Sales and Operational Planning Manager

The Supply Chain Operations at Seco Tools HQ in Fagersta is in on an exciting transformation journey, and we’re right now looking for a Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Manager to join us in bringing our function into the future! Are you looking for your next challenge – a position where you get to work with global contacts and build an extensive network? Then we suggest you keep reading!

Your mission
As S&OP Manager, you have the total inventory ownership of our S&OP process; handling demand planning and inventory planning, as well as making sure that we optimize the balance between service and cost. To drive operational excellence, you contribute in executing strategical and tactical directions, and you influence and negotiate with other parts of the business to support, implement and maintain center led logistics recommendations and decisions. Together with your team, you set the requirements towards the DC-structure in order to meet our customer expectations from a warehousing point of view. You’re also responsible for the forecasting process of finished products, and you aim to increase quality of our S&OP process by enabling cross functional collaborations.

In this position, you lead and inspire a team, and you make sure we have the right competences for advancement. The preferred job location is Fagersta, as that’s where your team are based. Some travel is a natural part of your job.

Your profile
We’re looking for someone with a degree within relevant field, such as Business Management or Logistics, and a few years’ experience from leading and managing diverse teams. You’re a skilled Excel and PowerPoint user, and knowledge of ERP systems is a plus. Since we act both locally and globally, you need fluent skills in English and Swedish.

To be part of our Seco family, we believe that you truly enjoy taking the lead, and you use your convincing and inspiring communication skills to leave a positive impact; creating strong relationships with people around you. You’re an analytical thinker and easily comprehend details, and your curiosity and drive allow you to see possibilities and motivate change with an open mind – making you a valuable asset to your coworkers and our business as a whole!

Our Seco culture 
All 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 October 22, 2021. Read more about Seco Tools and apply at www.secotools.com (Job ID: R0032516). As we aim for an open and fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. As a first step, you’ll therefore be asked to take a personality and logic test after the last application date.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact the recruiting manager:
Erik Fredriksson, Director of Supply Chain Planning and Logistics, +46 (0)70 249 49 20

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
Johnny Sjöstrand

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