Head of EHS and Sustainability - Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions

Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions is on an exciting growth journey, building the new digital era of manufacturing. We are a business area segment within Sandvik Group incorporating the three divisions of Design & Planning Automation, Additive Manufacturing and Industrial Metrology, and employs around 1900 people worldwide. Our ambition is to grow the business to 6 billion SEK until 2025 through organic and acquisitional growth Adding your strategic mind and sustainable business outlook, we’re ready to lead this work, raise the bar higher, and enforce our position as top industrial player for digital manufacturing solutions.
Right now, we’re looking for the right person to join us as Head of EHS and Sustainability for our business area segment to develop and drive an important area within SMF. You’ll act in a global setting and have much influence on how we develop our sustainability strategy. This is a great chance for a motivated individual and dynamic doer to enter a global company with possibilities for a long-term career. Are you eager to influence development of our business when it comes to EHS and Sustainability? Then this is a job for you!
About the job
In this position, your main mission is to develop, implement and manage our global EHS & sustainability strategy. You work very closely with stakeholders in each division and business unit managers, including acquired companies. You actively support us in breaking down the sustainability strategy into activities and advise on what initiatives and themes we should prioritize to stay ahead within this area. You’re also responsible for the sustainability aspects in relevant policy and strategy documents, and you act as the expert for the BA in EHS or sustainability related questions. By collaborating with our business management, working closely with Group EHS Council and dealing with executives, advisors and various key stakeholders – such as Additive Manufacturing - you ensure that goal and targets are anchored in the business to achieve the best results. You engage our division and management teams and prepare material to support the execution of our EHS and sustainability agenda including setting targets in line with Sandvik’s commitment to Science Based targets initiative (SBTi) Your understanding of strategic goal and the ability to collect information and draw conclusions enables you to guide the business in the right direction; ensuring that a sustainable business also is a business advantage for our company.
In this position, you report to the Vice President and Head of HR for Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions, and you can be based in Sandviken and/or Stockholm. Our headquarters are at brand new offices in ‘Gasverket’ in central Stockholm and frequent travel is included in this role.
About you
We’re looking for someone with extensive knowledge and expertise in the area of EHS or sustainability who can take on this responsibility and work hands-on and independently from the start. We would like to see that you have experience or knowledge from the manufacturing industry. Any knowledge of the software or digital manufacturing industry is of course beneficial, and we value a relevant academic degree. You’re used to working in a dynamic setting, and you comfortably manage a large number of internal and external stakeholders. We operate worldwide, and you must be both aware and open-minded towards the cultural differences you encounter. This also means that you need great communication skills and that you’re fluent in English, both verbally and in writing.
You’re investigative, collaborative and flexible, and you combine this with a strategic outlook and the ability to promptly take action. You’re used to working independently and have the ability and experience of networking and communicating with stakeholders at all levels. You inspire change and follow up on our targets and goals set by the strategic agenda; making smart recommendations and challenging us to look at different perspectives.
Our Sandvik culture
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group, rapidly developing into new, digital offerings, with roots in steel innovations and a future vision to set the industry standard. For us, it is clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background forms a solid foundation for achieving great results. Learn more about our business by visiting or website, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Application
Send your application no later than April 14, 2022. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0038704).
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:
Nidhi Gokhale, recruiting manager, +46 (0) 26 26 64 42
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, +46 (0)26-26 19 84
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.
Recruitment Specialist
Therese Rutqvist

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