Senior Director, Design to Value

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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

• Develop and execute an enterprise-wide Design To Value strategy, aligning with corporate financial, innovation, and operational goals. • Champion DTV methodologies (should-cost modeling, value engineering, teardown analysis, benchmarking, etc.) across the organization. • Establish DTV governance, annual pipeline creation, prioritization frameworks, and savings tracking mechanisms. • Lead multi-functional DTV workshops focused on product simplification, material optimization, design standardization, and alternative technology adoption. • Drive the creation of should-cost models and provide insights that guide engineering and sourcing decisions. • Conduct global competitive product teardowns, synthesizing insights into actionable recommendations. • Partner with Strategic Sourcing to evaluate supplier innovations and cost‑optimized solutions. • Work with Product Management to incorporate DTV considerations into early-stage product development. • Serve as the connector between engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and commercial teams to ensure end‑to‑end alignment. • Influence key stakeholders on cost/performance trade-offs by leveraging robust financial and technical analysis. • Support Operations in identifying manufacturing productivity and process optimization opportunities. • Deliver annual cost savings targets through DTV initiatives, ensuring transparent financial validation with Finance. • Evaluate cost-benefit analyses for proposed design changes, including ROI, payback, and lifecycle value. • Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive intelligence to support long‑term value creation.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Supply Chain, or related field. • 10+ years of experience in product development, value engineering, strategic sourcing, or operations leadership. • Demonstrated track record leading DTV, should-cost, or value engineering programs with measurable P&L impact. • Strong analytical capability and familiarity with tools such as should‑cost software, CAD, DFMA, or cost-modeling platforms. • Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with executive visibility. • Excellent communication, negotiation, and storytelling skills—able to influence at all organizational levels.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match • paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay • short-term and long-term disability benefit plans • above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave • bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans • paid time off to volunteer • an active/growing Employee Resource Group network