I korthet
Seco is seeking a Solva Regional Project Lead to manage the complete lifecycle of customer projects, from initial scope to final handover. This role involves coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver measurable improvements in manufacturing efficiency, quality, cost, and sustainability. The position requires strong project leadership and manufacturing engineering expertise, with a focus on driving customer value and fostering collaboration.
Ansvarsområden
- Lead and govern complex Solva project delivery in line with the Solva Way of Working.
- Ensure projects deliver measurable outcomes across productivity, cost per part, quality, process stability, capacity, sustainability, and long-term supportability.
- Coordinate Innovation Hub, application engineering, machining specialists, partners, suppliers, and local Seco teams.
- Coach local Technical Sales Engineers, Account Managers, and Application Engineers to use Solva tools and sustain ownership after handover.
- Represent Solva as a senior customer-facing project leader.
- Maintain visibility of regional Solva project status, risks, workload, pipeline readiness, delivery capacity, and customer impact.
- Champion safe working practices for customer-site assessments, trials, project implementation, partner involvement, and travel.
Krav
- 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.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Valid passport with willingness and ability to travel regionally and internationally.
Önskade kvalifikationer
- 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.
- Project Management, Agile, PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or manufacturing excellence certification is desirable.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365, CRM systems, project tracking tools, reporting dashboards, proposal writing, and structured project documentation.
- Additional regional languages are advantageous.
Förmåner
- Flexible location within South Europe.
- Opportunity to lead complex customer projects and shape the future of manufacturing.
- Work with global teams and strategic partners.
- Contribute to continuous improvement, safety, collaboration, and customer value creation.
- Role involves extensive regional travel.
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