Regional Project Lead

🔥 14 hours ago

🌐 Poland, Germany – Remote

🇵🇱 Poland – Remote 🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Sandvik

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1862

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2022-09

Manufacturing • Mining • Infrastructure

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group that provides innovative solutions aimed at enhancing productivity, profitability, and sustainability within the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries. With a strong focus on engineering and sustainability, Sandvik strives to advance the world through smarter solutions and important shifts. The company is known for its commitment to sustainable practices, innovation, and its supportive policies such as global parental leave. Operating on a global scale, Sandvik continues to be a positive force in shaping the future of industry with expertise and innovation.

📋 Description

• Support Solva Business Development and regional sales in qualifying integrated manufacturing opportunities • Lead or support customer Discovery and Assessment activities covering capability, capacity, process efficiency, operational constraints, service needs, risks, and business opportunity • Translate customer challenges into structured opportunity definitions, value hypotheses, assessment scopes, and proposal inputs • Develop and review budgetary technical proposals, business cases, assumptions, risks, KPIs, and value propositions • Support Statements of Work, commercial discussions, staged deliverables, customer alignment, and transition into delivery execution • Lead and govern complex Solva project delivery through Discovery, Assessment, Proposal, Agreement, Execution, Partnership, and Support • Own execution quality, customer communication, action tracking, milestones, risk management, escalation, and delivery performance • Ensure measurable outcomes in 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 on Solva tools and post-handover ownership • Ensure structured closure, lessons learned, case study capture, and handover to the local Seco organization • Share Solva knowledge and promote consistent use of tools, templates, governance, reporting standards, and customer communication routines • Represent Solva as a senior customer-facing project leader and support customer reviews, business reviews, steering meetings, and strategic account discussions • Maintain visibility of regional project status, risks, workload, pipeline readiness, delivery capacity, and customer impact • Drive project tracking, action logs, dashboards, project files, documentation standards, and performance reporting • Champion safe working practices and ensure compliance with 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

🏖️ Benefits

• Regional and international travel opportunities • Ongoing professional coaching and knowledge sharing • Cross-functional collaboration with Innovation Hub, technical teams, partners, suppliers, and customers • Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement, sustainability, safety, and customer value creation