Are you ready to take charge at the forefront of global sales performance? We're looking for a dynamic leader who turns data into action and inspires teams. This is a key leadership role, combining strategic influence, data-driven decision-making, and people leadership to deliver measurable business impact.
Join a company that values customer focus, curiosity, accountability, and teamwork —qualities that will help you succeed and make a lasting difference.
About the job
You’re responsible for shaping the financial and commercial direction of our global sales organization. You partner with the VP Global Sales and senior leadership to steer profitable growth, enable transparency, and strengthen global performance management. Leading a network of regional business controllers, you deliver market insight, forecast accuracy, and commercial excellence that support our ‘Winning Together’ culture.
Key responsibilities include:
* Acting as a strategic business partner to the Global Sales Leadership Team.
* Being the owner of the sales business planning process, including periodical follow-up.
* Leading and developing the global sales controlling community to ensure alignment and build capability.
* Driving accurate forecasting and planning processes that influence revenue, margin, and cash flow.
* Delivering commercial analytics (pricing, cost-to-serve, customer profitability) to optimize performance.
* Enhancing data-driven insights through tools such as Power BI, SAP, and Workday.
* Ensuring robust financial governance and internal controls while supporting business innovation.
* Motivating and developing a diverse global team to achieve shared objectives.
The location for this position is flexible, and regular international travel is part of the job. You report directly to the Vice President of Global Sales.
Your profile
You’re a dynamic, collaborative, and commercially savvy finance leader who thrives in complex global environments. Operational excellence and transforming financial insights into impactful business actions come naturally to you. Thriving in this role means being decisive, adaptable, and forward-thinking. You inspire trust, champion collaboration, and lead with integrity while driving transformational change across the organization.
Your background includes a Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration and extensive experience in financial controlling or business finance, ideally within a global sales or industrial organization. You combine strong business acumen with advanced technical skills in ERP systems (SAP or Workday) and analytics platforms (Power BI). You have a proven track record of leading international teams in matrix environments and demonstrate outstanding communication and stakeholder management abilities in English—while fluency in additional languages is considered an asset.
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. You’re also welcome to visit our or to get to know us and our products further.