Senior Vice President Of Home & Distribution, North America
Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr
- Expanded scope to lead additional functions within the Home & Distribution business; responsible for Product Management, Strategic Marketing, Category Management, R&D, Project Management,, Advanced Development, Quality, Industrialization, Procurement, and Marketing for the entire NAM Home & Distribution Business. Member of global Home & Distribution leadership team with focus on transforming the business to lead in Energy Management. - Launched and operationalized new Wiring Device and Energy Center businesses. New offers received numerous awards within category and created significant revenue-generation early on in the launch cycle. Stood up new supply chain and global industrialization strategy to support each despite significant stress from global supply-chain challenges. - Defined strategic plan and vision for significant investment uptake for the business and the region. Re-focused the business on developments around Solar, Storage, Energy Management, Smart-Home, and other residential de-carbonization solutions. Extended strategic plan to also incorporate key developments around sustainability and energy management in commercial buildings and multi-family properties. - Managed an R&D annual portfolio, with engineers across multiple different design centers in the US and Mexico. Led innovation, continuous engineering of all offers, product adaptation, and platform redesign programs. Recruited, hired and developed key new competencies in firmware, electromechanical, electronics, and software engineering.- Increased R&D Innovation spend by more than 3x, managed annual R&D portfolio, with engineers across multiple different design centers in the US and Mexico. Led innovation, continuous engineering of all offers, product adaptation, and platform redesign programs. Recruited, hired and developed key new competencies in firmware, electromechanical, electronics, and software engineering.