M365 Platform Owner F/M

Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services . In 2025, Sonepar achieved sales of €33.6 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers’ lives easier providing them with an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets.

Sonepar’s 46,000 associates are committed to accelerating the world’s electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations.

The Role

Microsoft 365 (M365) is the Group’s common collaboration platform, serving all Operating Companies within an international and decentralized model. In a context of rapidly evolving ways of working (hybrid work, cross-entity collaboration, security, compliance, delegation, and multi-entity governance), the M365 Platform Owner is responsible for evolving, industrializing, and driving adoption of the platform to support new collaboration practices and address the challenges of a centralized platform.

Key Responsibilities

1) Vision, Strategy, Governance & Value

• Own the M365 vision and roadmap aligned with Group IT and business priorities.
• Drive governance, KPIs, executive alignment, and business cases while ensuring value creation, benefits realization, and measurable impact across productivity, compliance, and simplification.

2) Platform Operations & Technical Control

• Ensure reliable and secure day‑to‑day operations of M365, including ITSM, SLA, and 24x7 support when required.
• Define and control the target architecture, manage technical risks and debt, and maintain strong alignment with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Identity, Network, and Data teams.

3) Delivery, Projects & Delegation

• Steer the M365 project and deployment portfolio end‑to‑end, ensuring quality, budget, timeline, and scope.
• Coordinate Business and IT across OpCos and define delegation models and guardrails to enable local autonomy within a centralized platform.

4) Adoption, Community & Ecosystem Management

• Drive adoption and change management through communication, training, and gamification.
• Animate an international Champions Community and manage the M365 ecosystem, including budget ownership and relationships with Microsoft and service partners.

The Experience You Bring

• M365 Platform Owner Expertise: Proven experience owning and scaling a Microsoft 365 platform in a complex, international environment, with deep understanding on Microsoft partnership execution as well as licensing model.
• Leadership: Proven experience leading technical or functional internal & external teams to align with business roadmaps and governance policies.
• Global Mindset: Ability to work effectively with decentralized teams dispersed across multiple international locations.
• Implementation Track Record: Experience with M365 Managed Services and Adoption implementations and managing global external service providers.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills; fluent in English and French. Spanish is a plus

What Success Looks Like

• A fully leveraged platform that supports group-wide visibility and associates’ productivity.
• High internal stakeholder satisfaction through measured IT service performance.
• A clear, long‑term vision to provide the best in class & secured collaboration experience across Sonepar.

Work Mode & Location

• Hybrid: 3 days in Paris (8ème) after the trial period

Benefits that await you

• 75% reimbursement of your monthly or annual transport pass.
• Swile Ticket restaurant card
• Gym exclusively reserved for the company and made available to employees free of charge.
• Sustainable mobility package
• Health insurance & Welfare
• Employee Savings Plan & Profit Sharing Bonus.

Recruitment process

• Interview with a Talent Acquisition Manager
• Hiring manager's interview
• SVP interview
• Final HR interview

Interested candidates should submit their CV and cover letter explaining their qualifications and interest in this role. Please highlight specific examples of M365 platform management, council or community leadership, and successful collaboration across international teams.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description. Don't hold back because you feel you don't tick every box. At Sonepar, we value your skills, your passion and if your career journey has had remarkable twists and turns, it only adds to your unique story. We ensure we create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for their uniqueness. Regardless of physical abilities, office requirements, gender, sexual orientation, academic backgrounds or other diversity dimensions, every position at Sonepar is open to individuals who share our core values and engagements. We aim to ensure our job listings resonate with everyone and truly represent the diversity we embrace and we are proud to have the GEEIS Label (Gender Equality for European & International Standard) and to be partner of AGEFIPH (Association de Gestion du Fonds pour l’Insertion Professionnelle des Personnes Handicapées)

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