Product Management Specialists - Turning

Are you excited by the prospect of working for a company that is a world leader in cutting tools? Do you long to have international contacts and good insight into the entire production process for our products? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

Sandvik Coromant produces and delivers tools and tooling systems for the metal cutting industry and we are the market leader within our industry. The main goal for our Product Management function is to ensure and maintain a competitive product portfolio within the areas of turning, milling, drilling and machine integration. We are now looking to extend our product area Turning with a Product Management Specialist, who will have a key role in all stages of the product life cycle. You will be able to work within hard part turning technology, have international contacts and set demands for future technology standards.

Key performance areas
As Product Management Specialist for General Turning and specifically for grades or advanced material, you are responsible for the product and application strategy, in line with our business strategy. This role involves many contacts; at the headquarters, in all of our subsidiaries and with customers, whose needs you understand and are able to translate into new products. Furthermore, you create and follow up projects, defining technical marketing and following sales, in close contact with our specialists.

You work with a core product and application team in a global network of specialists within our sales force, and are responsible for the introduction of new products. In this role you define technical marketing and training requirements and have close contact with key markets to develop knowledge about the application area and forecast future trends.

You report to the Product Line Manager and the position includes some travel.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with at least a Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent, in a relevant technical area, as well as experience of cutting tools and specifically grades or turning with cBN and ceramic. You also have experience of manufacturing, preferably in the area of turning and sales in some form. You have good English skills, both written and spoken. You also have a good feel for business and an interest in technology. Several years of work experience in a relevant field is advantageous.

As a person you are communicative and goal oriented, with a pedagogical manner that includes listening to others. You are also diplomatic and like working in teams. Since we work in an international environment with many possibilities to meet new people, cultures and challenges, it is important that you display an open mind and have the ability to build good relationships and networks.

We actively work to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Daniel Svensson, recruiting manager, +46(0)26 266 522

Union contacts
Raimo Annanolli, Unionen, +46 (0)70 208 33 69
Maths Scherman, Sveriges Ingenjörer, +46 (0)70 276 86 26

Send your application no later than April 8, 2014. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 328598.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HRdirect, +46 (0)20 261 444.

Recruiter
Maria Lindén