THE DIPLOMAT BUCHAREST & AUTOMOTIVE TODAY dedicate a special event to WOMEN PROFESSIONALS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY , on March 10th, 2022, between 10:00 – 12:00 continuing the special series launched last year, to underline the increasing need to empower and encourage women’ access all along the career chain within the automotive industry in Romania.
Link registration for ONLINE conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z1GUAuYrT2W2wHATgcEuyQ
According to data from 2021, women make up about half of the labor force in the world. However, in the automotive industry, women stand for only a quarter of the auto manufacturing workforce. In this industry, women continue to represent a precious and underutilized resource for an industry that it is highly competitive and very sensitive to the new realities.
EMPOWERING ROLE | DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION | LEADERDHIP
DRIVE AND STRENGHT | INSPIRING ROLE MODELS | EDUCATION | CAREER PATH | MENTORING
Link registration for ONLINE conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z1GUAuYrT2W2wHATgcEuyQ
The event benefits from the support of:
Platinum Partner: NXP Semiconductors
Gold Partner: Bosch Romania
Partner: Continental Romania
Strategic Partner: ACAROM
Supporting Associations: AHK Romania, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Romania, ADAA, Lovering & Partners Business Consultants
Media Partners: Automotive Today, Outsourcing Today, Financial Intelligence, Bursa, Romania Durabila, Economistul, Club Economic
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
JOSEPHINE PAYNE, Craiova Site Director and President Ford of Romania, Ford Motor Company
SIMONA ALMAJAN, Country Manager, NXP Semiconductors Romania
MONICA CONSTANTINESCU, Commercial Director, Bosch Plant in Cluj, Vice President, Automotive Electronics
SONOK RIVETTO, General Manager, Continental Sibiu
ALEXANDRA PETCULESCU, Operations Director, Marquardt Schaltsysteme SCS
RAMONA JURUBIȚĂ, Country Managing Partner, KPMG Romania, PANEL MODERATOR
CONFERENCE TOPICS
RESHAPIND THE INDUSTRY & CREATING MEANINGFULL LEADERSHIP
Shifting diversity and pushing transformation into a higher gear, from a more women-inclusive perspective, is part of the automotive and all local and worldwide industries’ change process. Learning from the past years’ experience, one thing is certain: the need for more diversity in the sector. Traditionalists fall behind and the biased societies have far more less chances to advance and be competitive in the more and more interconnected global market.
SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
At EU level, sustainability is defined as a process to support economic growth while reducing pressures on the environment and considering social and governance aspects. Taking into serious aspects such as environmental, social, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and governance (ESG) make from a company not only successful on the market, but a company with a strong and reliable value proposition to its customers.
EVOLUTION THROUGH CHANGE AND DISRUPTION
Change and disruption stand for the future of the automotive industry. A closed industry, reluctant and adverse to current realities and market needs is self-sufficient and doomed to past. Not only in Romania, but in all world markers, women still are highly under-represented at the leadership level in automotive industry. However, the new world shaped in the past two years by more flexible work environments opens the door to new opportunities in changing the status quo and better promoting women at the wheel of change.
EDUCATION AND CAREER PATH FOR WOMRN IN AUTOMOTIVE
Promoting education and career path in automotive industry for women stands for the basic grounds of closing then gender gap in this industry. A highly tech-based industry in the 21st century, the automotive sector is like any other technical sector in which skills should prevail over gender. Women, same as men, should bring their authentic self to the leadership table to the benefit of industry evolution, work environment and customer experience.
