Head of Sustainable Supplier Management

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR) is a leading supplier of equipment, tools, services, support and technical solutions for the mining and construction industry, and our operations and organizations are spread around the globe. With customer focus as a core value, we strive to always be the top-of-mind choice and offer solutions based on our customers’ needs. At Sandvik, we’re truly committed about sustainability – we hold it high on our agenda and it’s actually the foundation of our overall company strategy and objectives for 2030. To us sustainability is equally much about climate and circularity as it is to encourage females to take on leading positions. Read more about our sustainability top-priorities right here: https://www.home.sandvik/en/about-us/sustainable-business/

We’re now looking for a proactive and business-minded Sustainable Supplier Management Professional to join us. This position will be located at one of our sites in Sweden or Finland. So, if you want to take part in a company that really walks the talk when it comes to sustainability – here’s your chance!

About the job
As our Sustainable Supplier Management Professional, you’re responsible for providing visibility and continuous improvement to our Sustainable Supplier Management globally. Your main focus is to provide processes, tools, reports, support, and improvements for sustainability evaluation of suppliers (acceptance and compliance to the Sandvik Supplier Code of Conduct) including risk screening and ratings of suppliers and the supplier audit program. You follow-up the outcome of the sustainability evaluation of suppliers when needed, and you escalate and providing support in resolving non-compliance issues. Being responsible for developing, overseeing, and implementing sustainable supplier management practices across the business area SMR, you also establish the processes and set requirements, as well as coordinating the work for each division within the business area. In addition to this, you also collaborate, participate and develop common practices related to Sustainable Supplier Management for the entire Sandvik group where relevant.

Furthermore, you develop and conduct training related to supplier sustainability, associated risk management, and the related process and tools both – internally and with suppliers. Other key activities that you’re part of is the ongoing work with Conflict Minerals, REACH compliance and the commitment from Sandvik related to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). You also take part in developing the annual sustainability report regarding sustainable supplier management.

You report to the Head of BA Procurement Solutions, and you’re able to choose your own work location at one of our sites in Sweden or Finland. Within Sandvik we’re operating in a decentralized model where networking and collaboration with the divisions and sites in Sandvik is key for success.

Your skills and qualifications
Your background consists of either a master’s or bachelor’s degree with and/or educational background in CSR or Sustainability. To thrive in this role, you have at least five years professional experience. You have thorough experience of working with supply chain management with focus on sustainability and CSR in a global context. You have solid experience and knowledge in supplier evaluation and auditing. Experience from working with the Ecovadis platform for supplier evaluation and assessments is beneficial. Experience in areas such as conflict minerals, REACH and Science based targets initiative (SBTi) is an advantage. You need to be fluent in English, while Finnish, Swedish, Mandarin or Spanish is a plus.

Your personality makes us better! Above your enthusiastic passion for sustainability, you also have excellent communication and presentation skills. When working in a truly global setting you need highly developed interpersonal and networking skills, as well as a genuine openness when it comes to various cultures. You have high levels of integrity, and the ability to drive change and mobilize commitment. For us it’s clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background leads to a successful business environment – do you share our approach? We can´t wait for you to apply!

Our Sandvik culture
Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group with a decentralized way of working and a culture were focusing on customer value, innovation, fair play, continuous improvements and strong performance are encouraged. 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 20 July, 2022.
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.
Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0042159).

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Per Fälth, Head of BA Procurement Solutions, tel. +46 706161992.

Union contacts - Sweden
Stefan Norell, Unionen, +46 (0)616 16 83

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Recruitment Specialist
Jessica Hill Holm


Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2021, sales were approximately 41 billion SEK with about 15,600 employees.