GM search for industrial power conversion.

Schneider Electric needed a GM for a new industrial power-conversion business unit spanning France, Germany and the US — placed in twelve weeks via confidential retained search.

Schneider Electric was standing up a new industrial power-conversion business unit across France, Germany and the US. The GM hire would set strategy, build the leadership team, and signal credibility to customers before structure existed on paper.

PER ran a confidential retained search across EMEA and North America, targeting P&L leaders from power-electronics and industrial automation backgrounds. Discretion mattered: premature market noise would have complicated relationships Schneider was still forming.

The GM was placed in twelve weeks, with a signed-off shortlist on first presentation and a clean internal announcement. Schneider entered the market with a leader who could hire and sell concurrently — not sequentially.