Global Product Application Manager - Grades

Sandvik Coromant is the world’s leading supplier of tools and know-how to the metalworking industry. At the forefront of global manufacturing, we pride ourselves on pushing boundaries and testing limits. We rethink, redesign, and redefine to figure out what's possible to achieve. Together with our customers, we shape the future!
We at Offer Management are now looking for a Global Product Application Manager – Grades, to join our exciting journey. The Product Application Management department is responsible for raising and spreading the application knowledge to secure that Sandvik Coromant has a competitive offer of products, methods, and application know-how in line with our business strategy. We work together in teams where the Global Product Application Manager collects, develops, and shares metal cutting and application knowledge, focusing on the area of grades.
Your mission
As a Global Product Application Manager, you support the organization with extensive product and application knowledge through training, and you’re involved in the development of new products. A large part of the job is conducted within our global network, especially managing tasks such as collecting customer needs, identifying market requirements, and forecasting future trends. In addition, you provide high quality technical information and support to develop training, and you also support product introductions.
In this role, you collaborate closely with R&D, Product Management, Marketing, Sales and, most importantly, our customers. The location for this position is in Sandviken or Västberga, Sweden, and travel is a natural part of your job.
Your profile
We are looking for someone with an engineering degree in a relevant field, or the equivalent knowledge gained from working within technical sales, product management, product development or similar within the metal cutting industry. You have a genuine interest in, and a deep technical understanding of metal cutting as well as a passion for innovation and problem solving. Experience with carbide grades and cutting materials is an advantage. This position involves many international contacts and some business travels, which requires fluency in spoken and written English.
Your personality is the key to our common success, and we place great value on your solid business acumen. You’re also creative and open to change and show well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. With your understanding of team performance, you easily motivate people around you to create an environment based on commitment and trust. Naturally, you’re self-driven and have the ability to prioritize assignments to achieve great results. To interact in an international environment excites you, and you ensure excellent collaborations by sharing knowledge and presenting useful information.
At Sandvik Coromant, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business, and thereby, our customers.
Application
Send your application no later than April 20, 2022.
Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0038897).
As we aim for an open and fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. Shortly after the last application date, you’ll therefore be asked to take a personality and logic ability test.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact: 
Arkady Sleptsov, recruiting manager, +46 (0)70 616 20 74
Union contacts - Sweden 
Thomas Lilja, Unionen, +46 (0)26 26 66 59
Kerstin Norlén, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70 616 42 83
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, 026-26 19 84

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444. 
Recruitment Specialist 
Andreas Dahlén
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Sandvik Coromant is a part of 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 partnerships with customers support the development of advanced machining technologies and systems that will change, lead and drive the future of manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant owns over 1700 patents worldwide, employs around 7 700 staff, and is represented in more than 150 countries.