Brand and PR Manager

For Sandvik Coromant, we’re now looking for an experienced Brand and PR Manager to further strengthen and develop our brand to maintain our market leadership. We offer a global, innovative and inclusive environment with passionate people and industry leading solutions in metal cutting – a truly exciting business to represent. Do you want to shape the future of manufacturing together with us?


About the job
Once you join us in this position, you’re a key player for Sandvik Coromant. Together with your team, you ensure that our brand and company direction are carried forward with a clear and consistent voice through activities and platforms that showcase our brand position in the minds of customers, employees, talent and external stakeholders. This includes managing the full spectra of the Sandvik Coromant brand and PR strategy globally - highlighting key differentiators that set us apart from our competitors and identifying ways to amplify these attributes; conveying the corporate culture and experience.


Your areas of responsibility include brand management, PR, employer branding, community involvement, social media and customer experience insights. As owner of brand management, you’re our brand expert ensuring a 360 view of activating our brand, securing the look and feel, as well as our trademarks and brand procedures. You manage strategies and budgets, and you develop and execute on activity plans in various channels through a global thought leadership plan with the purpose to further strengthen the Sandvik Coromant brand. Excellent teamwork and having an integrated communication approach are central in this job to ensure that we maximize our content internally and externally. Cooperating with key stakeholders, both within the department and outside, is something you work proactively with. You embrace new technologies, explore trends and find innovative ways of communicating and utilizing digital channels. To ensure that we make the most of our investments, you also gather, analyze and interpret both your own insights and the world around you.


You’re a transparent, supportive and motivational leader for your own global team of five experts, and you report to the Head of Corporate Communication and Brand. The location for this position is flexible between our Sandvik Coromant offices in Sandviken or Stockholm, although you do need to be present at our headquarters in Sandviken on a regular basis. Some global travel is also included in your job.


About you
We’re looking for someone with a broad background in the field of marketing, and especially from brand management and PR in a B2B context of a multinational company, preferably within a manufacturing setting. Your career includes experience from leading teams and individuals in different locations globally, and you actively engage in developing the people around you. You’re an excellent writer, and since we’re a truly global company with high presence in Sweden, your communication skills in English and in Swedish must be exceptional.


Being organized, inventive and inspiring, you bring everyone onboard as you lead us towards pushing boundaries in our brand and PR work. You plan, prioritize and ensure great results, and it’s by clear communication, reliable collaborations and solid networks you make it happen. With a creative and structured approach, you’re also able to visualize plans. Naturally, you’re both curious and highly tech-driven, and you challenge us to make smart and timely decisions based on solid analytics and insights. Your sincere and engaging approach help you build trust, and you’re very skilled at creating engagement and driving change. On top of this, you have a flexible and unassuming approach, and you’re known for your ability to deliver on the big scale. And finally, add a true passion for teamwork and you’re the perfect match for this job!

About us
Sandvik Coromant is a market leading supplier of tools, tooling solutions and know-how for the metalworking industry, and we employ almost 8 000 brilliant people all around the globe. Innovation is in our DNA and we’re proud to shape the future of manufacturing in close collaboration with our customers and partners. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Do you want to know more about our business? Visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page.


How to apply
Please submit your application no later than November 23, 2020. Read more about Sandvik Coromant and apply by visiting our career site (Job ID: R0021764).


Contact information
Do you want more information about this job and its exciting scope? Please contact:
Sandra Anderstedt, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 266 584


Union contacts - Sweden
Thomas Lilja, Unionen, +46 (0)26 266 659
Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 266 574
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984

To learn more about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.


Recruitment Specialist
Lisbeth Häggström


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