n Schneider Electric, everything we do is geared towards advancing progress and sustainability for all-our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies we serve.
Whether it's through our products, software, and services that propel the digital transformation of energy management and automation, or through our corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make a meaningful impact by empowering people and organizations to become more resilient, electric, and digital.
Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You are part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.
We are looking for a Director, Category Management to make an impact!
What will you do?
- Lead the global commodity team with an annual spend of over 800M, and a global team of 8 sourcing professionals
- Work across the regional leadership teams to support their requirements within the global context.
- Create, own and implement a supplier base strategy to create lasting competitive advantage to Schneider Electric
- Work with the peers in NPI to maximally leverage new design awards
- Assess and manage the supplier base to ensure flawless execution in terms of quality, supply chain, financial risk and contractual discipline.
- Deliver on all operational and strategic KPI.
- Create leverage to increase contract coverage
- Assess and manage multiple risk factors along the supply chain, e.g. currency risks, supply risks, regulatory risks, etc.
- Recruit, develop and mentor a strong team and drive succession planning for key roles including this Director position.
- Be accountable for strategic relationship building with key PCB / PCBA vendors & distributors
What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
- Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Master's degree or PhD in Power Electronics, Semiconductor Devices or Applied Physics is strongly preferred
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in solid-state power electronics design, development, or research.
- Demonstrated experience in at least two of the following areas:
- WBG device characterisation, High-power converter design, Solid-state relay development, Power module evaluation, Power electronics application engineering
- Track record of taking solid-state technology from concept through to commercial product release.
- Experience working in or closely with industries such as power electronics, industrial automation, energy storage, EV systems, or data centre power infrastructure.
