Do you want to strengthen our understanding of the industry and market outlook while ensuring success in strategy management? Perfect!

At Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions we’re on an exciting growth journey and are now looking for an experienced and business savvy leader to join us as Strategy and Market Intelligence Manager. Joining our experienced team of industry experts, ex-top-tier management consultants, you’ll gain extraordinary insights and exposure to our business and its ambitious leaders. We welcome you to an open, agile and action-oriented environment, where we set the bar high and achieve our goals together!

Some words about your new workplace

We’re a leading supplier of equipment and tools, service, and technical solutions for mining and rock excavation with an ambition to grow and continuously add value across all our businesses – utilizing our global footprint and customer focus. We work in an environment of inclusive collaboration, agility, and innovation where we nurture a growing portfolio of products and solutions based on the needs of the market, and where pioneering software technology meets the core of manufacturing. And finally, we’re proud to offer you a workplace where team spirit and work-life balance really matter!

About your job

In this position, you contribute to driving the next level of market intelligence and working on key strategic initiatives towards 2030 and beyond. The strategy and market intelligence team is working together with top management on the most important topic across the Business Area (BA).

You’re instrumental in driving market intelligence for the entire BA to ensure that the organization can drive fact-based business decisions based on the latest industry insight. Taking responsibility to drive our market intelligence to the next level, you continuously assess the market outlook, competitive landscape, and customer realities. The insights are keys for important top management decisions and governance, to drive strategic projects and to ensure the organization is up to date on the latest industry situation. In addition, you lead the work with your counterparts across the Sales Areas and Divisions.

You also lead strategic projects based on the business priorities up to 2030. The strategy and market intelligence team work on a broad set of scope ranging from setting the overarching BA strategy to driving cross-functional initiatives across the organization. The projects cover several different topics depending on the need of the organization; some examples include sustainability, technology shift towards automation, digitalization and electrification, M&A, growth strategies and portfolio and production strategy.

The location for this position is flexible worldwide near one of our bases. Some high potential locations are Stockholm/Sweden (HQ), Tampere/Finland, Turku/Finland, Amsterdam/Netherlands. Some international travel is a natural part of your job.

About you

We believe that you’re a highly structured, analytical person with a high degree of interpersonal skills to influence and lead high profile strategy work. To succeed in this position, you need a proven track record of managing complex projects and driving change initiatives in a global and cross-functional environment. We think that your experience is backed by a MSc in Business Management, Finance or Engineering. You have experience from a similar role in a multinational industrial company, from top-tier management consulting firms. Previous experience from mining is beneficial. We operate worldwide, and you must be both aware and open-minded towards the cultural differences you encounter. This also means that you need great communication skills, and you’re fluent in English.

You’re curious, socially skilled, and flexible – quite a master of interactions and stakeholder management – and you combine this with excellent analytical abilities and a passion for conceptualizing findings. You’re known for balancing independence with teamwork, and as a true doer, you prioritize tasks and follow up on our work, making sure we reach timely results with high quality. You have a confident and engaging approach, and you embrace feedback, new perspectives, and sharing knowledge with others.

Our culture

Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career options.  Are you intrigued? Visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact Julia Bohman Ask, Director of Strategy & Market Intelligence SMR, julia.bohman_ask@sandvik.com

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Union contacts – Sweden

Cecilia Mickelsson, Unionen, +46 (0)70 616 90 89

Fredrik Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70 266 78 50

Linda Adamsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 616 03 10

Recruitment Specialist: Lisbeth Häggström

How to apply

Send your application no later than October 2nd, 2024. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0071046.

As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.

To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.