IT Manager – Productivity Platforms & Advisory

Are you tech-savvy and passionate about the numerous opportunities that digitalization brings to manufacturing – from the production to the final products?


At Sandvik Group IT and our Digital Workplace Product Area, we’re on the path of embracing more agile and forward-thinking approaches. We’re now looking for an IT Manager to join us in this exciting phase, helping drive innovation and shape our digital direction. Does it sound like you? We’re excited to meet you!

About the role
This position combines both management and product ownership for Productivity Platforms & Advisory – a key role where you play a crucial part in our mission to help our business fully utilize the Microsoft Power Platform.

Key responsibilities include:
· Driving the strategy, development, operational excellence, and adoption of Microsoft Office 365 automation and productivity tools (Power Platform, Microsoft Viva, etc.) across our enterprise.
· Understanding the technology, its integrations, dependencies, and relations between Power Platform products like Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agent, etc., and other M365 products.
· Overseeing the overall Power Platform and Viva management, including License management, security and compliance policy, roles, and access management.
· Driving the adoption of automation and low-code solutions for these products across our company, working closely with other product teams, stakeholders, suppliers, and end-users to understand business needs and turn them into effective solutions.
· Setting and clearly communicating the vision, strategy, and goals for the Product team, ensuring smooth and effective development and operations throughout the product lifecycles.
· Being accountable for the financial outcomes, emphasizing engineering innovation and fostering an environment of continuous learning and skills development within the team.
· Managing and actively empowering your team, regularly evaluating their prerequisites and ensuring they are well-resourced and supported.

Location
This position is based in Sandviken or Stockholm, embracing a hybrid work model where you can combine office work with remote working. Regular travel to Sandviken is required if you’re stationed in Stockholm, as your management team and some team members are based there.

Qualifications
· Proven leadership experience with a track record in people and change management.
· Profound technical expertise, especially in Microsoft Power Platform and related technologies, along with knowledge within Microsoft Viva.
· Bachelor's degree in IT.
· Acumen in stakeholder and financial management.
· Familiarity with agile work fundamentals, frameworks, methods, and practices.
· Good English skills, and knowing Swedish is a plus.

Your persona
We envision a candidate who’s passionate about automation and low-code development, embodying strategic thinking and a user-centric mindset. Being technically oriented and a motivated problem solver is imperative. Having excellent communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to guide, coach, and mentor team members is highly valued. If you also possess a solid understanding of business goals, market dynamics, and customer needs, you’re potentially a perfect fit for this role.

Our culture
Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering. We believe in an inclusive, equal, and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career options. Are you intrigued? Visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.


Application
Send your application no later than November 26, 2023. Job ID: R0061172.

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:
Marcus Memis, recruiting manager, marcus.memis@sandvik.com

Union contacts - Sweden
Anders Rönnqvist, Unionen, +46 (0)26 263 010
Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 266 574
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984 


For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services at hrservices.nordic@sandvik.com.

Recruitment Specialist
Lotta Amnebjer Nordqvist

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2022 the Group had approximately 40,000 employees and revenues of about 112 billion SEK in about 150 countries within continuing operations.