Global Solution Architect Puteaux - la Défense Fr 98200 H/F Nexans

Job Description

Position : Global Solution Architect

Organization

- Function : Global Solution Architect

- Country : France

- Location :

- Supervisor :

Context

- Sparking Electrification with Tech Solutions is at the heart of 2025-2028 strategy of Nexans.

- Innovative and differentiated offers & solutions are key to create value for customers and achieve profitable growth ambition for PWR-Grid Division and Accessories Business Unit.

- This role is essential to develop customer-oriented sustainable offers and ensure the successful execution and delivery (Time to Market & added value).

Purpose

The Global Solution Architect will:

- Analyze technology environment and assess competitiveness of Nexans technical solutions

- Design, modify, and test technical architecture answering problems to solve for customers/partners

- Work with vertical offer directors & product managers for offer selection & value propositions for each key player in the value chain. Recommend or is consulted for offers prioritization.

- Customize and support for platinum accounts and/or key deals

- Advocate Nexans technical solutions in segment-oriented conferences/ events/customer meetings to reinforce company branding and technology thought leadership

- Provide inputs and feedback for horizontal new offer creation

- Deliver engineering study requested by customer for big project

Area of responsibilities

Global Solution Architect will have following responsibilities across business segments:

- Analyzed technology environment and assess competitiveness of Nexans technical solutions:

- Continually research the current and emerging technologies per priority segment

- Make the technical solution mapping and benchmark of Nexans vs. major competitors per segment & geography

- Assess the business impact that certain technical choices have

- Design, modify, and test technical architecture answering problems to solve for customers/partners

- Understand the value chain, key stakeholders and their pain points, and key success factors for each segment

- Design and test the technical architecture and make sure the requirements of each key stakeholder are well considered

- Create and test solution prototypes

- Work with vertical offer directors & product managers for offer selection and value proposition of each priority segment

- Provide inputs and feedback on offer selection and value proposition

- Inform various internal stakeholders about any issues/risks with the current technical solutions being implemented

- Recommend or is consulted for offers prioritization.

- Customize and support for platinum accounts and/or key deals

- Support vertical offer directors BDs, key account managers for prescription

- Build the most optimized & competitive solution proposal for platinum accounts and/or key deals

- Participate in customer meetings and influence customers for architecture and product selection

- Support and deliver engineering study for big customer projects

- Understand customer needs and clarify customer request

- Deliver engineering study report in time in full according to customer request

- Collect customer feedback after report delivery

Expected results

- Set up & build technical architecture according to segments

- Write target application notes with contents validated by innovation solution director & offer directors

- Effective external publications, conferences, events, white paper

- Participate and be sharp during technical discussions with platinum clients

- Pro-active in prescription with platinum clients

- Effective communication with clear presentations to all stakeholders

Position sizing

- Collaborate with vertical offer directors, product managers, key account managers, Regions/BUs application engineers

- Be a key element for the growth and margin of the market division, be effective in information sharing and product/solution selection decision

Required skills and qualifications

- Education background: Bac +5, Engineer

- Strong organizational skills, able to prioritize tasks and multitask efficiently

- Proficiency in electrical engineering at system level

- Minimum 5 years proven track record in electrical design architecture

- Result-driven, good analytical skills

- Excellent presentation and data processing skills

- Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

- Electrical industry background

- Fluent in English and French. German is a plus