Performance Improvement Manager
About the job
- Have experience operating in complex environments, understand business challenges in depth, take a broad perspective, and bring teams together around concrete improvement plans.
- Understand the product lifecycle, including development and series life, and associated business functions; anticipate and measure the impacts of changes.
- Be familiar with performance management, track results using key performance indicators aligned with business and operational needs, and coordinate improvement plans to support execution.
- Have strong analytical capabilities to diagnose performance, conduct audits, and transform data into operational recommendations.
- Demonstrate assertive leadership and the ability to persuade and influence stakeholders around shared objectives.
- Communicate clearly and synthesize complex topics to support understanding and decision-making.
- Show curiosity and constructive critical thinking to question existing practices and incorporate external best practices to improve operating methods.
- Have oral and written English proficiency at a minimum B2 level.
- Define and monitor performance indicators for IDT activities in line with commitments and business priorities.
- Analyze results with teams, identify gaps and improvement levers, and carry out or coordinate adaptations.
- Coordinate performance improvement plans with business stakeholders to improve efficiency and accelerate market availability.
- Serve as Business Process Owner for several key product lifecycle processes and contribute to their evolution with an end-to-end perspective.
- Provide an external perspective through market monitoring and benchmarking to inform management discussions and challenge existing practices.
About the company
SOMFY Group designs and manufactures motors, controls, and connected systems for openings and closures in homes and buildings. Its products automate shutters, blinds, curtains, gates, garage doors, and other access points, combining mechanical movement with electronic controls. The group serves manufacturers, installers, building professionals, and household users through an international network of brands, production sites, and distribution operations. Its connected-home offering lets occupants coordinate equipment, adjust living conditions, and manage access or security from digital interfaces. Founded in 1969, SOMFY Group is headquartered in Cluses, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Cluses, France
Founded
1969
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What believers are saying
- Commercial entry route: the German apprenticeship rotates trainees through purchasing, accounting, marketing, sales, and human resources.
- Remote allowance: Overkiz in Annecy advertises ninety remote days annually, including four weeks away from home.
- Sales equipment: BFT's UK area-manager package includes an electric company car, laptop, tablet, and phone.
What critics are saying
- Academic requirement: the German apprenticeship asks for strong upper-secondary or university-entry school qualifications.
- Specialist experience: the Overkiz senior embedded role requires ten years developing Linux systems in a Yocto environment.
- Territory travel: BFT's South West England sales position requires extensive travel and regular overnight stays.
What makes SOMFY Group unique
- Shared problem-solving: quality teams use short-interval management and the eight-discipline method to improve performance across entities.
- After-sales model: group brand Répar'Stores repairs and upgrades shutters, awnings, and garage doors to extend product life.
- Interoperability strategy: connected platforms support major voice ecosystems, while the group participates in Zigbee, Thread, and Matter alliances.
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