Jesús Herbosa Herbosa, Production manager, Kubota Spain

J’ai rejoint Kubota en juillet 1980, l’entreprise s’appelait alors Kubota Tractor Europe.(Le chiffre d’affaires était réalisé pour l’essentiel par les motoculteurs)

Nous étions une trentaine de personnes en 1980 et j’étais le plus jeune staff de l’entreprise. 38 années ont passé et je suis désormais le plus ancien employé de Kubota Europe…

Quand je regarde en arrière, j’estime que j’ai eu de la chance de rejoindre Kubota car en travaillant et en apprenant j’ai pu progresser et occuper différentes fonctions, responsable régional des ventes, responsable marketing, responsable des ventes « export », Directeur des Ventes, puis responsable de l’ensemble la Division, toujours dans le domaine Tracteur. Dans ma carrière au sein de Kubota, j’ai été marqué par certains aspects de la culture japonaise, comme l’engagement et l’implication au travail ou le stoïcisme dans les moments difficiles et ce sont des valeurs que je partage.

Aujourd’hui, l’ambition « agricole » de Kubota dans une Europe consolidée nous offre de de nouveaux challenges, tout en nous demandant de changer nos habitudes pour nous rassembler autour de celle-ci.

C’est une belle opportunité pour toutes les générations qui œuvrent au succès de la marque en Europe et je convaincu que cette ambition se réalisera.Let’s make Kubota greater in Europe!

Hervé Gérard-Biard, Directeur de la Division Tracteur, Kubota Europe, France

After graduating in Mechanical Engineering, I have built my industrial experience by successfully holding positions in Methods, Product Development, Quality, Production and Project Management departments, mainly in the automotive industry.

Afterward, I have held Plant Manager positions for over ten years, particularly for a welded cabin frames manufacturer for the agricultural and construction machinery business.

I joined KFM at the beginning of 2016 when mass production started. I must admit that starting up a new factory, with new people, a new tractor model, and contributing to bringing it up to speed has been quite an exciting challenge.

During that difficult phase, I very much appreciated the support we received both from the headquarters and from the Japanese colleagues locally.

Unlike many other companies I have experienced before, I found a culture here where people are respected and much attention is given on their well-being at work, the approach is based on the long term, on a step by step basis but always moving forward, facing challenges together.

The team we have now in place in KFM is a strong team that has proven to be able to overcome so many difficulties by working well together. I am quite proud to work with them and enjoy working in a Group with which I fully share the core values, mission and vision.

Andrea Ceriani, Industrial Operations Manager, Kubota Farm Machinery Europe, France

Through my six-month internship, I was able to expand my knowledge and skills. In addition to detailed product knowledge, I also gained deeper insights into the work of the service and product management departments. Regular customer contact and demanding tasks with a high level of personal responsibility contributed greatly to making the internship a valuable preparation for a future career.

Although I was the first Trainee at Kubota Germany, all the people involved acted with openness, flexibility, high professionalism and constant willingness to optimize. The internship was an important experience and a great success for me!

Christian Büttner, Service Department Employee, Kubota Deutschland, Germany

I Joined Kubota Company 2 years ago as my first job after my studies. I work in the marketing team and I am in charge of a wide range of products which made the Kubota brand in Europe.

It is very rewarding to have this kind of responsibility and it makes me grow every day. I really appreciate the diversity of interaction I can have with my colleagues from different departments: i.e. sales, service, purchasing, spare parts, and from different countries in Europe or in Japan. I learn every day from my colleagues and the fact that every person is easily accessible reflects the Kubota way of mind. Nobody will close you any door in Kubota. Stay open minded and creative and it will bring you recognition and fulfillment.

Amaury Suarez Infiesta, Compact & Groundcare Product Manager, Kubota Europe, France

When I was 23 years old and recently graduated lawyer, I started in the Spare Parts sector working in a construction company.

Since this journey started, I immediately felt attracted to the Spare Parts Sales business and then discovered that it was my true vocation. After 10 years of experience, practice and achievements, I was assigned to the position of Management of the Spare Parts Department, warehouse and logistics.

In 2016, I had the opportunity to be part of a selection process for the position of Spare Parts Director at Kubota Spain. The company dimension, its excellent reputation and leading position on the construction and agriculture sectors, represented to me at that moment a great career opportunity and personal development challenge. This process ended, for my happiness, with the establishment of a contractual relationship that allowed me to enter Kubota family. From that day on, I had the opportunity to apply at Kubota Spain, all my previous knowledge and enthusiasm for the business that characterizes me.

Being aftermarket a “key” driver for ours and channel partners profitability, mine and my team goals are, to contribute with a great communication and teamwork  with the marketing, sales, service and financial departments, to support Kubota business growth ambitious as well as to elevate the Kubota brand to the desired "GMB" goal.

Since the first day, I felt Kubota as a family-owned company because of the closeness, support and caring that I received from the management and colleagues. This offers me daily doses of motivation and it makes me proud and fortunate to be doing what I love every day.

Patricia González, Director of Spare Parts, Kubota Spain

Question 1 – Who are you? (write a short introduction about yourself, experience, interest etc.) I am Eric GUEMENE. I join KUBOTA in March 2023 as Strategic Business developer in ICE. I worked before for CLAAS Group, in a software entity, based in Berlin. It was a multicultural company, and it was one of the reasons I joined KUBOTA as well. I grew up in a farm in Brittany (France), so agriculture is a part of my main interest, with smart technology and multicultural connection. My personal interests are sports in general, travel and culture.    Question 2 – What do you do at Kubota / Kverneland Group? (Include your role, entity, and location) As a business developer at ICE (Innovation Center Europe), I oversee the validation of technologies and start-up solutions in the French market. Once ICE has identified a new tech solution, we put it on farmers ‘hand and dealer network to evaluate how it fits with our company. So, I am based in Nieuw Vennep, but living in France, I work for the French market.  Question 3 – Why do you enjoy working at Kubota / Kverneland Group? My position and my missions mix my interest with agriculture, mainly vineyard and orchard, smart technology, means technologies relevant for grower, and pan European cultural company.

Question 1 – Who are you? (write a short introduction about yourself, experience, interest etc.) I’m George Nowell, Whilst growing up on a small family farm in the South West of England, it was clearfrom a young age that I had a strong interest in agricultural machinery. At the age of 16 I attended Agricultural College to study a National Diploma in LandBased Technology. Part of the course was to complete a 15 month placementgaining practical experience from the industry. During this time, I worked for a local main tractor and combine dealer, as a Service technician. Having completed my apprentiship and worked for a couple of years I decided to develop my skills further by studying an honours degree in Agricultural Engineering at Harper Adams University. During my studies I joined Kubota as an intern working in the Service Department. In 2018 I graduated from Harper Adams University with a 2:1 honours in Agricultural Engineering. I returned to Kubota UK as product support technician. In my free time I enjoy walking and off roading with my 1968 Land Rover.   Question 2 – What do you do at Kubota / Kverneland Group? (Include your role, entity, and location)  TBU Dealer Manager for the West of England and Wales, Responsible for the  development of 12 tractor & groundcare dealer businesses from 15 retail outlets.  Question 3 – Why do you enjoy working at Kubota / Kverneland Group? Whilst working at Kubota I have been fortunate in being offered so many different opoortunites. I enjoyed the development programe I was offered after University which gave me an opportunity to experience different departments within Kubota UK, including Sales, marketing and aftersales operations. Not least, a secondment to KFM where I worked with the factoy service department for 3 months, giving me experience of different market requirements and challenges to that of the UK.  The team spirit at Kubota has always been strong and the variety of work and progression oportunites means there is never a dull moment.  It’s great that the management team notice hard work and reward that with progression opportunites along with a mentorship program which I have found extremely beneficial.  I also enjoy the close working relationship I have with our sister sales company Kverneland and their field teams, often joining together for various field events supporting our dealer network.

Question 1 – Who are you? (write a short introduction about yourself, experience, interest etc.) Hi, my name is Gülcihan Erler. I have 2 kids, ages 19 and 16. Pablo, our lovely cat is another precious member of our family and a source of joy and peace.   Question 2 – What do you do at Kubota / Kverneland Group? (Include your role, entity, and location) I met with Kubota Turkey in July of 2019. At that time, I was working for a subcontractor of Kubota. 3 years later, I was hired by Kubota as office support staff. So, I have a total of 5 years experience in Kubota Turkey. My responsibility is to maintain the order in the offices and support the general affairs tasks as a member of HR&GA department.   Question 3 – Why do you enjoy working at Kubota / Kverneland Group?   First of all, I love my job because it allows me to support and help my colleagues. Secondly, Kubota has contributed a lot to me, it always lifts me up, not to the down. I really enjoy working with Kubota Turkey because my colleagues always support me as well. Over the years, I have been working in many different companies, I have many different workplace experiences but I am able to realize my and my children's dreams by Kubota Turkey. I'm very very glad I joined the Kubota.

Question 1 – Who are you? (write a short introduction about yourself, experience, interest etc.) My name is Laurent and I joined the Kverneland Group after the acquisition of Rau Agrotechnic in 1998. On a personal note, I'm involved in two associations in my town of Agen: a triathlon club, of which I've been President for 10 years, and the ‘blouses roses’ association, for which I’m volunteer by visiting children in hospital to entertain them. I'm also the grandfather of two grandchildren!   Question 2 – What do you do at Kubota / Kverneland Group? (Include your role, entity, and location) I'm Key Account Manager (KAM)  fistsince I arrived in 1998! First of all KAM for Rau Agrotechnic, then KAM for Vicon, and finally KAM for Kubota Equipements since 2017. My geographical area covers a large part of south-west France. Question 3 – Why do you enjoy working at Kubota / Kverneland Group? Since I joined Kverneland 26 years ago, I've been able to learn from all the milestones that have marked the company. Whether happy or unhappy. I loved the importance of human values given by our Norwegian managers. I continue to love the importance placed on human values by our Japanese managers. We are an international company, but we remain close to each other. Our professional life is not always a long quiet river... Even if ‘the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence’, I prefer to stay on the Kubota side and continue to enjoy my work.

12 years… I have started to work for KUBOTA Europe 12 years ago. It is like it was yesterday, the time is running so fast but every day is still so excitings.   Since I was a child, I always have been educated in an agricultural environment by my family, and when I was a teenager, the passion for the mechanics and techologies raised up in my brain… this is where everything has started : make your hobbies your professional activity! And it is still here!   I’ve started my career more than 22 years ago and always have been working for manufacturers of Agricultural products such as tractors or combine harvesters, and also for agricultural dealers. My first experience was to be a technician for a dealer where I learned a lot from the experience of my oldest colleagues about the reality of the field and also the best tips and tricks you need to learn for getting more autonomy.   During 9 other years, I have worked as Technical Trainer or Service Field Representative for Tractors and Combine Harvesters competitors, and in 2012, I joined KUBOTA Europe and have been appointed as Service Training Manager for French market, to raise the challenge of establishing (from scratch) the Service Tractor Training Centre : KUBOTA University. So proud to have contributed to the development of one of the biggest Tractor Training Centre in Europe.   As the development of KUBOTA in agricultural business is so quick, I had the great opportunity and honour to establish and develop the Service Activity for the French market ; I have been appointed, in addition to the training centre management to the Service Management of the Tractor Service Division – French market (thanks to the trust of my Director, François SCHMITT).   Since 2018, after the establishment of KUBOTA Holdings Europe (KHE), my position has been extended to a wider portfolio by taking care of the « Distributor’s Markets » where KUBOTA is dealing with for Tractor Business ; in total 19 additional countries to be covered.   KUBOTA is a company which trusts into their employees and gives more responsibilities which create new opportunities and challenges to elevate your level and your skills.   The most significant words which qualify KUBOTA to me are : Respect : The Management is always taking care of its employees and ensuring that all of them have a good well-being in the company. Environment/Social/Governance : KUBOTA is one the first major brands which has established sustainable programs to ensure a better life for the future of humanity : Global Major Brand 2030. Technology : KUBOTA Group invests important amounts of money in R&D and capital investments to develop the new technolgies which will help to drive the challenges that our world will face tomorrow. Personal Development : KUBOTA is always proposing training and accompaniement for improving and developing the skills of each employee. Team Spirit : Always on your side, the Management, the Japanese collegues and the Team members are helping the employees to tackle any bottleneck faced. The KUBOTA values and spirit are articulated around 3 main pilars: Food, Water and Environment! For me, it is always my « wake-up source of energy » to know that my job will contribute to satisfy our customers (farmers) who are the ones who ensure the quality and the quantity of food necessary for giving the access to it, especially to any citizen living on our beautiful Earth!

Question 1 – Who are you? (write a short introduction about yourself, experience, interest etc.) I started at Kubota back in 2016 as a Purchasing Assistant for SCM, I was new to the industry having come from an IT background previously. Since then I have managed to progress my career through the support of the company, from gaining my Advanced Diploma in Procurement & Supply and completing the Kubota Talent Investment Programme. I have gradually taken on more responsibility over the 8 years, recently taking on my first management position, Order Fufilment Manager for Supply Chain Question 2 – What do you do at Kubota / Kverneland Group? (Include your role, entity, and location) As the Order Fulfillment Manager for Kubota UK I am responsible for the T&GC administration & procurement team. We manage the incoming orders from dealers, allocating stock and providing regular reporting, all working towards supporting the relationships we have with our dealers. While the other side of my role manages the incoming product for T&GC, ensuring we have strong relationships with our suppliers and to allow us to have the right product, at the right time to fulfill our orders and prevent our assembly team from stopping. In addition to this, within my role I am involved with the supplier management for the indirect procurement for Kubota UK, which can include anything from the utility contracts to uniforms. Question 3 – Why do you enjoy working at Kubota / Kverneland Group? There is always something new to learn at Kubota, from the new products on offer to the development opportunities available keeping every day interesting. One of the other great things is Kubota encourages regular socials for staff to get together, from Macmillan coffee mornings to our Summer Party.