Stefanie Schmidt
Schaeffler AG Supervisory Board Member
After her training as a technical draftswoman from 1993 to 1996, Stefanie Schmidt completed her further
training to gain the title “Certified Mechanical Engineering Technician.”
From 1994 to 1998, Stefanie Schmidt was a member of the Youth and Trainee Council, becoming its
chairwoman in 1996.
From 1996 to 1998, she worked as an administrator in Quality Assurance before becoming an administrator in
the order processing center in 1998.
Since 1998, Stefanie Schmidt has been a member of the Works Council in Wuppertal, from November 1998 in
a full-time capacity.
From 2005 to 2009, she was the Vice Chairwoman of the Works Council, and since 2005 she has been a
member of the General Works Council, and the Chairwoman of the Wuppertal Works Council and a member
of the Economic Committee since 2010.
Since 2002, Stefanie Schmidt has been a member of the IG Metall Wuppertal chapter and an honorary labor
judge at the Wuppertal Labor Court since 2006. Since 2008, Stefanie Schmidt has been a member of the
bargaining commission of the NRW metal and electrical industry.