Director Standardized Product Offer

Are you ready to lead innovation and drive strategic impact together with us At Seco were looking for a visionary and experienced Director of Standardized Product Offer to take charge of our product portfolio. A key role in influencing the future of machining by aligning product strategies accelerating time-to-market and ensuring our offerings deliver exceptional value to customers worldwide.

This is your opportunity to join a people-centric company that thrives on curiosity responsibility customer focus and winning together.

About the job

In this position you lead our Standardized Product Offer function managing a team of six managers. You ensure that our product categories are aligned competitive and profitable driving growth through lifecycle management market analysis and cross-brand collaboration within Sandvik Machining. By analyzing market segments and identifying gaps you guide innovation and ensure our offerings meet evolving customer needs. You define and communicate long-term product strategies set global gross profit targets as well as ensuring consistency in specifications pricing and customer value propositions across all portfolios

Your responsibilities include:

• Providing strategic oversight of all standard product portfolios.
• Defining market segments and conducting GAP analyses.
• Sponsoring and prioritizing new product development.
• Managing development budgets and optimizing resource allocation.

You report to the Vice President of Offer and Innovation. The location for this position is flexible within Europe and regular travel is part of the job.

Your profile

Were looking for a senior leader with extensive experience in strategic and tactical planning ideally within the metal cutting or manufacturing industries. You have a strong business acumen and a proven track record of leading leaders. Skills in stakeholder project and portfolio management are needed as is a broad understanding and knowledge of the industry and its business. Your background includes a university degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience. Acting in a global environment calls for fluency in English both verbally and in writing.

While your background is essential were equally interested in your soft skills youre structured analytical and highly collaborative. You bring energy independence and a sense of urgency to everything you do. Being curious and open to new ideas youre not afraid to challenge the status quo. You know how to prioritize make things happen and inspire your team to do the same.

Our Seco culture

At Seco were united by a spirit of collaboration and a shared curiosity to learn and grow. We take responsibility for our actions stay focused on our customers and believe in winning together. For us its clear that our different backgrounds experiences and perspectives form an amazing foundation for achieving great results.

Contact information

For further information about this position please contact:

Gabriella Huss Executive Talent Acquisition Expert

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Hiring Manager

Mia Bkmark VP Product Offer & Innovation

Union contacts Sweden

• David Romlin Unionen 46 (0)70-
• Suncana Bandalo Akademikerfreningen 46 (0)70-
• Benny Christiansen Ledarna 46 (0)70-

At Seco we value a healthy work-life balance and will be away on summer vacation for a few weeks during July and August. Therefore it will be more difficult to reach us during this period of time and the recruitment process will need longer time than usual due to this pause. We hope for your understanding and look forward to engaging coming back in mid-August to proceed with the recruitment.

How to apply

Send us your application no later than August 10 2025. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we dont accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0081035. This job ad is aimed for those currently working within the Sandvik Group.

Our recruitment process is open and fair we welcome all applicants and evaluate every unique application in line with the specified requirements profile to find the best match for the position. To learn more about our recruitment process please visit our career site or contact HR Services at