Global SQEHS Process Lead

Seco Tools LLC; Guanzate; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Seco Tools seeks a Global SQEHS Process Lead to shape and govern our global SQEHS landscape. You will turn strategy into practical workflows, ensuring scalable, user-friendly processes across regions while reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance.

You will lead ISO management systems, drive audits, and coordinate cross-functional improvement programs to enhance governance, compliance, and operational excellence in a multinational setting.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SQEHS, quality management, or process excellence.
• Lead Auditor certification or extensive audit experience.
• Ability to standardize processes and drive global change initiatives.
• Experience using process-management tools such as ARIS or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the global SQEHS process framework.
• Own and coordinate ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, including certification activities.
• Lead and develop the global internal audit network and coordinate external certification audits.
• Monitor process performance and translate regulatory and ISO requirements into practical business solutions.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives, training and awareness activities across the organization.

Skills

Process leadership

Quality management

Stakeholder management

Auditing

Change management

Education

Lead Auditor certification

Tools

ARIS

Job description

Shape how Sustainability, Quality, Environment, Health & Safety (SQEHS) processes support sustainability and operational excellence across Seco’s global organization. Within the Global Quality Assurance organization, we’re looking for an experienced process leader who simplifies complexity, turns strategy into practical ways of working, and drives meaningful change across functions and regions.

About The Job

As Global SQEHS Process Lead, you develop, govern, and continuously improve our global SQEHS process landscape. Working at the intersection of business strategy, management systems, and sustainability, you help make global processes scalable, practical, and easy to use. You report to the Head of Quality Assurance.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the global SQEHS process framework.
• Own and coordinate the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, including certification activities.
• Lead and develop the global internal audit network and coordinate external certification audits.
• Monitor process performance and translate regulatory and ISO requirements into practical business solutions.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives, training and awareness activities across the organization.

Location and flexibility

The position is flexible within Europe, ideally near a Seco or Sandvik site. Regular travel to Sweden and across regions is part of the position for workshops, audits, and improvement activities.

Your profile

You bring extensive experience in SQEHS, quality management, operational excellence, process excellence, or business process management. Comfortable navigating a complex global organization, you understand how to balance governance and compliance requirements with practical business needs.

Your background includes:

• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, as well as management systems and compliance frameworks.
• Lead Auditor certification or extensive audit experience.
• Experience driving process standardization and global change initiatives.
• Experience using process-management tools such as ARIS or a similar platform.
• A proven ability to turn business strategy into scalable, user-focused processes.

You’re independent and accountable, combining strategic thinking with practical execution. You challenge established ways of working constructively, influence without direct authority, and communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Moving confidently between technical detail and broader business discussions, you build collaboration in multicultural environments and view processes as business enablers.

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 usand our products further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact Adrian Cox, hiring manager, [e-mail]

Union contacts – Sweden

• David Romlin, Unionen, [phone]
• Jörgen Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, [phone]
• Benny Christiansen, Ledarna, [phone]

Recruitment Specialist: Therese Rutqvist

At Seco 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.