R&D Manager PLM & Portfolio Management

For Seco Tools, we’re now looking for a committed and adaptable leader to join us as PLM and Portfolio Manager. Are you eager to develop, find new ways of working and unite different areas to build a great team? Then this is a truly exciting role, where your strategic mind and inclusive leadership will become cornerstones in our success. Come join a people company in the machining business!
Your mission
In this position, you´re accountable for the support of all users of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, at Seco. You create and deliver on the roadmap for the PLM system by taking lead in the development, improvement and maintenance of strategies, processes, methods, tools, and support. You also work with quality assurance of the product information in our PLM system, Enovia.
Besides this you are accountable for the product portfolio management and support at Seco, including product and technology development portfolios and our R&D digital project portfolio. Deliveries are assured by continuously analyzing the portfolios output and to plan, drive and deliver the actions needed to improve them. This requires working with processes internally but also to secure collaboration between other main and supporting sub-processes, mainly within one of Seco’s core processes Manage Products & Services.
As manager, you’re responsible for the overall performance and delivery of the team. You engage and mentor the team, and you build a setting where everyone gets the opportunity to focus on their job and grow in their profession, while you address the challenges and make use of our resources the best way possible. You are an active member of the Digital Solutions management team.
The location of this position is Fagersta, Sweden. While your presence and a close dialogue with our employees and Seco HQ is of importance, we also recognize the flexibility of remote working.
Your profile
You are a leader with experience from leading and developing personnel and you have a degree within a relevant field of studies. If you have experience from PMO, PLM and/or process work it’s an advantage. Since we act on the global stage, you have proficient skills in both written and verbal English, while knowledge of Swedish is considered a plus.
Your personal qualities are equally important! Leading a highly skilled, diverse, and ambitious team it’s important that your leadership style is based on high integrity, engagement, and the ability to empower and include people. We need a proven, empathic, highly cognitive, and communicative leader with a founded core of self-awareness and ability to listen to understand others. An integral part in R&D is innovation so your curiosity about and experience from innovation processes and how to embed it throughout an organization is highly valued. Your strategic mindset and strong ability to work with cultural and organizational development in combination with business understanding is important to help us reach new heights.
Our Seco culture
Seco employees across the globe share our family spirit, along with a passion for our customers and a personal commitment to ensure success in everything we do. For us, it’s also clear that our diversities form an amazing foundation for achieving great results. Visit our LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us and our products further.
Application
Send your application no later than May 20, 2022.
As we aim for an open and fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. Shortly after the last application date, you’ll therefore be asked to take a personality and logic ability test.
Read more about us and apply at secotools.com (Job ID: R0039965).
Contact information
For more detailed information about this position, please contact:
Lena Antman, recruiting manager, +46 (0)223-404 65
Union contacts
Monica Andersson, Unionen, +46 (0)223-403 23
Kinga Liljedahl, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)223- 407 68
Benny Christiansen, Ledarna, +46 (0)223- 405 76

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.
Recruitment Specialist
Heidi Pynnönen
At Seco Tools we develop and offer advanced products & solutions that makes metal cutting easier. We work together with our customers to identify and implement the best solutions for their needs. The corporate culture empowers employees thru the shared values: Passion for our customers, Family Spirit, Personal commitment. Seco Tools has presence in more than 75 countries and employs about 4000 people.