Corporate Business Development Professional

At Sandvik Coromant, we’re on an exciting transformation journey – characterized by a growth-oriented strategy and digitalization – and to help us drive this important work, we’re now looking for a skilled Corporate Business Development Professional with a passion for business and change. Are you ready to bring a well-established industrial frontrunner into the next era? Then this might be your next career move!

About the job
In this key role, that touches the two areas of Strategy Execution and Corporate Business Development, you support definition, coordinate, facilitate and follow-up Strategic Plan and enterprise initiatives. You participate in establishing Center of Excellence for Strategic Portfolio Management and furthermore taking initiative in identifying, exploring, and developing business opportunities for Sandvik Coromant.
Your responsibilities include supporting functions in enterprise and cross-functional initiatives as well as coordinating and performance managing our Strategic Plan initiatives. By being on top of things, you continuously scan market and technology trends that have the potential of influencing our business – you operate Opportunity Management activities in order to focus on identification and development opportunities in adjacent business areas. You support in packaging and provide with input to the Strategy Core Team and Strategic Plan review process as well as operate business development projects with strategic importance for Sandvik Coromant.
You’re a significant sounding board to our management team and report directly to Head of Strategy Execution and Corporate Business Development. The location for this position is preferably Stockholm or Sandviken, and international travel is included in your job.

Your profile
We need someone with a master’s degree and at least a few years’ experience from working in an industrial B2C setting, preferably within Business Development, Finance, Product Management, Product Development or similar. Our industry is in different stages of digitalization, so you will benefit greatly by having knowledge and experience with digital transformations and digitalization of offers as well as e-commerce. Knowledge of the Office 365 suite is required, and experience and competence in Artificial Intelligence is a strong advantage. Furthermore, we are adopting more agile ways of working so experience in this field is also of great benefit.
In addition to these areas, we are driving a very ambitious agenda in the area of Sustainable Business, both in terms of our own operations but also our offering to our customers, making experiences in the area of great value. You’re a qualified business developer, with extensive experience of strategic transformation and project management, as well as great skills in tools and methods used in this line of work. You’re eager to learn about our market and the opportunities and challenges we’re facing. We operate worldwide, and this calls for an open mind and cultural awareness – you’re used to working cross both functions and borders and you need excellent communication skills in English.
You’re curious, entrepreneurial and self-going, and at the same time structured and analytical. You utilize your business acumen, drive and strategic abilities to ensure success, and you’re not afraid of challenging our matrix organization. Collaboration is your top priority, and by building confidence in decisions you influence our stakeholders and establish a change culture.

A glimpse of our culture
Innovation is in our DNA and we are 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. 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.

Application
We have an ongoing selection process in this recruitment and ask you to send your application as soon as possible and no later than June 16, 2023. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0055707).

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
James Crilley, Executive Talent Acquisition Manager, +46 (0)70 616 76 23

Union contacts - Sweden
Thomas Lilja, Unionen, +46 (0)26-26 66 59
Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26-26 65 74
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26-26 19 84
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services at +46 (0)26-261 444.

Hiring Manager
Per Eklund, Head of Strategy Execution and Corporate Business Development, Sandvik Coromant
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.