Global Sourcing Category Manager

Are you a person who likes challenges and is motivated to drive supply and shape our global supplier footprint? At Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions and division Stationary Crushing & Screening, we’re now looking for a Global Sourcing Category Manager and welcome you to a key role. If you want to be part of something new and exciting – where innovative thinking and bold ideas lift us to the next era – this is a great opportunity for you.
Your mission
In this position, you develop and maintain our global category strategies in the area of castings for critical proprietary parts, as well as create, negotiate, risk assess and sign contracts – you ensure implementation and deal with the maintenance of contracts. You drive our business and sustainability strategy through collaboration with our cross-functional category teams, as well as identify, prepare, lead and participate in global sourcing projects and activities. You lead and participate in Supplier Relationship Management activities and projects – with stakeholder management being a vital part of this role, you put effort into establishing and managing relationships with different stakeholders and suppliers.
The location for this position is flexible but closeness to key stakeholders in the following locations is preferred; Sweden (Svedala), China (Shanghai), or India (Pune). Some travel is a natural part of your job.
Your profile
We’re looking for someone with a relevant university education, as well as a background within Global Sourcing of castings. You’re experienced in stakeholder management and an effective negotiator who is recognized for successfully managing teams and projects. Since we operate in a global environment, you need excellent communication skills in English, both verbally and written. Knowledge of other languages is a plus.
We put a lot of emphasis on your personality – you're driven, proactive and use strategic ways of working to deliver results. You have a strong business acumen and a high level of self-motivation, as well as being independent, results-oriented and analytical with the ability to drive decision-making. As your work includes interactions with a variety of stakeholders, you effectively communicate and build trusting networks across cultural borders and at all levels of our global organization.
Our culture
At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that success is a team effort so we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.
Application
This recruitment has an ongoing selection process, please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than November 3rd, 2023. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/careers (Job ID: R0059793).
As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Daniel Remstam, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26-26 21 21
Union contacts – Sweden
Mårten Lindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)40 409 240
Riccardo Repetto, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)40 409 394
Michael Wicktor-Ohlsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)40 409 025

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services at hrservices.nordic@sandvik.com.
Recruitment Specialist
Ulrika Gruffman
Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and infrastructure industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition. In 2022​, sales were approximately 9.6 billion SEK with about 2,900 employees.