Application Engineer

Sandvik Venture is a business area within the Sandvik Group aiming to create the best possible environment for growth and profitability in attractive and fast-growing operations. The product areas comprise Sandvik Hard Materials, Diamond Innovations, Wolfram, Sandvik Process Systems and Dormer.

Sandvik Hard Materials Production Unit Stockholm consists of 30 employees, manufacturing and selling cemented carbide rolls for hot rolling. 95 % of the sales are for export and the customers are located all over the world. The manufacturing is done on customer order only and organized through flow groups in the factory. Our full business responsibility, from manufacturing to sales, means that we need to be flexible in our daily tasks. Our working environment is dynamic and influenced by our global presence. During the last decade we have had strong growth and we are now in a period of looking for further opportunities for sales development.

We are now looking for an Application Engineer to be based in Västberga, Stockholm.

Key performance areas
As an Application Engineer your main tasks include:
- Calculating, designing and creating offers for our sales representatives and customers
- Participating in sales negotiations
- Processing orders received, ensuring correct manufacturing and delivery
- Helping answer and resolve application questions and problems internally and externally
- Participating in new products industrialization or process improvements when needed
- Participating in the analysis of quality complaints
- Technical presentation at key customers
- Information collection regarding customers, competitors and trends

Your profile
We are looking for someone with a relevant degree, preferably within rolling mill engineering, and a background in the steel industry. We also prefer prior experience as a quotation engineer and/or designer, with a focus on support. Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written, are a prerequisite. Knowledge in other languages is advantageous.

As you will be in contact with salespeople within Sandvik and in the field at customers' locations, it is important that you are perceptive and responsive and are service oriented. Additionally, you must be communicative, with the ability to express yourself clearly and in a pedagogical manner.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Jan-Erik Karlsson, recruiting manager, +46 (0)8 726 67 92
Cecilia Harder, HR Advisor, +46 (0)8 726 64 29

Union contacts
Karin Olofsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer, +46 (0)8 726 66 83
Jan Kjellgren, Unionen, +46 (0)8 726 65 83

Send your application no later than July 21, 2013. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 323276.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HRdirect, +46 (0)20 261 444.

Recruiter
André Söderholm