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Areas and professional profiles

Profiles of some key professionals of the Indesit Company team, including their history with the company, key responsibilities and distinguishing character traits.

 Marketing
Men and women in marketing develop products and plan out the image of brands according to markets. Responsibilities are countless, in reference to the end market and its placement within the area of mature or developing markets.

Corporate marketing: they develop and plan both general and product strategies for all markets, in a pan-European frame work.

Marketing for mature markets: in the areas, the heads of marketing have a large sensitivity to the distribution needs of consumers. They know how to interpret the evolution of the market and the most requested technological innovations.

Marketing for developing markets and CIS: individuals in this department act quickly, taking advantage of the commercial opportunities offered on the market and creating new ones. They have an entrepreneurial spirit and are capable of managing dynamic and largely unstructured situations.
 
 Technical Area/Production
This area is made up of four research and development teams that work in applied research and in design. The teams support the factories, in Italy and abroad , each with its own product line. Those in charge - for product industrialization, production quality and production planning - have extensive technical expertise and strong management skills, at all levels.

 Quality
Quality is a strategic lever for the company.

Corporate: Managers of this area are in charge of quality issues for the entire company, which finds its concrete expression in the Quality System. Quality is considered to be a responsibility that cuts across all divisions of the company.

Product quality: Managers in this role are directly responsible for the quality of products and productive processes in factories.
 
 Administration and Finance
Administrative services are centralized at the headquarters in Fabriano. It is a complex sector that is also responsible for fulfilling requirements tied to the stock market quotation of the Company shares. The division is also responsible for national and international corporate treasury services and investment policy. Planning and control, which is part of this division, is subdivided into industrial and commercial oversight, support services for management decisions.

 
 Audit
This division aims at attaining efficiency in corporate processes. It has a stream-lined structure and is composed of internal consultants that report directly to top management.

 
 Supply chain
Logistics and purchase functions are centralized, as are planning and distribution. The division manages around 70% of the budget of the company and, therefore, is assigned a significant strategic importance. Managers in this division coordinate the supply of components that are produced on specifications provided by product design.

 
 Information systems
This is a strategic area, integrated with corporate processes, through the position of the business process support manager. The teams that work in information systems continuously develop projects in a logic of integration or of service.

 
 Human Resources
Managers in this area coordinate the evaluation and development of human resources through hiring, training, and development. In every business area, there is an individual in charge who serves as a reference point for resources assigned. The approach is international, consistent with the strategy of the company.

 
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