Global Process Lean Design Leader - Paris / Grenoble - F/H
About The Position
At Schneider Electric, we are committed to solving real-world energy and industrial challenges to create a more sustainable, digital and efficient future. In a context of strong growth (especially driven by data centers and new business models), we are strengthening our industrialization capabilities to accelerate time-to-market while ensuring performance and cost efficiency. This role sits at the heart of the organization, at the interface between industrialization and manufacturing, offering a unique position to influence both production system design and operational performance at global scale. Reporting to the Global VP Industrialization, you will hold a highly strategic and transversal position at Group level. Your mission is to embed Lean Manufacturing and 3P (Production Process Preparation) principles at the earliest stages of product and process design — before CAPEX commitment — to deliver simple, flexible and high-performance industrial systems. You will operate in a global, highly matrixed environment across Business Units and Global Supply Chain, interacting with more than 25 teams worldwide.
Requirements
- 10–15+ years experience in demanding industrial environments (automotive, aerospace, advanced manufacturing…)
- Strong combination of shopfloor experience and Lean transformation leadership
- Deep expertise in Lean / TPS (3P, VSM, takt time, single-piece flow…)
- Proven international exposure (multi-sites, multi-regions)
- Strong influencing skills in matrix organizations
- Track record of delivering sustainable industrial transformation
- Fluent English
Responsibilities
- Define and deploy global Lean Process Design (3P) standards
- Radically simplify production line architectures (flow, footprint, automation)
- Influence industrial decisions upstream, before CAPEX investments
- Design flexible manufacturing processes (product variability, ramp-up, localization)
- Drive alignment across engineering, manufacturing and quality teams
- Lead or coach Lean transformation initiatives across international sites
- Build and continuously improve a global industrial design referential
- Contribute to CAPEX reduction, cost target achievement and faster time-to-market
Benefits
- company health, death and disability insurance
- paid time off
- RTT
- teleworking
- paid family leaves
- parenting and caregivers support
- employee saving plan with company matching (PEG)
- retirement plans (PERO, PERECO)
- employee share ownership plan
- profit sharing plan
- ongoing performance and development conversations
- Senior Talent Program
- global career opportunities
- access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors
- learning platforms like Coursera
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
