Director of Finance - Sandvik Coromant Supply

At Sandvik Coromant, we’re driven by a passion for excellence in everything we do. Our belief is that sustainable success is a team effort and with our profound knowledge of metal cutting and insight into the varying challenges of different industries, we strive to develop innovative solutions in collaboration with our customers - to meet both current and future demands.


We now have a vacancy for Director of Finance for the Sandvik Coromant Supply organization. In this exciting position, you report to the Vice President of Supply and you’re an important part of building success and making informed business decisions.


Your mission
As Director of Finance within Supply, you’re responsible for the development and operations of the finance and performance management processes, as well as analysis and financial support within Sandvik Coromant Supply. A position that includes active participation in the management teams of Sandvik Coromant Supply and Sandvik Coromant Finance, with a flexible location and international travel included as a natural part of the job.


You provide both support and advice in our strategy development and execution in order to enable successful decision making. In addition to managing a team of central supply controllers with functional responsibility within the Supply organization, you have a dotted line managerial role towards our PU controllers. You drive the development of our operations by validating financial data and communicating facts and numbers, and you interact and collaborate with all our stakeholders to identify improvements in our processes. You also work very close with our business line managers, as you support and challenge them in optimizing the meeting of our strategic objectives. Other important parts of your assignment are monitoring and analyzing operational results – you manage forecasts, financial results, profitability analysis and advice on profitable growth. On top of this, you proactively drive and develop the financial investment process for Supply, including forecasting, appropriation requests and follow-up.


Are you intrigued by the challenge of increasing our market shares by bringing your knowledge and experience into the equation? Then, we’re eager to meet you!


Your background and characteristics
We’re looking for a professional with an academic degree in Finance or Business Administration, combined with several years’ experience from similar positions or from an auditing or consulting company. You need proven managerial skills to support and drive others and you do this through coaching, direct management or facilitation of teams. You know how to make change happen and you have advanced project leadership knowledge. You’re also a good listener with effective communication skills - attributes necessary as you create great collaborations, influence others and present well-structured messages adapted to the receiver. You have a talent for turning operational and financial data into strategic business advantages, and you effectively know how to balance small details with the bigger picture. With strong integrity, you’re also a true role model and you guide us in the matrix and cross-functional organization in which we operate.


To succeed in this role, you also need:
Experience from providing operational and financial advice to senior management
Solid understanding of how to drive business from results and balance sheets
The ability to challenge and support us in generating economic value in our business strategy
Strong skills in excel, data warehouse solutions and ERP solutions and how to connect analytical tools with our operations
Excellent verbal and written skills in English



For us, it’s clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background leads to a successful business environment, and we’re ready to welcome you to our team of brilliant minds!

How to apply
Please send us your application as soon as possible and no later than July 31, 2020. Read more about a Sandvik career and apply at home.sandvik/career, Job ID: R0019707.


Contact information
For more information about this position, please contact:
Dieter Heimerdinger, Vice President of Supply at Sandvik Coromant, +49 7159 1603 80
Gillian Pearson, HR Business Partner, +44 (0)7702 276677


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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