Corporate Communications Business Partner (Temporary Position)

At Sandvik, we offer you a world of opportunities and exciting career ways to explore. Right now we have an opening for a temporary assignment for approximately one year – a great opportunity to jump right into a developing communications role with great colleagues around you. We're currently in the middle of a major digital shift, and communication is a key enabler for this transformation. So, are you up for a new challenge and eager to explore your potential and passion within the communication field and the world of IT? Keep reading!
Your new team
The Sandvik Group Communications team is set up by highly skilled professionals and are responsible for developing both internal and external communication and strategies – ensuring delivery of our company strategy, employee engagement and an attractive brand and consistency across the Group’s channels. Our diverse business and global network enable you to explore your potential and thrive, while working together towards our company goals.
So, what’s the job all about?
Your focus lies in providing support to our IT organization by creating innovative, qualitative, and timely communication across a large variety of channels. You plan and execute communication activities to support business priorities with a strong focus on creating excellent communication towards end-users. Your responsibility includes supporting senior management with communications planning, training, crisis communications and digital and live event management.
You work in close collaboration with stakeholders in our IT organizations and your fellow Corporate Communications Business Partner towards IT. You report to the Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Brand at Sandvik Group Communications
Where’s the office?
As the global IT function has a strong local footprint, this position is based in Sweden and the working time vary between our different IT offices in Sandviken and Stockholm.
What we expect from you
We’re looking for an experienced communicator with a degree in Communication, Journalism or with the corresponding skills and training. You have a couple of years’ experience within a similar position and are used to cooperating with different types of people, both by cultural background and by profession. Your high interest in new technology is a given, and you master many of the new collaboration tools available and you learn modern systems swiftly and easily. At Sandvik, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint and Teams are essential platforms for how we communicate and collaborate. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Swedish are required.
We’re genuinely interested in your collaborative and easy-going mindset as well as your curious attitude for finding new and smarter ways to communicate. You have a strategic mindset, and at the same time, you’re an operational doer who stays focused on creating results in times of multiple parallel assignments and deadlines just around the corner. In addition, you have the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, and you easily adjust your approach to suit the audience.
Our culture 
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group, rapidly developing into new, digital offerings. We believe in pursuing work with passion, while also leaving room for family life and interests. For us it’s clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background leads to a successful business environment. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.
Application
We have ongoing selections and interviews for this recruitment. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than June 6, 2022. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0037840).
Contact information
For more information about this position, please contact:
Magdalena Fahlén, Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Brand (until June 2), +46 (0)8 456 13 86 or Björn Roodzant, Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Brand (from June 3)
Union contacts – Sweden
Kristina Sundell, Unionen, +46 (0)70 211 64 00
Erik Knebel, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)173 846 10
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984    
To learn about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.
Recruitment Specialist
Anton Karlsson
Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group offering solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing as well as advanced materials. In 2021 the Group had approximately 44,000 employees and revenues of about 99 billion SEK in about 150 countries.