Application Specialist for Hard Part Turning

Are you excited by the prospect of working for a company that is a world leader in cutting tools? Do you want to have international contacts and good insight into the entire production process for our products? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

Sandvik Coromant encourages new ideas and can provide you with great opportunities for development. We are looking for talented people who would like to extend their professional and educational potential. You have the skills and we can help you put them to good use.

Sandvik Coromant produces and delivers tools and tooling systems for the metal cutting industry and we are the market leader within our industry. The main goal for our Product Management function is to ensure and maintain a competitive product portfolio within the areas of turning, milling, drilling and machine integration. We are now looking to extend our product area Turning with a specialist in hard part turning, who will have a key role in all stages of the product life cycle - working within hard part turning technology, having international contacts and setting requirements for future technology standards.

Key performance areas
As Application Specialist for Hard Part Turning, you are responsible for the product and application strategy, in accordance with our business strategy. This role involves many contacts: at the headquarters, in all of our subsidiaries and with customers, whose needs you understand and are able to translate into new products. Furthermore, you create and follow up projects, defining technical marketing requirements and following sales, in close contact with our specialists.

You work with a core product and application team in a global network of specialists within our sales force, and are responsible for the introduction of new products. In this role you define training requirements and have close contact with key markets to develop knowledge about the application area and forecast future trends.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with at least a Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent, in a relevant technical area, as well as experience of cutting tools and specifically turning with cBN and ceramic. You have experience of manufacturing, preferably in the areas of turning and sales in some form, combined with a good feel for business and an interest in technology. Good communication skills in English, both in writing and in speaking, are a prerequisite for the position. Several years of work experience in a relevant field is advantageous.

As a person you are communicative and result oriented, with a pedagogical manner that includes listening to others. You are also diplomatic and like working in teams. Since we work in an international environment with many possibilities to meet new people, cultures and challenges, it is important that you display an open mind and have the ability to build good relationships and networks.

We actively work to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Daniel Svensson, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 266 522

Please send you application as soon as possible, but no later than July 31, 2014, as selections are made on an ongoing basis. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 328598.

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