Execution Center Leader

What will you do?

Summary

• Responsible for the successful execution of solution projects portfolio by leading a team of tender, engineering, and customer project management resources with a focus on business performance and customer satisfaction while ensuring the compliance with applicable company polices, process and CPP tools and at optimum cost to serve with a end to end approach.
• Contribute as part of the core team for continuous improvement actions in collaboration with Engineers & Performance Leader
• Ensure solution business risks and opportunities with accurate risk coverage and mitigation with opportunities.
• Effective coordination and interface toward internal stakeholders, customers and third parties.
• Single Point of Contact for the Power Systems Business leader in the country / cluster
• Lead from the front demonstrating solid Collaboration Spirit & Act Like Owner in line with Schneider-Electric Values.
• Engage in effective Workload management from an overall EAJ perspective

• Manage hierarchically Tender & Project Management team toward business and financial objectives. Assign people on projects based on their expertise & experience and projects risk & complexity. Manage workload vs. business requirements.
• Ensure within own portfolio that projects are properly managed by her/his team in term of time, cost, scope. Steer portfolio to manage risks & address opportunities. Support & coach the team in the preparation of Project Reviews to the management. Build her/his own management view. Contribute to country/cluster 's business reviews.
• Coach the team to increase their functional and leadership (behavioural & personal) competencies' proficiency level. Ensure leadership on projects and effective collaboration with other functions.
• Provide operational support to the team in term of methods, mindsets, communication and stakeholder management. Bring expertise and know-how in the management of critical issues and take active part of issue escalation process.
• Ensure the team and suppliers are executing projects in full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, safety, quality instructions and governance principles (incl. CPP process, tools and guidelines). Take all necessary actions to correct any deviations or Ethical issues occurring during project execution
• Develop the team's customer-oriented mindset in order to ensure full customer satisfaction. Help the team to manage customer relationship and handle critical customer issues if needed. Support Tender resources during major bids negotiation with customers. Support PMs during major variation orders and claims requests to/from customers negotiation.
  • Take full accountability over project portfolio business performance & profitability including:-
  • Timely delivery of customer proposals in line with solutions guidelines and DoA
  • Accurate monitoring of Tender Compliance with RFQs
  • Accuracy of Cost & Margin Calculation in compliance with BU/ Cluster profitability guidelines
  • Timely revenue recognition as per forecast; 2. budget (cost & margin) forecasting, engagements follow up per commitment
  • Cash flow and working capital forecasting and follow up
  • Accurate reporting and forecasting with full transparency

• EAJ Hub Execution Center Leader

• University graduate with min 10 years experience in customers/project environment
• Proven people management experience, ideally within multi cultural, multi sites and/or matrix organization
• Tender / Project Manager experience managing large teams in a local environment.
• Team player/builder to put in place collaborative climate to leverage diversity and implement changes
• Strong leadership skills (effective communication, collaboration, ...)
• Strong capabilities to negotiate influence and convince in a matrix environment
• English fluency is a must