Solva Regional Project Lead
Construction, Engineering & Trades · Architecture & Planning · Construction Management · Manufacturing Engineering
In short
Seco søger en Solva Regional Project Lead til at lede leveringen af kundeprojekter fra start til slut. Stillingen indebærer at koordinere tværfaglige teams, opbygge kundeforhold og levere målbare forbedringer inden for produktivitet, kvalitet og bæredygtighed.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of customer projects, from agreed scope through execution, partnership, support, closure, and handover.
- Coordinate cross-functional expertise to deliver measurable improvements in productivity, quality, cost, capacity, sustainability, and long-term supportability.
- Translate manufacturing challenges into structured opportunities and measurable outcomes.
- Contribute to customer Discovery and Assessment, opportunity qualification, value cases, technical proposals, Statements of Work, risks, KPIs, and alignment.
- Own execution quality, governance, customer communication, milestones, escalation, closure, and sustainable handover.
- Share practical Solva knowledge with local teams to strengthen delivery capability and local ownership.
- Promote consistent use of Solva tools, templates, project governance, reporting standards, customer communication routines, and action tracking.
- Represent Solva as a senior customer-facing project leader engaging technical, operational, commercial, and senior management stakeholders.
- Champion safe working practices for customer-site assessments, trials, project implementation, partner involvement, and travel.
- Ensure project work follows customer requirements, Seco procedures, the Sandvik Code of Conduct, legal obligations, quality expectations, and environmental responsibilities.
Requirements
- Demonstrated project leadership capability, including cross-functional coordination, stakeholder alignment, action management, and structured handover.
- Proven ability to operate across the full Solva lifecycle from Discovery and Assessment through Proposal, Agreement, Execution, Partnership, Support, and handover.
- Strong manufacturing engineering knowledge covering machining, tooling, programming, process optimisation, cost per part, OEE, quality, and production stability.
- Advanced project governance, risk management, customer communication, action tracking, reporting, prioritisation, resource coordination, and escalation management.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams without direct authority, manage conflict, and align contributors around customer and business outcomes.
- Strong digital literacy, data analysis, commercial awareness, innovation mindset, and confidence using CRM, project tracking tools, dashboards, and Microsoft 365.
- Fluent written and spoken English; additional regional languages are advantageous.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, project management, or a related technical or commercial field, or equivalent relevant industry and leadership experience.
- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, technical project leadership, business development support, industrial solutions, application engineering, or a related customer-facing technical environment.
- Proven experience leading complex customer projects and coordinating cross-functional technical contributors without direct line-management responsibility.
- Strong experience in machining process improvement, tooling strategy, production engineering, CAD/CAM, fixtures, partner coordination, or manufacturing optimisation.
- Experience in value-based, consultative, or solution-selling environments, linking technical recommendations to measurable business outcomes.
- Experience working with regional or global teams, customers, suppliers, and strategic partners.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365, CRM systems, project tracking tools, reporting dashboards, proposal writing, and structured project documentation.
- Fluent English and a valid passport with willingness and ability to travel regionally and internationally; additional languages are advantageous.
Desired Qualifications
- Project Management, Agile, PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or manufacturing excellence certification is desirable.
Benefits
- Opportunity to lead the delivery of customer projects and drive manufacturing transformation.
- Work with a global metal cutting and machining solutions provider with a strong heritage in innovation.
- Focus on sustainability at the heart of how we work.
- Develop trusted customer relationships and help deliver measurable improvements.
- Contribute to customer success without direct line-management responsibility.
- Support from a global project manager.
- Travel regionally and internationally.
Skills
Project ManagementManufacturing EngineeringRisk ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementMicrosoft 365CRMCAD/CAMLean Six Sigma
#Project Management#Manufacturing#Engineering#Solutions Provider#Customer Projects#Productivity Improvement#Cost Reduction#Quality Improvement#Process Optimization#Sustainability
About Sandvik
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024, the Sandvik Group had approximately 41,000 employees, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 123 billion.
Company
SandvikJob Posted
2 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Troy, United States of America
Mebane, United States of America
Sacramento, United States of America
Topeka, United States of America
Qualification
Bachelor
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