Effectiveness Project Leader (ETO & Solutions) – Direct Procurement

About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric delivers leading technologies and digital solutions that make energy safer, more efficient, and more sustainable.

With 135,000+ employees across 100 countries, we transform industry and infrastructure through innovation, diversity, and a strong commitment to sustainability.
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Your Mission
As Effectiveness Project Leader, you drive operational excellence, strategic clarity, and performance discipline across ETO & Solutions Procurement.

You lead cross-functional initiatives that enhance productivity, governance, digitalization, and compliance.

Your impact ensures seamless execution of priorities, robust KPI visibility, and a stronger, more future-ready procurement organization.

This role sits within Central Procurement supporting the ETO Power Systems and Solutions business.

Key Responsibilities


* Lead strategic productivity initiatives end-to-end: pipeline creation, validation, prioritization, action planning, and delivery, ensuring full target achievement and documentation.


* Own procurement governance: build and manage global calendars, monthly routines, KPI reviews, leadership updates, and decision-making milestones.


* Design and facilitate high-impact events (Productivity Days, Eye-Opener Sessions, Kick-offs, Workshops) with clear outcomes, commitments, and follow-up.


* Drive cross-functional collaboration with Should-Cost, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and Digital teams, turning opportunities into measurable results.


* Manage KPI cycles: data accuracy, performance analysis, risk identification, and corrective actions.


* Develop end-to-end digital dashboards ensuring solid logic, reliability, audit readiness, governance, and user adoption.


* Optimize procurement processes by identifying inefficiencies, redesigning workflows, documenting standards, and deploying harmonized best practices.


* Build organizational capability through targeted training programs, communication plans, content creation, implementation, and progress tracking.


* Oversee Contract Management governance: coverage, renewals, documentation quality, monthly reviews, dashboards, and gap closure.


* Lead the full audit lifecycle (PES, KIC, GIA): planning, preparation, coordination, execution, reporting, and closure.

Qualifications


* Bachelor's degree (Engineering or Business preferred)


* 5+ years of procurement experience, ideally with leadership elements


* Fluent English


* Strong cross-functional collaboration skills


* Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and influencing ability


* Proficiency in procurement systems, data tools, and Microsoft Office (AI, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Tableau/Power BI)


* Strategic mindset, digital fluency, strong analytical capabilities


* Customer-focused, proactive, results-driven, with high ownership and urgency


* Ability to travel up to 20%

Benefits

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