Product Specifier

<h3>Company Description</h3><p>As the preferred partner for window and door automation, SOMFY is committed to inspiring new and better ways of living for all. <br/> As a French, family-owned, and independent group, in continuous growth since our creation, we have been world leaders for 50 years and pioneers in home automation. Innovation continuously guides our work and guarantees the excellence of our solutions.<br/> We are present in 59 countries, with eight production sites and 17 R&amp;D centers. We are deeply committed to the well-being of our 7,000 employees, we promote their sustainable employability by promoting internal mobility and developing their skills. We foster diversity and inclusion by building on our strong corporate culture.</p><p> </p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Mission</strong>: Ensures the best functional adequacy of offer to its environment, system by analyzing and translating marketing brief, customer needs and system constraints into functional specifications</p><p><strong>New offer functional specifications: </strong></p><ul><li>based on customers / consumer’s needs, writes &amp; delivers functional specifications making sure they are clear, on time and accessible especially for development teams ;</li><li>respecting system guidelines when existing and maximizing reuse of existing specifications</li><li>voice of the functional specifications in the project team throughout development</li><li>keeps good &amp; open collaboration with engineering &amp; BL teams</li><li>pilot functional analysis and master specifications</li><li>identify functional issues and associated risks</li></ul><p><strong>Functional referent: </strong></p><ul><li>referent for detailed functional questions on the offer internally and towards customers</li><li>keeps end products intimacy (integration constraints and customer’s needs) and up to date overview</li><li>follows evolution of environment, protocols and systems to identify possible impact on its offer</li></ul><p><strong>Competition analysis: </strong></p><ul><li>ensures detailed offer functional analysis based on plan defined with PM</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>engineer with at least 3 years of experience, 5 years preferred (software embedded preferred or hardware electronics/electro mechanics accepted</li><li>product specifications: experience owning the technical specifications of a product/system</li><li>technical (theoretical and practical) mastery in electro mechanics, electronics or software</li><li>professional English (B2)</li><li>functional specification skills</li><li>attention to details / synthetic /</li><li>end user &amp; manufacturer centricity</li><li>team player / networking skills</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><ul><li>great working atmosphere</li><li>an extensive benefits package (private medical care, life insurance, sport cards, meal vouchers)</li><li>appropriate remuneration for the presented skills and experience, annual bonus</li><li>opportunities supported by organization for personal and professional development</li><li>home office and flexible working hours</li><li>permanent employment after the trial period</li><li>travels 10% of time</li></ul><p> </p><p>The protection of personal data of candidates for employment in Somfy Group entities is our commitment. In order to reduce the risks of data security breaches and to guarantee a smooth communication process, we implement the recruitment processes comprehensively through the SmartRecruiters Portal. We therefore ask candidates to send their applications only through secure SmartRecruiters Portal and not by email or postal mail.</p>