Schneider Electric

Job Description

What will you do?

• Contributes to business growth by achieving Open Automation's targets through the delivery of successful, innovative, and high-quality projects
• Acts as a Technical Domain Expert within assigned global regions for Open Automation Solutions (OAS), primarily EcoStruxure Automation Expert-based solutions
• Ensures successful delivery of proposals and projects through direct engagement with Global/Regional Sales and Delivery teams, OAS Pre-Sales, OAS Delivery, R&D, and Centers of Excellence Educates and empowers Regional Pre-Sales & Global Delivery with best practices, templates, and productivity tools Accountable for the profitable growth of projects within assigned region
• Serve as the Technical Authority for assigned OAS proposals and projects
• Act as the Technical Authority for OAS across Process Automation (including IA GDO and the wider IA)
• Participate in customer meetings within assigned regions (virtually or in person as required)
• Provide visibility to regional updates on Open Automation opportunities and challenges
• Drive engineering excellence and consistency
• Define OAS requirements to support the development of training, tools, and standards by Global Engineering and Services (GES)
• Define enhancements to ensure development, deployment, and adherence to tools and processes meet OAS requirements
• Undertake technical solution designs and reviews
• Participate and contribute to pre-sales and opportunity bid activities
• Act as a conduit/link to the PA Offer group, Incubator, R&D, and other SE Business Units
• Manage engineering capability and capacity
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks to drive better understanding and management while navigating and removing risk-averse behavior
• Play an active role in knowledge management and sharing across the domain and wider team

What skills and capabilities will make you successful?

• Innovative approach and enthusiasm for the capabilities of our technology
• Capability to persuade and influence effectively with the ability to engage others to work collaboratively in a complex matrix environment
• Excellent business acumen and judgment, with financial and commercial awareness
• A continuously learning mindset and a willingness to share knowledge
• Comfortable with uncertainty, resilient and able to cope with pressure
• Ability to challenge professionally, creating scope for discussion and negotiation
• Pragmatic in approach and comfortable in making fast decisions and with calculated risks

What's in it for you?

• Working in a multi-geographical team, enabling global exposure and building on international experiences
• Working within a strategic business area, with the ability to drive professional innovation and

Who will you report to?

• Global Head of IA GDO Open Automation

Qualifications

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science or Process Control is desirable.
• 10+ years experience with automation systems projects execution/delivery, with minimum of 4 years in lead technical and/or project management role
• Experience with automation systems proposals in terms of validation/benchmarking, architecture generation, sizing & estimation tools is a strong plus
• Knowledge of open automation solutions, tools & standards is a plus
• Fluency in English (oral and written) & Latin American languages (especially Portuguese)
• Culturally sensitive and globally aware
• Strong ability to collaborate w/ diverse teams, influence, quick learner with critical thinking & passion for trying new things
• Willingness to travel internationally and regionally (as per business requirements)

About Our Company

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue

+13% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

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