About E’NERGYS Group

E’NERGYS (France) is a leading company in the energetic transition sector. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SOCOMEC, which has 4,200 employees and had sales of over CAD 1.2 billion in 2023.

The E’NERGYS Group offers its customers a complete value chain of services linked to energetic performance and optimization of the water cycle.

E’NERGYS has 260 collaborators across 6 entities and generates CAD 70 million in sales with an annual growth rate of 20%.

The Group combines the expertise of energy, water, and digital specialists to encourage its customers to commit to energy efficiency and take responsibility for preserving the planet. Their solutions help manufacturers, building managers, and local authorities meet the challenges posed by sustainable development and the energetic and digital transitions.

Culture, Mission, and Values

When you join E’NERGYS, you become a part of a group that is both ambitious and focused on human connections. You’ll be able to take concrete actions on the challenges that will shape tomorrow’s world, develop your expertise while ensuring our customers’ satisfaction, and work in a safe environment with a strong sense of teamwork.

At E’NERGYS, innovation is at the core of our business. We’re constantly finding new ways to combine our traditional knowledge with the latest digital tools to stay ahead of the curve.

Our managers are dedicated to recruiting new talent and managing skills proactively. They do this by providing a dynamic and supportive management structure that encourages growth and development.

Description

As part of the structuring of the Group and the concentration around our “core energy” Activities, the creation of a COO function directly reporting to the CEO has become essential.

As the CEO’s right hand, the COO is responsible for supervising all operations of the Activities under his responsibility. The COO participates in the deployment of the strategy, contributes to growth opportunities of the Activities, and guarantees operational performance with the support of the Activity Directors.

Their understanding of operational and commercial issues in the water and energy sectors, their motivation to meet the challenges ahead, and their organizational skills will enable them to guide and support the company’s growth.

Main Responsibilities

Participate in defining and deploying core business strategy

• In coordination with General Management and Strategic Marketing, participate in the definition of the strategic orientations for the Energy scope: Strategic Areas of Activities, offers, organization, and future skills.
• Implement the strategy, and coordinate its deployment with the Activities Directors, production teams, and all stakeholders under his responsibility.
• Ensure effective internal communication of the company’s strategy to the teams.

Guarantee operational performance

• Industrialize production: develop, implement, and improve internal processes in business units.
• Define and organize planning standards and methods, including forecasts.
• Implement and monitor performance indicators linked to operations in conjunction with management control.
• Implement the necessary actions in the event of deviations in the execution of operations, and make proposals for continuous improvement (processes, tools, etc.).
• Guarantee compliance with commitments: deadlines, costs, and quality.

Contribute to technical pre-sales

• Participate in proposal reviews and pre-sales processes for significant projects.
• Ensure that technical resources are made available for significant projects.

Guarantee economic performance

• Ensure the monitoring of performance indicators of Activities.
• Participate in monthly Business Reviews and ensure implementation of action plans.
• Prepare financial analyses with management control before transmission to DGA.

Activity management

• Define, implement, and develop the organization of Activities.
• Guarantee the safety of employees as part of the operations process (QSE).
• Define leadership sequences and managerial routines within the team and Activities.
• Ensure the development of employee skills and career paths (lead people reviews) in conjunction with practice managers and the HR function.
• Set up a skill map for each BU to secure knowledge sharing and ensure versatility.

Steering R&D and innovation projects

• Implement the annual research and innovation roadmap approved by the DGA and manage R&D budgets.
• Supervise the production of the elements necessary for grant and research tax credit procedures.
• Ensure that technological monitoring is carried out in each business unit.

Summary of the strategic vision of the role

Corporate Vision and Ambition:

• The strategic vision was drawn up with anticipation of challenges and opportunities.
• Objective to maintain agility while building a more robust structure.

The Key Role of the COO:

• Guarantor of the balance between agility and robustness of the structure
• Lead the company towards operational maturity, while maintaining speed, flexibility, and innovation.

Growth and Expansion:

• Double sales from €25m to €50m by 2025, reaching €70m by 2028.
• Increase Activities from 4 to 6 within the same timeframe.
• Lead the company’s expansion in North America, with an initial focus on Canada.

Evolution of the Business Model:

• Manage the transition to solutions with a high rate of recurrence.
• Manage an investment envelope of €15 to €20 million over 18 months.

Values and Qualities:

• Sharing the company’s fundamental values: trust, anticipation, team spirit, curiosity.
• Embodying these values in strategies and actions.
• Sharing the company’s fundamental values: trust, anticipation, team spirit, curiosity.
• Embodying these values ​​in strategies and actions.

Partnership with CEO:

• Establish a strategic and operational partnership with the CEO.
• Provide operational security for the CEO, enabling him to focus on the long-term vision.

Professional Challenge:

• In search of a leader ready to take on unique and stimulating challenges.
• Ability to lay the foundations for explosive growth and guide external growth projects.

Work Environment:

• Preparedness to face challenges inherent to rapid growth.
• Build a strong relationship of trust with the CEO and teams to achieve and surpass set objectives.

Required Qualifications

Training

• University degree in engineering or commerce

Professional Experience

• A minimum of 15 years experience in an executive management position (sales, operations, exploitation)
• Experience in the field of energetic transition/efficiency
• Experience within a service delivery environment

Competencies

• Strong aptitude for team management and change management
• Bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written

Specific Abilities

• Demonstrate strong, unifying leadership
• Strong, action-oriented decision-making skills
• Excellent ability to handle pressure and willingness to excel
• Demonstrates great intellectual and technophile curiosity
• Ability to stand back and anticipate technological developments
• Customer-oriented and results-driven
• Innovative and agile strategic vision
• Proven performance management skills
• Ability to adapt to different types of projects and environments

Among the challenges of the role

Please note that the position will be based in Strasbourg, France, for an estimated period of 2 to 3 years, to enable the COO to fully grasp and immerse himself in the company’s culture. You will also be required to travel regularly to E’NERGYS sites in France.

Thereafter, the role will become an integral part of the team in Canada, enabling the person to continue realizing the company’s vision for its North American development.

• E’NERGYS is looking for a COO capable of embodying the vision and developing it on a long-term basis.
• The rapid understanding of our DNA and the acculturation offered, with a period of integration within our various entities, will be two essential elements in the success of your first months.
• The quality of your relations with the company’s management and the trust you will be able to establish will be decisive.

Why Join E’NERGYS

• This strategic role within E’nergys will support the company’s general management in its reorganization, expansion, and growth.
• Opportunity to work closely with management in France, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the company’s vision, values, and strategy while bringing your knowledge of the Canadian North American markets to the table
• Notoriety in the field of Global and Sustainable Performance.
• Participate in the mission of an innovative, eco-responsible, and socially responsible company, while having an impact on future societal and economic challenges.

Compensation

• Excellent employment remuneration including base salary, bonus, and profit-sharing program
• Salary package: includes competitive benefits according to the best market standards
• Competitive bonus
• Shareholding (based on results achieved and following validation by E’NERGYS General Management).
• Other benefits: health and dental care, medical insurance, vacation, pension plans, etc.

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