Brian D . Schulties has been Vice President of Procurement for the Prysmian Group since February 2010 . Mr . Schulties began his career as a Purchasing Manager with U-Brand Corporation in 1986 . He has over 30 years of experience in the procurement field ; holding several senior level management positions in the automotive , foundry and wire & cable markets . He also has significant experience working with suppliers around the globe . Prior to joining Prysmian , he was the VP of Sourcing for General Cable Corporation in Highland Heights , KY .
SUPPLY CHAIN demanding automotive industry he did not come unprepared into the business of cables , having worked as a Director of Purchasing with Prysmian Power Cables & Systems for three years starting from 2003 , and until 2010 as VP for one of the larger competitors in North America . “ I spent the first 17 years of my career in the foundry industry which supported the automotive business , as a Tier I supplier , and I exited ahead of the offshoring of what was predictably a dying industry as far as North America was concerned . I came to Prysmian while it was still Pirelli Cables in March 2003 , then I left to join General Cable in 2006 and came back to Prysmian in early 2010 . When I came back , within a year we became the largest wire and cable producer in the world . It was a very exciting opportunity .”
It was a massive merger , but it went remarkably smoothly , he recalls . “ We integrated very quickly . I ’ ve known suppliers that have taken five years to integrate their companies after a merger – we did it in less than twelve months .”
BRIAN D . SCHULTIES C . P . M .
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROCUREMENT
Brian D . Schulties has been Vice President of Procurement for the Prysmian Group since February 2010 . Mr . Schulties began his career as a Purchasing Manager with U-Brand Corporation in 1986 . He has over 30 years of experience in the procurement field ; holding several senior level management positions in the automotive , foundry and wire & cable markets . He also has significant experience working with suppliers around the globe . Prior to joining Prysmian , he was the VP of Sourcing for General Cable Corporation in Highland Heights , KY .
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