Are you a visionary and strong leader who believes in a transparent culture where everyone is heard and respected? At Sandvik Coromant in Sandviken, we’re looking for a Senior R&D Manager for our Verification and Prototyping department.

We offer you the chance to be part of our journey towards more digitalized and automated processes, where you’re able to actually make a difference – for our organization, yourself and your team members!

What we do?
Within the Offer Management and R&D organization at Sandvik Coromant we’re responsible for knowledge, solutions, customer centric product data and product development, along with introduction and maintenance of a strong offer portfolio. We’re specialists in developing state of the art metal cutting tools and our work spans from understanding customer and market needs, to developing our future offering with its enabling technologies as well as facilitating and supporting execution of our product and industry segment strategies throughout the product life cycle.

About your job

In this position, you’re responsible for your department – including deliveries, our prototyping workshops and testing laboratories, as well as for driving the development of our processes and ways of working.  An important step in this is implementing a competence shift to accomplish a high level of flexibility in the workforce as well as ensuring great collaboration with our production units. You achieve this by assuring development of prototyping, measuring and testing methods in all aspects – from resources, leaders and technical experts to technology and product development. You ensure that we increase knowledge content in our products and processes by generating and reusing knowledge and applying appropriate methods and systems - all with the aim of reducing lead times and increasing both flexibility and quality. Identifying and building networks with internal and external stakeholders is another important part of your mission.   

You lead a team of direct reporting managers and together you’re expected to significantly decrease lead time in product and technology development. Naturally, you’re accountable for environment, health, and safety in the operations. You represent the organization in steering committees and decision-making forums, where you act as a true role model. You’re an active member of the management teams for Product Innovation, which includes involvement in developing the organization in alignment with strategies and objectives.

The location for this position is Sandviken where you’re a present and active leader. Some travelling may occur.

Your profile

We’re looking for an exceptional and experienced leader with a couple of years’ background in a similar role within R&D or Production, preferably in a larger international company. Experience from leading both white- and blue-collar personnel is a must.  You have a proven ability to develop and execute strategical, tactical and operative plans, achieving this through efficient decision making, stakeholder management and communication. Experience from metal cutting production, production technology or laboratory environments is highly beneficial, as well as from working with digitalization of different processes. Acting in a truly global environment calls for excellent communication skills in English.

We place great value on your personal qualities; characterized by your ability to keep focus and take accountability by setting clear goals. With creativity and flexibility, you create a climate that cultivates imagination, innovation and experimentation, while keeping a clear focus on delivering exceptional results. You actively work for integration across teams, as you see the benefits from learning by others, and for creating an inspiring team spirit. For this role, you also need a valid work permit in Sweden.

Our culture

Innovation is in our DNA and we’re proud to shape the future of manufacturing in close collaboration with our customers and partners. Our leaders and employees are committed to our core values – the soul of our company – visit our website to learn more. 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 opportunities in an inspiring global environment. Meet some of your future colleagues at our career page or visit our LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Contact information
Are you curious to know more about this position? Please contact:
Anna Pettersen, recruitment specialist, anna.pettersen@sandvik.com

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Union contacts
Robert Brandt, Unionen, +46 (0)70-261 36 19
Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-616 43 78
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-222 48 55

Hiring Manager
Johan Gullander

How to apply
Send your application no later than April 28th, 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: R0065553.

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.nordic@sandvik.com.    

Sandvik Coromant is part of the global industrial engineering group Sandvik and is at the forefront of developing manufacturing tools and machining solutions, with knowledge that drives the industry standards and innovations demanded by the metalworking industry now and in the next industrial era. Collaborations with educational institutions, extensive investment in research and development and strong customer partnership ensure the development of machining technologies that change, lead and drive the future of manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant owns over 1700 patents worldwide, employs around 8000 staff and is represented in more than 150 countries.