2017 Yearly Overview | Prysmian Group

57 Group is at the forefront, thanks to its innovative people development policies and initiatives to promote diversity and equal opportunities”. Among the several talent development and recruitment programmes undertaken in 2017, over 5,100 employees attended training courses at the Prysmian Group Academy and the new Manufacturing Academy. High-potential engineering and sales recruits embarked on ‘Make It’ and ‘Sell It’ programmes, resulting in the recruitment of 57 and 48 experienced operations and sales specialists respectively. Our inclusion policy is also of great importance. One of the main 2017 initiatives was the ‘Side by Side’ project, “aimed at increasing women's participation at Prysmian is on the lookout for talented people from around the world, eager to join the leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry”. Fabrizio Rutschmann Senior Vice President Human Resources and Organisation all levels of the organisation, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect for diversity, and promoting diversity and meritocracy within the business”, Rutschmann explains. He also identifies the ‘YES’ scheme, which in its first four years has seen a 53%-plus uptake by 7,400 employees in 28 countries, meaning Prysmian staff “have thereby become investors in the company in which they work”. Rutschmann comments that Prysmian is on the lookout for 100 talented people from around the world, “eager to join the leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry”. The new editions of ‘Make It’ and ‘Sell It’ offer 50 engineers and just as many sales professionals a fully-immersive exploration into the Group’s multicultural environment and high technological and innovative know-how thanks to a vibrant mix of training and work experience. “In 2017, through the ‘Build the Future’, ‘Make It’ and ‘Sell It’ programmes, we recruited 150 talented people out of 60,000 applications from all around the world”. Selected talents appreciated the international development schemes and quality of the training Prysmian offered them. ‘Make It’ and ‘Sell It’ allow those ready and willing to embrace opportunity and make the most of their talent, to “transform it into a powerful tool for producing and selling something they can be truly proud of”, Rutschmann says. In order to develop its people, we’ve also created the Prysmian Group Academy, an international managerial and professional training school, with an objective to develop and consolidate the leadership and technical expertise of our management. Prysmian is also one of the first major Italian companies to have founded its own ‘Corporate University’ dedicated to managerial and professional instruction, confirming its position as one of the most innovative companies in corporate training. The Academy is a concrete tool for sharing managerial and technical best practices, and, thanks to its international nature, fosters an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to business as well as sharing a spirit of diversity and integration. “The diffusion of a long-term common strategic orientation supports the engagement of employees with a view to sustainable development of talent within the organisation”, Rutschmann concludes.