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As Customer Project team member, act as single point of contact for all technical topics, manage technical project team and master technical risks. Manage all technical aspects of a complex solution (architecture, systems…) during project execution: design, integration, testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, warranty… Define and implement the adequate solution to fulfil customer requirements in terms of technical performance, quality, costs and time; in compliance with the contract. Specify the technical Solution and lead the technical coordination of all projects stakeholders: Customers, other Schneider Electric entities, third parties, contractors… As specialist in his Technical field, assist Execution Center management in elaborating alternative/future solutions and resolving key technical issues.

Scope & Environment

Large project technical teams located in several sites / countries requiring collaboration with concerned managements, countries, Business units, etc. … International mobility and/or travels abroad (to visit customers, partners, suppliers and/or site operations)

Key responsibilities / activities

• Perform and get customer approval on basic and detailed design of integrated solutions. In line with the contract (technical, time & performance requirements) and leveraging Schneider Electric portfolio of products and systems, maximize project profitability and manage technical risk.
• Lead technical discussion and clarification with the customer acting as key contact person for all technical related topics. Under Project Manager leadership, perform regular technical status reports and take part of meeting with the customer. Prepare and conduct Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) with the customer.
• Master all technical aspects of the Project: design, integration, testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, warranty. Validate technical choices compliance with the design (based on Technical Design Process). Manage stakeholders involved in the execution. Work in close collaboration with PM & technical leaders for sub-parts.
• Insure good project execution within allocated budget. Identify and anticipate potential risks vs. agree budget. Identify and implement technical optimization to save time and cost. Contribute to overall Project risk analysis, assess technical risks and propose all necessary actions to avoid, mitigate or reduce its impacts.
• Identify any potential changes vs. the contract or agreed design. Work closely with Project Manage to specify the change and his implications including the quotation until getting the variation order which will contribute to Project Margin Improvement.
• Master from technical perspective all technical parts of the delivery sub-contracted to external vendors in strong coordination with purchasing team. Implement clear and meaningful scoping of subpart of project scope to insure effective progress and completion monitoring
• Manage the whole technical teams involved on Project Execution. Agree with the PM and implement the technical part of the project: schedule, organization of the technical team, manage related costs and monitor the workload.
• Alert on a possible non-technical feasibility as soon as identified. Provide necessary reporting to the PM and management. Manage the interface with the other departments from technical perspective: R&D;, COE, Quality, Process, Customer Satisfaction, Safety, Environment …
• Take part of Technical leader Community of Practice within his Execution Center, globally within Execution Center network and BUs. Identify, formalise, share and promote lessons learned and best practices. Act as role model and/or coach of junior TLs.
• Support PM for project team full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, quality instructions, safety requirements and governance principles. Lead Project technical team to correct any technical deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution implementing quality process (G8D, …).

Requirements

Education

• University Degree in Electrical Engineering is a must
• Master’s degree in engineering is a must

Language requirements

• Fluent in English
• Another language will be valuable

Experience

• 5 years leading technical projects or as Solution Application Engineer for large and international Customer projects
• 5 years in his technical field of expertise (ED, EA, ITB, ecoB, eHouse, …)

Skills requirements

• Proven ability to lead with agility functional and remote technical team having different fields of expertise
• Able to communicate in concise and synthetic manner complex technical issues/topics
• Able to take decisions in complex context based on imperfect/missing conditions

Primary Location: KE-Nairobi

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Mission

Manage Design & Engineering team within a HUB or a Regional Application Center. Include responsibility of successful organization set-up for the Design & Engineering functions, covering the full projects portfolio lifecycle (design, integration, testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, warranty…). Ensure that adequate solutions are defined and implemented to fulfill customer requirements in terms of technical performance, quality, costs and time, as well as being in compliance with the contractual T&C;’s. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects. As specialist in the Technical field, assist Execution Center management in elaborating short and medium term strategies, to better position our reference architectures, and EcoStruxure value propositions.

Scope & Environment

Large project technical teams located in several sites / countries requiring collaboration with concerned managements, countries, Business units, etc. … International mobility and/or travels abroad (to visit customers, partners, suppliers and/or site operations)

Key responsibilities / activities

• Manage hierarchically multicultural Design & Engineering teams towards successful execution
• Project technical portfolio management. Ensure technical architecture and design developed are aligned with Customer specifications, and ensure smooth customer approval on basic and detailed design of integrated solutions. In line with the contract (technical, time & performance requirements) and leveraging Schneider Electric portfolio of products and systems, maximize project profitability and manage technical risk.
• Lead or facilitate technical discussion and clarification with the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement (3S, Audits, Lessons Learned), drive design & engineering improvement initiatives (reference designs, architectures)
• Act as a Leader, Inspiring and coaching others. Develop talents. Structure, build and recruit team members, optimizing resources to drive performance management with a Talent strategy for critical roles
• Collaboration. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects.. Promote lessons learned and best practices within the HUB
• Governance. Ensure Full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, practices, quality instructions, safety requirements and principles. Lead Project technical team to correct any technical deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution implementing quality process (G8D, …).

Requirements

Education

• University Degree in Electrical Engineering is a must
• Master’s Degree in Engineering is an advantage.

Language requirements

• Fluent in English
• Another language will be valuable

Experience

• 10 years leading technical projects and technical teams for medium size national & international Customer projects (Electrical Distribution, Automation, IT, E-House)
• Having faced several difficult /complex project execution challenges as a Technical leader, and having mobilized teams to overcome a critical situation

Skills requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Customer project business in term of Architecture, Design, Engineering and Process
• Strong team builder. Collaborative environment enhancement, leverage diversity
• Ability to drive a high performance culture with a strong technical focus. Risks & Opportunity management
• Lead with agility, being a role model facing stressful issues, and handling properly priorities

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Manage Design & Engineering team within a HUB or a Regional Application Center. Include responsibility of successful organisation set-up for the Design & Engineering functions, covering the full projects portfolio lifecycle (design, integration, testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, warranty…). Ensure that adequate solutions are defined and implemented to fulfil customer requirements in terms of technical performance, quality, costs and time, as well as being in compliance with the contractuals T&C;’s. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects. As specialist in the Technical field, assist Execution Center management in elaborating short and medium term strategies, to better position our reference architectures, and EcoStruxure value propositions.

Scope & Environment

Large project technical teams located in several sites / countries requiring collaboration with concerned managements, countries, Business units, etc. … International mobility and/or travels abroad (to visit customers, partners, suppliers and/or site operations)

Key responsibilities / activities

• Manage hierarchically multicultural Design & Engineering teams towards successful execution
• Project technical portfolio management. Ensure technical architecture and design developped are aligned with Customer specifications, and ensure smooth customer approval on basic and detailed design of integrated solutions. In line with the contract (technical, time & performance requirements) and leveraging Schneider Electric portfolio of products and systems, maximize project profitability and manage technical risk.
• Lead or facilitate technical discussion and clarification with the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement (3S, Audits, Lessons Learned), drive design & engineering improvement initiatives (reference designs, architectures)
• Act as a Leader, Inspiring and coaching others. Develop talents. Structure, build and recruit team members, optimizing resources to drive performance management with a Talent strategy for critical roles
• Collaboration. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects.. Promote lessons learned and best practices within the HUB
• Governance. Ensure Full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, practices, quality instructions, safety requirements and principles. Lead Project technical team to correct any technical deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution implementing quality process (G8D, …).

Requirements

Education

• University degree in Electrical Engineering is a must
• Master’s degree in engineering is a must

Language requirements

• Fluent in English
• Another language will be valuable

Experience

• 10 years leading technical projects and technical teams for medium size national & international Customer projects (Automation is a must, Electrical DistributionIT, E-House)
• Having faced several difficult /complex project execution challenges as a Technical leader, and having mobilised teams to overcome a critical situation

Skills requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Customer project business in term of Architecture, Design, Engineering and Process
• Strong team builder. Collaborative environment enhancement, leverage diversity
• Ability to drive a high performance culture with a strong technical focus. Risks & Opportunityy management
• Lead with agility, being a role model facing stressful issues, and handling properly priorities

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Manage Design & Engineering team within a HUB or a Regional Application Center. Include responsibility of successful organisation set-up for the Design & Engineering functions, covering the full projects portfolio lifecycle (design, integration, testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, warranty…). Ensure that adequate solutions are defined and implemented to fulfil customer requirements in terms of technical performance, quality, costs and time, as well as being in compliance with the contractuals T&C;’s. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects. As specialist in the Technical field, assist Execution Center management in elaborating short and medium term strategies, to better position our reference architectures, and EcoStruxure value propositions.

Scope & Environment

Large project technical teams located in several sites / countries requiring collaboration with concerned managements, countries, Business units, etc. … International mobility and/or travels abroad (to visit customers, partners, suppliers and/or site operations)

Key responsibilities / activities

• Manage hierarchically multicultural Design & Engineering teams towards successful execution
• Project technical portfolio management. Ensure technical architecture and design developped are aligned with Customer specifications, and ensure smooth customer approval on basic and detailed design of integrated solutions. In line with the contract (technical, time & performance requirements) and leveraging Schneider Electric portfolio of products and systems, maximize project profitability and manage technical risk.
• Lead or facilitate technical discussion and clarification with the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement (3S, Audits, Lessons Learned), drive design & engineering improvement initiatives (reference designs, architectures)
• Act as a Leader, Inspiring and coaching others. Develop talents. Structure, build and recruit team members, optimizing resources to drive performance management with a Talent strategy for critical roles
• Collaboration. Develop collaboration between all project technical stakeholders, including but not limited to: Regional Engineering Centers, Regional Expertise centers, LoB experts, Solution architects.. Promote lessons learned and best practices within the HUB
• Governance. Ensure Full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, practices, quality instructions, safety requirements and principles. Lead Project technical team to correct any technical deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution implementing quality process (G8D, …).

Requirements

Education

• University degree in Electrical Engineering is a must
• Master’s degree in engineering is a must

Language requirements

• Fluent in English
• Another language will be valuable

Experience

• 10 years leading technical projects and technical teams for medium size national & international Customer projects (Low Voltage is a must, Electrical Distribution, E-House)
• Having faced several difficult /complex project execution challenges as a Technical leader, and having mobilised teams to overcome a critical situation

Skills requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Customer project business in term of Architecture, Design, Engineering and Process
• Strong team builder. Collaborative environment enhancement, leverage diversity
• Ability to drive a high performance culture with a strong technical focus. Risks & Opportunityy management
• Lead with agility, being a role model facing stressful issues, and handling properly priorities

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This position is responsible for departmental sales forecasting and managing the business development and sales efforts of the sales department. This position is also responsible for ensuring that the department attains its booking gross margin objectives. Provides leadership to direct sales efforts and ensures the quality and responsiveness of the service provided.

Principle Accountabilities

• Develops and implement sales and business development strategies for complex, solutions-based sales
• Participate in important negotiations with key customers and assist in negotiations with difficult customers
• Assists other departments with project implementation, service activities, collection issues and cash management
• Make staffing and deployment decisions to maximize productivity of employees
• Assists in planning goals and objectives, develop strategies, tactics, and schedules to meet company’s strategic goals
• Monitors performance and provides coaching and development activities for staffing
• Assist in the development of departmental budgets
• Participates with other program managers and other functional areas in determining the business plan and project priorities, resource needs, and budgets based on the program commitments
• Works with functional managers to establish projections of resources and skills necessary to execute future programs
• Provides input to functional managers for individual performance planning, including goal setting and performance feedback
• Follow up and monitor the progress of the services and projects to make sure that they are on line to the service level agreement and take appropriate preventive or reactive actions
• Account ownership locally, this role typically covers between one and ten key accounts and systematically ensures that account plans are in place
• Executes the growth strategy for his/her accounts, executes the Sales process to achieve growth target and customer satisfaction objectives

Education & Experience

Education**

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics

Experience**

• 10+ years experience required in industry sales or other sales and marketing roles.
• Three years’ supervisory experience.
• Experience on Data Centre Cooling Solutions/UPS is must.

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge & skills**

• Ability to adopt the most appropriate selling approach and behavior, in order to secure and maintain durable and profitable customer relationship demand.
• Ability to understand the customer values, needs and environment in order to propose the optimal SE solution.
• Ability to understand the customer’s technical and application needs, in order to promote the appropriate SE offer that meets the customer requirements.
• Ability to manage customer relationship, and leverage complete SE offering in order to meet customer requirements and secure profitable business to achieve sales objectives.
• Should understand Electrical schemes, SLD, PCC/MCC designs