Product Range Leader

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As a global specialist in energy management and industrial automation, with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions to make energy safe, reliable, efficient, and green across multiple end-markets.

The Group has leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centers, as well as a broad presence in residential applications.

With more than €30 billion sales yearly, the company's 130,000+ employees are committed to help individuals and organizations step up with an IMPACT mindset.

Discover this opportunity to join an international and dynamic team!

Job Description:

Within the Industrial Control & Drives Line of Business, we are looking for a Product Range Leader (PRL) to manage, execute and ensure our Product Evolution Process (PEP) for variable speed drives offers developed for the North American Market.

Your main activities will be:

• Organize, lead, and motivate the project team.

(Functional management)

• Create and maintain tools for product configuration (Bill of material management)

• Define human resources required to meet the project objectives.

• Assess and summarize project status, measure performance and progress, inform and report.

• Identify risks, issues, and manage the associated corrective action plans.

• Ensure that the right decisions are taken at the right time.

• Enable decision making process.

• Challenge and assure robustness of deliverables.

The drives domain mixes many technologies and associated challenges that are core to Schneider Electric's mission to electrify and digitize its customers, such as:

• Power Conversion and Motor Control

• Application Control or Functional Safety

• Ethernet, Web Servers and DTM

The Drives team's mission is to become the leading global specialist in motor control solutions for a Safe, Reliable, Productive and Efficient usage of Energy, through innovation, simplicity, and operational excellence.

This position will report to the Drives' Global Optimize & Ecodesign Leader based in Japan and interact with Marketing, Design, Verification & Validation, Industrialization, Purchasing, Quality, Technical Publication, Certification, and Manufacturing teams distributed across every continent.

Qualifications

Profile requirements:

Experience in Offer Creation Projects (5 years minimum)

Knowledge on programming and data management

Knowledge of Variable Speed Drives

Multicultural and multi-site management - Fluent in English.

Understanding of the industrial market, customers, and applications.

Discernment ability - Act like owner

High level of leadership - Strong ability for clear and simple communication

Mastering of Schneider tools and environment will be a plus.

Experience in project management and functional management will be a plus

Experience in Drive Products (power conversion, electronic or mechanic...