About Julia Hilton

    Education

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Management

• University of Missouri, Rolla, 2005

Master of Business Administration

• University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2009

PMP certified Project Management Professional

Student Body President

• UMR Student Council, 2003-2005

Inducted into Engineering Management Academy

• Missouri S&T 2023

     BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, NAM Operations 

Vice President, Strategy NAM Operations, 2023 – present

• Executive role leading a cross-functional team of 100 regional and global employees and 10 consultants to scope opportunity and investment needs to support Made in America transformative growth initiatives

Vice President, Lean Office, NAM Operations, 3/2021 –2/2023

• Executive role leading a NAM team of 10 employees and 95 practitioners to realize waste removal including €10M in structural savings, time savings and cost avoidance

Vice President, Category Management, Global Transactional and Edge Line of Business, 2/2020 – 3/2021

• Executive role leading a global team of 15 employees to commercial success with Secure Power Transactional and Edge Line of Business, a €1.5B business.

Vice President, Strategic Operations, Global Data Center Systems (DCS), 1/2017 – 1/2020

• Executive role leading a global team of 20 employees supporting digital marketing, data science, program management, operations and purchasing for Secure Power Data Center Systems, a €1.3B business.

Site Leader, O’Fallon, MO Campus, 2016 – 2019

• Rotating leadership role driving site collaboration, cost management and site representation, internally and externally.

Director, Portfolio & Strategy Management, Global IT Channel & Data Center, 4/2015-12/2016

• Team Leadership role leading business strategy development, strategy implementation, portfolio investment evaluations of roadmap and program management governance for new product development.

    BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Director, Project Portfolio Office, Global Secure Power Strategy & Marketing, 2012 – 3/2015

• Team leadership role responsible for building portfolio and project management toolset, process governance and the team to align business results with stakeholder commitments.

Senior Business Process Analyst, Global Secure Power Sales Enablement, 2009-2011

• Individual contributor role with heavy management by influence, responsible for driving sales efficiency and effectiveness through sales and configuration tools. Senior Product Manager, Global Secure Power Server Access, 2008-2009
• Individual contributor role managing $10M offer portfolio of Rack LCD, KVM Switches and Console Port Servers. Set product roadmap strategy and offer requirements to improve profitability.

AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION (Acquired by Schneider Electric 2/2007)

Global Product Marketing Manager, 2006-2008

• Individual contributor role charged with delivering offer marketing strategy for $70M offer portfolio including NetBotz, Network Management Card and Server Access product lines.

DEERE & COMPANY

Product Planner, John Deere Power Systems Marketing, Waterloo, Iowa, 2005 – 2006

• Individual contributor role charged with gathering and interpreting customer feedback and market research to define future product roadmap. Liaised amongst marketing, sales, and engineering to communicate product requirements for development programs.

     COMMUNITY SERVICE

STEM Mentor, TryEngineering e-Mentor, 2022-present

Cookie Coordinator, Girl Scouts 2022 - present