Do you, just as us, think that great communication is key to effective results and want to take on a leading role within communications and sustainability; setting the directions and frames on how we should keep deliver excellent quality in all we do? Then this is the opportunity for you!

At Sandvik Group we’re currently looking for an Executive Vice President and Head of Communications and Sustainability. We hold market leading positions in our industries, and you now have the chance to be part of our journey of making the shift and advancing the world through engineering.

About the job

Heading our Group Communications and Sustainability function, you ensure efficient and qualitative ways of working with communication across the Group, focusing on providing business value and establishing a strong organization, including budget and resource planning. You ensure that your team is a center of excellence and work to continuously leverage the competence across the Group. As your responsibility includes managing and developing the Sandvik brand, our common communication platforms and all Group channels and content, you also support our businesses, our multi-brand portfolio and separate brands. Part of your responsibility will be to support the communication of our shift to growth strategy, maintaining high employee engagement, a consistent tone-of-voice and an honest and trustful communication throughout all activities and channels, internal as well as external. You work with our executive management, business areas, investor relations and other parts of our decentralized organization in key projects and manage our strategic communication, company narrative and equity story. This also includes press and media relations, crisis- and change communication.

You’re responsible for the development and anchoring of designated policies, procedures and governance, as well as our overall communication strategy, direction and frameworks – ensuring that everything supports our business strategy, goals, purpose and core values. As you lead our Group Communications Management team and the Communications Council where our business areas are represented, you continuously work to develop our organization, collaboration forums, and ways of working, ensuring operational excellence, a fair brand perception and an engaging communication.

It’s safe to say that you have the opportunity to make your mark on and deliver best-in-class communication across our entire company!

You report directly to our CEO and are part of our Group Executive Management (GEM), where you provide strategic communication advice. The location for this position is preferably Stockholm, Sweden. International travel is a natural part of your job. 
 

Your background and characteristics

We need a senior communication professional with broad skills and solid management and leadership experience. You have an extensive background within internal and external communications, where you’ve acquired good skills and knowledge of branding, brand governance and marketing challenges – preferably at a publicly listed, international engineering company. You’re excellent at managing senior stakeholders and industry experts, supporting brand development, and engaging on all levels in a decentralized organization. Your expertise in communication channels, platforms and tools are perfect for this position and with your knowledge you’re able to leverage operational excellence and efficiency in communication – both internally and externally. We believe that your knowledge is backed by a university degree in Communication or Journalism, or you have gained the equivalent knowledge from work or other education. Acting in a truly global company calls for excellent skills in English, both verbally and in writing.

With your strategic mindset and a strong interest in leading and developing both teams and individuals, you have a good foundation for thriving in this role. You’re confident – both in your social skills and your knowledge – and you have no problem in making decisions and taking initiatives. The ability to plan, organize and prioritize your own work as well as the work of others in an efficient manner are great assets in this role. With an inclusive and honest leadership style, you steer your team towards finding innovative solutions helping us to create effective and to the point communication all over our global organization.  

Our Sandvik culture

Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group with a decentralized way of working and a culture where we encourage customer value focus, innovation, fair play, continuous improvements and strong performance. For us, it is clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background forms a solid foundation for achieving great results. Learn more about our business by visiting or website, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Application

We have ongoing selections and interviews for this recruitment. Send your application as soon as possible and no later than March 12, 2023. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0051983).

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:

Sofie Mälstad, Executive Talent Acquisition Expert, +46 (0) 72 586 76 86

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Hiring Manager

Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik Group