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Legrand

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10,000+ employees

🏭 Manufacturing

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Manufacturing • Hardware • B2B

Legrand is a French multinational and world leader in electrical and digital building installations and solutions. It designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of products for residential, commercial and industrial buildings — including switches and sockets, cable-management systems, access control, UPS and datacenter power and infrastructure — and provides bundled offers for datacenters and energy-transition applications. The group emphasizes design, sustainability/CSR, targeted acquisitions and digital solutions; it employs around 39,600 people and reported nearly €9. 5 billion in sales in 2025.

📋 Description

• Own and continuously develop the global manufacturing improvement roadmap, aligning priorities with DPC’s growth strategy and business objectives. • Translate strategic priorities into actionable short and long-term initiatives with clear deliverables, resources, timelines, and performance targets. • Lead and coordinate a high-performing transformation team focused on productivity, capacity, safety, quality, cost, and delivery improvements. • Drive complex, cross-functional transformation programs from initial assessment and business case development through implementation and benefits realization. • Partner with site and functional leaders to identify operational gaps, establish priorities, remove execution barriers, and accelerate results. • Establish effective program governance, performance metrics, and review processes to ensure accountability and sustained execution. • Support manufacturing sites during periods of rapid growth, capacity expansion, organizational change, or operational performance challenges. • Standardize and scale successful practices, technologies, and operating models across DPC’s global manufacturing network. • Facilitate and lead Kaizen events, 3P workshops, value stream mapping sessions, and rapid improvement activities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Operations Engineering, or related technical discipline • MBA or master’s degree in operations, Supply Chain, or Industrial Management preferred • 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations engineering, or transformation roles • Proven experience leading manufacturing transformation initiatives • Strong exposure to production systems and tools including ERP systems • Experience supporting capacity expansion, footprint strategy, or work transfer programs is highly desirable • Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all levels of the organization • Solid engineering and operations background, with the credibility to engage directly on the factory floor • Deep knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping, and daily management systems • Proven change leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at every level of the organization • Ability to translate complex topics into clear, concise executive communications • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once • Structured thinker who can address both strategic and operational challenges • Ability to work remotely and travel up to 50% of the time • Valid passport and willingness to travel internationally as required

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits • Industry-leading 401(k) match • Paid maternity and parental leave • Paid time off (PTO) • Holidays • Disability coverage • Bonus opportunities • Paid volunteer time • Access to active Employee Resource Groups supporting women in engineering and underrepresented identities • Culture emphasizing inclusion, flexibility, growth, and meaningful impact