Direct management of engineering resources in USA, and Canada. Responsible to execute technical responsibilities within budget, and roadmap of the Power Monitoring and Gateways Line of Business
• Manage LoB Engineering teams for Nashville and Victoria locations
• Ensure design, verify and validate of new products is done in an optimal manner.
• Support and lead the technical co-development and collaboration efforts inside and outside Schneider.
• Manage continuous engineering : Quality Value Engineering, obsolescence, quality and product adaptation action plans
• Ensure PMP and PEP processes are followed for design engineering activities
• Boost innovation and IP
• Ensure design engineering best practices are applied : Design for quality, design for manufacturing, DFMEA, PFMEA, ECSQ etc...
• Lead technology architects to boost platforming and technology bricks approach and to ensure future trends (competitive, techno, customer) are identified and accounted for in all designs
Ensure technical competencies are planned and available per the strategic directions.
• Ensure technical depth exists in all areas relevant to long term strategic topics.
• Provide technical support level 4
• Ensure team is optimally balanced for competencies, development roadmap execution, efficiency, cost efficiency, flexibility.
Travel :
As this role requires coordination and management of multiple global sites, it is necessary to be available for travel to each site on a regular basis. In between, irregular hours are required for many project, business and technical topics.
Location :
The position is expected to be located in Nashville Tennessee, with frequent travel to Victoria and other sites as needed.
Qualifications
Competencies:
Strong ability to analyze technical issues
* Determines whether the issue has a previous resolution, or if this is a new situation requiring creativity and innovation;
* Integrates information from diverse sources in order to completely understand a problem/situation.
* Thinks several steps ahead in deciding on best course of action, anticipating likely outcomes. Employs a deep understanding of the business context around the issues in order to derive the optimal answers for the business
Demonstrated skill in leading organizational change
* Successfully executes complex plans utilizing change management methodology
* Serves as a change agent during implementations
* Anticipates the impact of change and acts accordingly
* Proven track record for successful change implementations, including rapid adjustments to roadmaps, to funding, to project priorities
Proven ability to achieve results
- Puts in extra time and effort as requested to accomplish challenging goals
- Tracks others progress and key activities
- Proactively puts in time and effort to accomplish aggressive goals within specified timeframes.
- Rapidly intervenes to remove obstacles
Customer focused
- Ensures a complete and accurate understanding of customers’ requirements. Engages directly with customers (and competitor offers) regularly. Drives the team to follow this model.
- Seeks honest, specific customer feedback to continuously improve the partnership in a global context.
- Creates a strong sense of urgency in order to resolve customer problems
Actively develop talents
- Provides balanced, helpful feedback and recommends effective developmental activities that facilitate personal growth.
-Proactively manages strong performance to excel as well as low performers to improve.
Creates an environment of self motivated teams with clear knowledge of the strategy, the key ambitions and challenges to overcome.
Business leadership
Is a strong, and contributing member of the senior business leadership team. Has sufficient context to enhance and challenge the contributions of other team members. Business leadership extends beyond commercial experience, and into areas including financial analysis, marketing analysis, competitor analysis, risk/reward, buy/build, … Areas that may classically be considered a part of an MBA curriculum.
Is willing to accept input from other team members and collaborate effectively on shared business goals.
Technology strategy ownership
Ability to be aware of new technological opportunities and implement in differentiated Schneider offers.
Actively engaged in key technologies that carry relevance to the strategic direction of the LoB.
A track record in leading and managing outsourced design and manufacturing partners (ODM).
Techno architectures
*Knows product ranges and offers and their core technologies.
*Knows well the product standards to apply and their impact on the different products of a range.
*Understands customer needs and industrial key factors for manufacturability. Knows globally the best costs by functions.
Cost and value analysis
*Ability to propose and identify new technical solutions to reduce and optimize the product cost.
*Has outside Schneider benchmark references of cost for several type of products and functions.
*Ability to challenge the area of improvement for significant gaps on the costs.
Multisite management and partnerships
* Understands and capitalizes on the potential of diversity by forming diverse groups
* Promotes collaborative climate that recognizes and rewards diversity
Understands, and has mastered the skill of multi-site management
Set vision and strategy
- Explains to others how their work supports the success of the organization.
- Leverage a comprehensive understanding of Schneider Electric’s mission and strategies.
- Aligns the strategic priorities of own area and energizes others.
Brings ideas to the senior management team, and brings clarity to the department. Acts as a clear conduit of information in both directions
Influence and convince
- Establishes key relationships with people outside one’s area.
- Proactively develops broad networks including within the direct team, and throughout Schneider, and into the external technical community.
- Displays confidence and provides consistently truthful facts and information
Ability to present ideas and information with clarity in written and oral form.
Language Skills:
Strong English fluency. Working French knowledge is an advantage
Disposition:
The ideal candidate will seek diversity in their team as a strength rather than a challenge. He/She will see the ability to work with other teams/external partners as an asset to be capitalized.
He/She will be self-starter, strong motivator of his team and a strong agent for change and performance.
He/She will work collaboratively to support and challenge his peers to excel towards the business objectives
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