Project Pursuit Manager Commercial Excellence and

The Project Pursuit Manager is in charge of identifying and winning strategic project business for all Emerson Automation Solutions business units, to develop business in growing vectors as part of their active contribution to sale transformation implementation process.

In this position, you will maintain high level relationships with key selected accounts, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) clients as a much needed foundation for this success. You will be responsible in working directly with the sales and engineering teams in France as well as Business Unit collaborators and the other European Sales development teams, Sales Channels, Growth Vectors and Sales European Teams.

You will actively support and guide the team to transform sales channels approach and to reach commercial excellence on growth platforms.

**In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be**:

- Work closely with Sales Development and Marketing Director and their team to define working axis and priorities, business trend evolutions and follow-up.
- Supply and support the transformation our sales channel, sales processes and tools to improve future growth across markets and portfolio, work closely Sales Directors and their sales channels to define per project the best appropriated sales strategy and to improve total business for Emerson in France..
- Improve engagement and increase the impact of targeted growth programs by understanding our customer landscape and by contributing to define the most relevant segmentation in coordination with BU Directors.
- Facilitate smooth project team transition and ownership as projects move from pre-sale and negotiation to execution and delivery stages and identify and suggest Sales development process improvements to increase overall hit rate
- Make ongoing early identifications and engagements in feasibility phase of projects to identify and win strategic projects to meet or exceed annual targets for greenfield and major plant extension project bookings across all business units.
- Form and maintain strong business relationships with Selected Key Accounts, EPCs, OEMs and End-User customers, but also with Partners, and Suppliers that help deliver long term growth for the business in emerging growing vectors and industries.
- Constantly Improve the communication with customers and Emerson business unit specialists, develop solutions that increase customer value, accepting key Emerson differentiators; Visit customers to promote Emerson solutions and boundless automation, improving their understanding and vision about finding solutions to their needs.
- Drive implementing Sales developments strategies, using our Project Certainty philosophy, to ensure proper project qualification and act as a linking pin between Customer, Business Units and World Areas, by Assembling, lead, and coordinate Sales development at very early stage and then project execution teams using consultative selling and CRM tools.
- Drive and achieve ‘best win’ pricing for Multi-Business Unit projects, collaborating to established relevant delegated authority limits and processes

**Who You Are**:
You adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse customers. You persist in the face of challenges and setbacks. You proactively develop relationships with a wide variety of people. You improve existing processes to adapt to business needs.

**For This Role, You Will Need**:

- Educated to MBA and/or Degree level in an Engineering or Sciences field, or equivalent preferred
- Experience of operating within the process automation industry is advantageous
- Background and experience in Management/Leadership and Automation
- Proven track record of automation sales and winning project business
- Demonstrate ability to build strong customer relationships, present techno-commercial proposals and define strategies to win.
- Understanding of business drivers, commercial negotiations, and decision-making processes for automation
- Ability to assure mentorship to Sales teams.
- Structure in following up on Pursuits and coordinating communication with Global collaborators and pursuit team members
- French & English fluency to business standard is needed
- Demonstrates the Emerson Values
- Full clean driving license

**Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart**:

- Having a Strategic approach and excelling in project management
- Experience in business development
- Background and/or experience in process automation

**Our Offer to You**:
We understand the importance of work-life balance and are dedicated to supporting our employees' personal and professional needs. From competitive benefits plans and comprehensive medical care to equitable opportunities for growth and development we strive to build a workplace that is encouraging and exciting.

Depending on location, our flexible work from home policy allows you to make the best of your time, by combining quiet home office days with collaborative experiences in t