The main purpose of this key role is to provide leadership and direction to the Projects and Services organization in France, ensuring alignment with European guidelines. The Director of Operations will be responsible for defining and crafting the annual operating budgets and guaranteeing the capacities and skills vital for accurately implementing projects and maintenance activities. This role involves defining and implementing the human and material resources and the means necessary to achieve the set objectives.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• To implement a two-way communications plan to keep the operations team advised.

• To work in partnership with the French management team to analyze and implement the strategic plan incorporating the strategic directions of both the World Area and business units.

• To develop annual operating budgets in conjunction with Finance and Sales leadership and drive monthly review and forecasting activities through POR.

• To handle the S&OP process and lead monthly meetings to evaluate and anticipate the operational load (e.g. analysis of forecasts and operational outstanding).

• To ensure operational readiness, capacity and utilization while improving customer-facing beneficial capabilities in FEED, consultancy knowledge, and the integration of the new portfolio offerings through organizational development.

• To maintain project controls (PMO) and risk management to ensure consistent project performance.

• To drive and embed a culture of continuous improvement of performance and innovation to deliver efficiency and speed of execution.

• To leverage the capabilities of the European Hubs and Global Engineering Centers to improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of the organization.

• To be an integral part of the Southern region management team as well as the European one, sharing knowledge, supporting each other, and contributing to key initiatives.

Who You Are:

You serve as a strategic partner to build, grow, and maintain profitable and long-lasting relationships with key accounts. You instill and sustain organization-wide energy to show what is possible. You remain energized and effective when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty. You model high standards of honesty and integrity. You pursue everything with energy, drive, and the need to finish. You are the first to spot possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace. You model and encourage the expression of diverse ideas and opinions. You tackle difficult issues with optimism and confidence. You view talent development as an organizational imperative.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.

• Proven experience in the automation industry with broad technical knowledge of different industry segments (Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Refining, Pharma, etc).

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in operational management roles.

• Proficiency in English and French for making presentations, negotiating, and interacting in daily written and verbal communication.

• Strong customer interfacing skills and commercial savvy.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Additional education in business administration, operations, or project management is considered a plus.

• Extensive understanding and experience of business drivers in Project Management.

• Familiarity with service management and service excellence

• Proven track record of effective leadership and line management.

• Ability to collaborate within a team environment within a sophisticated matrix organization.

Our Offer to You

We understand the importance of work-life balance and are dedicated to supporting our employees' personal and professional needs. From competitive benefits plans and comprehensive medical care to equitable opportunities for growth and development we strive to build a workplace that is supportive and exciting.

Depending on location, our flexible work-from-home policy allows you to make the best of your time, by combining quiet home office days with collaborative experiences in the office so that you can personalize your work-life mix.

Moreover, our global volunteer employee resource groups will empower you to connect with peers who share the same interests, promote diversity and inclusion, and positively contribute to communities around us!

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.

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ABOUT EMERSON

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!

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Requisition ID : 24005493

Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.