Job Description:
Step up to join the World’s Most Sustainable Company-
Senior leadership position, Services focus, multi-state remit
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Melbourne location –senior salary package + bonus + vehicle + benefits
About Us
Schneider Electric is a global energy technology leader, driving efficiency and sustainability by electrifying, automating, and digitalizing industries, businesses, and homes. Its technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, enhancing performance, resilience, and sustainability. The portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-defined architectures, AI-powered systems, digital services, and expert advisory. With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric is consistently ranked among the world’s most sustainable companies.
In 2025 we were named in Australia’s top 101 workplaces for women by WORK180 and we were also recognised as the World’s Most Sustainable Corporation for 2025 by Corporate Knights. We are a truly global organisation, with Group Revenue of €38 billion in 2024 and 150,000+ employees spread across 100+ countries.
The Team
Our diverse Services business provides 24/7 servicing for: hospitals, utilities, data centers, support for the resources sector and just about everything in-between. Our Schneider Electric portfolio covers UPS, critical cooling equipment, LV/MV switchgear, transformers, substation monitoring as well as a wide range of ancillary equipment. We enable owners, end users and custodians to minimise breakdowns, increase reliability, efficiency and safety while reducing costs and simplifying operations.
Your Opportunity
Come and join us and take the next step in your career as our next Regional Operations Manager. Based in Melbourne and encompassing multiple states (VIC, SA, TAS), you will lead an experienced team of specialists within our specialist Services operations, driving ongoing growth and contributing to our success as you join a market leading brand and the World’s Most Sustainable Company!
This is a rarely available career opportunity, perfect for the experienced leader who is driven by purpose and aligned to our values. As a senior leader you will make an impact from day one, driving the ongoing growth of our Services operations, balancing a variety of operational priorities and ensuring that we continue to focus on achieving our longer-term strategic objectives.
As part of the team at Schneider Electric, you will enjoy the backing of our passionate leadership group, the support of various specialist functions and the opportunity to collaborate with other global specialists within a culture that is all about our people. With the resources to succeed, you will also enjoy flexible hybrid working arrangements and all the benefits you’d expect from a truly global organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Operations: play a hands-on leadership role to ensure that we are delivering Customer focused outcomes, ensuring a high level of regional performance in relation to relevant KPI’s and maintaining a strategic approach to other broader business objectives. This will also include relevant Financials and other commercial requirements as part of a truly global organisation.-
Leadership: this is a pivotal leadership position where you will lead, coach and motivate a variety of passionate teams including: Service Delivery Managers, Service Representatives, Engineers and other stakeholder groups that you will interact with at a senior level.
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Customers: act as a central point of contact across your designated Region as you operate in a dynamic organisational context, defined by ongoing growth and diverse Customers who place a high-demand on our specialist expertise.
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Health, Safety and Environment: play a proactive and visible leadership role within the high-risk environments in which we operate, going above compliance to ensure the well-being of our employees and other stakeholder groups.
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Stakeholder Partnerships: ensure you are proactively collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders that will be key to your success – this will include; Planning, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, HS&E, Contractors and other specialist functions.
(External) English Qualifications:
About You
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Relevant tertiary qualifications coupled with proven experience in a similar leadership position that has seen you successfully manage multi-site / multi-region operations.
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Strong depth of relevant skills and experience across business operations, people leadership and Customer (able to travel across your regions when required).
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Commercial in your approach with a diverse mix of proven skills (Finance, P&L, Contractor Management, Tendering, Human Resources, IR etc.).
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Proven ability to collaborate with a variety of specialist functions and achieve outcomes through people.
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Those with any postgraduate qualifications will be viewed favourably, as will those with a relevant technical background – UPS, Cooling, Power Systems, LV, MV, HV etc.
All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for Interview.
Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.
Apply Now! Do not miss this rarely available career opportunity.
Benefits of Working for Schneider Electric
We offer all our employees a chance to build your career within our global organisation. With our game changing ‘Career Hub’ you have the opportunity to; work on global projects, explore future roles or establish a mentorship to grow your skills. The opportunities are at your fingertips.
Additionally, we offer all our employees a chance to build your career within our global organisation. With our game changing ‘Career Hub’ you have the opportunity to; work on global projects, explore future roles or establish a mentorship to grow your skills. The opportunities are at your fingertips.
Flex@Work – a proactive, supportive and inclusive approach to flexible work options-
FREE access to Coursera – online University to support your ongoing development
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Fitness Passport – focus on your health and wellbeing
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Share program with the option to participate and receive discounts and contributions
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Annual Leave purchasing options to ensure you have flexibility in your downtime
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Discounts at major vendors such as; Clipsal, JB-HiFi and Hoyts just to name a few through our employee rewards schemes
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Ongoing training and development on an expanding portfolio of Schneider products
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Join the World’s Most Sustainable Company and known as a market leader
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Named as one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026
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Be part of an organisation that lives it’s Values through Care and Inclusion
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(External) English Company Boiler Plate:
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
