M365 Platform Owner

Sonepar Canada, Inc.; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transport pass reimbursement 75%

Restaurant card (Swile)

Gym facilities for employees

Sustainable mobility package

Health insurance & Welfare

Employee savings plan & profit sharing

Job summary

Sonepar is seeking a M365 Platform Owner to define the vision, strategy and governance for a global Microsoft 365 platform, aligning with Group IT and business priorities. You will drive value, KPIs and adoption across international OpCos, while ensuring secure operations and a centralized platform.

This hybrid role based in Paris requires strong leadership, experience with M365 managed services, and fluency in English and French.

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning and scaling a Microsoft 365 platform in an international environment.
• Experience with M365 Managed Services and Adoption implementations.
• Managing global external service providers.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management.
• Fluent in English and French; Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define the M365 vision, strategy, governance, and value across the Group IT and business priorities.
• Ensure reliable day-to-day operations, security, and risk management for the platform.
• Steer end-to-end delivery of the M365 project portfolio with cross-entity coordination.
• Drive adoption, community engagement, and ecosystem management with internal teams and partners.

Skills

M365 expertise

Leadership

Global mindset

Implementation track record

Communication – English & French

Vendor management

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

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Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services. In 2024, Sonepar achieved sales of €32.5 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.

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 probation period

Benefits that await you:

The role

- Your daily activities will be interesting, stimulating and varied... No two days are alike!

The organisation

- You'll be part of the Sonepar family and share the same values!

The culture

- You'll be working in an international environment.

The team

- Our dynamic, multidisciplinary, open-minded and talented team is eager to welcome additional skills to continue to meet the challenge.

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