Global Inventory Lead

Are you ready to shape the future of inventory management on a global scale As our Global Inventory Lead, you play a pivotal role in developing and executing strategies that optimize stock levels, improve efficiency, and strengthen financial performance across regions. This is an exciting opportunity to influence decision-making, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable results that drive business success.

Shortly About Us

We're transforming into a unified, intelligent supply chain that anticipates needs, empowers people, and drives profitable growth. This is a step toward creating a world-class customer experience through streamlined processes, advanced analytics, and sustainable logistics. By modernizing technology and fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture, we're building an end-to-end supply chain that delivers reliability, transparency, and efficiency.

About The Job

In this position, you're responsible for developing and executing strategies to optimize global inventory levels, reduce working capital, and improve cash flow across our organization. You collaborate with supply chain and cross-functional teams, including finance, product owners, manufacturing, and sales, to drive inventory efficiency, minimize obsolescence, and ensure alignment with business and customer needs. You report to the Head of Global Planning.

Key responsibilities include :

• Leading global inventory strategy to optimize stock levels across regions and business units.
• Monitoring and managing inventory KPIs, including Days in Inventory (DII), Obsolete and slow-moving inventory (DSMI).
• Partnering with demand planning, supply planning, and logistics to ensure inventory availability while minimizing holding costs.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and assessing a wide range of inventory policies and controls.
• Revising inventory segmentation and stocking policies to balance service levels and cost.
• Leading benchmarking initiatives and implementing best practices to reduce working capital tied up in inventory.
• Acting as a global point of contact for inventory ownership and NWC initiatives, aligning finance, procurement, manufacturing, and sales teams.

The location for this position is globally flexible, preferably close to one of our sites – such as Fagersta & Stockholm (Sweden), Guanzate (Italy), Pune (India), Bourges & Bouxwiller (France), Lottum (Netherlands), Ciechanow (Poland) or Reynoldsville (US).

Your profile

We're looking for someone with experience in inventory management and working capital optimization in a global context. You're skilled in analyzing end-to-end cash conversion cycles, interpreting inventory-related components, and using KPIs such as DSO (Days of Sales Outstanding), DPO (Days of Payables Outstanding), and DII. You're comfortable working with financial data and translating insights into actionable strategies. Acting in a global environment calls for fluency in English.

You're a strong communicator and collaborator who thrives in cross-functional environments. You have a proactive mindset, the ability to influence stakeholders, and a talent for driving alignment across diverse teams. Problem-solving and strategic thinking come naturally to you, and you're motivated by delivering measurable improvements.

Our Seco culture

At Seco, we're 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, it's also clear that our diversities form an amazing foundation for achieving great results. Curious about our workplace and benefits Read more on our website. You're also welcome to visit our LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us and our products further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact Ida Hedman, Director Supply Chain Planning & Logistics, [HIDDEN TEXT]

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Union contacts – Sweden

Recruitment Specialist : Therese Rutqvist

How To Apply

This recruitment has an ongoing selection process, please send your application as soon as possible, and no later than November 30, 2025. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don't accept applications by e-mail. Job ID : R0085636.

For more information about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services at [HIDDEN TEXT].

At Seco Tools we develop and offer advanced products & solutions that make metal cutting easier. We work together with our customers to identify and implement the best solutions for their needs. The corporate culture empowers employees through shared values : Curiosity, Responsibility, Winning together and Customer focus. Seco Tools has a presence in more than 75 countries and employs about 4000 people.

Skills Required

Inventory Management