Because Stellantis will speak more and more French
Among the 120 purchasing & supply chain managers for Stellantis there are only 12 Italians
Twelve vs twenty-four or more.
Even in the new Stellantis purchasing & supply chain team, Italy is outclassed by France, to remember who is in charge of the newco: among the 120 managers who will decide on the cost of car components, only a dozen are Italians, while double the French ones.
THE ITALIANS IN THE TEAM
Let's start from the presences.
Monica Genovese is part of the purchasing & supply chain team of Stellantis, the car manufacturer born from the merger between FCA and Psa, and led by the ceo Carlos Tavares, writes the Corriere della Sera . vehicle chassis & adaptation. Zaira Tarussio will be responsible for the global Pwt programs, in direct contact with Veronique Morel, while Piera Giusti will be assigned to the Aftermarket.
Marco Della Vedova will have the leading role of Global Exterior Parts; Paolo Sasso will be in charge of Adas (Advance driver assistence) and connectivity; Federica Re will deal with supply chain sinergy leaders.
Sara Lovera will be responsible for Sales and Marketing, Davide Esposito for the purchases of Maserati.
WHAT THE NEW MANAGERS WILL DO
The newly formed team of 120 managers will take care of purchasing & supply chain. What does it mean? They will decide on the purchase of components for the 14 brands of the Stellantis group. They all report to Chief Purchasing and Logistics Michelle Wen.
Among the names most attentive to suppliers, including Italians, is that of avid Mcqueen, head of Powertrain engine purchases; Laurent Sellier for the quality of suppliers in Europe, and Marco Volrath for Stellantis' Enlarged Europe regional projects.
THE FRENCH DOUBLE OF THE ITALIANS
If it is true that the team is made up of professionals from all over the world, it is also true that the difference between the numbers of Italian managers, about a dozen, and the French ones, which are at least double the number, stands out.
FCA-PSA: A MERGER NOT TO EQUAL
Numbers that seem to show that there was no equal merger between FCA and PSA. On the other hand, on balance the French have a greater weight in Stellantis than the "Italian" front, despite Exor being the first shareholder of the new car manufacturer with a stake of 14.4%.
The French state holds a 6.5% stake in Stellantis and only Peugeot has been given the opportunity to go up to 8.5%. So the French, with 6.5% of Bpi and the eventual 8.5% of Peugeot, reach 15%, exceeding the weight of Exor, the company owned by the Agnelli family, which is the first single shareholder, with 14.4%.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TOP MANAGEMENT
And that there is very little in the same way is also understood in the composition of the board of directors: out of 11 members, 6 are from PSA (with Carlos Tavares who is CEO) and 5 are from FCA.
The top management is also predominantly French. There are 24 French managers in the top executive team of Stellantis against 18 who come from FCA.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/perche-stellantis-parlera-sempre-piu-francese/ on Mon, 10 May 2021 03:42:21 +0000.