Do you share our belief that great communication is key to create high engagement and effective results and want to take on a leading role within the field; 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 a Vice President of Corporate Communications and Brand. 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. Joining our Group Communications and Sustainability function, you get to work with the mission to leverage commitment and engagement for our global businesses through excellent corporate communication planning and activities.

About the job

In this position, you’re a key player in our communication planning and execution, and in ensuring that it supports our business strategy, goals, purpose, and core values. Creating brand pride and commitment is always on your agenda and by building yourself a good understanding of our current business situation you know what to prioritize to reach our set goals. In this managerial role, you’re a critical part of the team who’s improving employee engagement throughout our organization – supporting our executive management in key projects and developing our corporate messaging platforms, both internal and external. A key part of the success is to work together with other communications experts across our decentralized organization and different businesses. You’re an active member of the Group Communications Management team and work continuously to develop our organization, collaboration fora and ways of working, ensuring operational excellence, a fair brand perception and engaging communications.

As you’re responsible for managing our internal communications strategy together with the development and anchoring of designated policies, procedures, and governance, you also take ownership of our common frameworks and supporting tools, such as “communication in change” and “communication in leadership”. You lead one of the three teams in the Group Communications and Sustainability function, consisting of communications and brand experts. Together with the entire Group Communications team you develop our digital platforms for communication, ensure appropriate brand governance and develop our brand position. You also support our Group functions in their internal communication. It’s safe to say that you have the opportunity to contribute to a best-in-class communications across our entire company!

You report directly to the Executive Vice President & Head of Group Communications and Sustainability. The location for this position is preferably Stockholm.

Your background and characteristics

We need a communications expert with broad skills. Extensive experience of internal and external communication is required, as well as a solid background in a managerial position. With good skills and knowledge of branding, brand governance and marketing challenges, you’re able to manage industry experts and support brand development. You have preferably also worked proactive with crisis management and communication. As our ambition is to become even more data driven, a background and knowledge of analytics tools, platforms and dashboards, as well as a data driven approach, is beneficial. We believe that your knowledge is backed by a university degree in communications, marketing or journalism, or equivalent knowledge gained from other education or work. Acting in a truly global company calls for excellent skills in English, both verbally and in writing, and as a listed company in Stockholm, Swedish is beneficial.

To thrive in his role, you also need:

• Experience of working with objectives and key results to guide and engage teams

• Excellent skills in stakeholder management and the ability to engage on all levels of an organization

• Expertise in communication channels, platforms, and tools

With your strategic mindset and thorough way of working, you easily spot the important details in the bigger picture. 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 is a great asset in this role. With an inclusive and honest leadership style, you steer your team towards finding innovative solutions and help them to grow and develop as individuals, and us to make the shift and advance the world through engineering!

Our Sandvik culture

Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group offering solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries. We’re at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. 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 May 25, 2023. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0054887).

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:

James Crilley, Executive Talent Acquisition Manager, +46 (0)70 616 76 23 

Union contacts - Sweden 

Kristina Sundell, Unionen, +46 (0)70 211 64 00
Erik Knebel, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)173 846 10

Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984    

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

Hiring Manager

Björn Roodzant, Executive Vice President & Head of Group Communications and Sustainability
 

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Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2022 the Group had approximately 40,000 employees and revenues of about 112 billion SEK in about 150 countries within continuing operations.