Product Manager for Threading

Would you like to work in a global company and play a part in its success? Sandvik Coromant encourages new ideas and can provide you with great opportunities for development. We are looking for talented people who would like to extend their professional and educational potential. You have the skills and we can help you put them to good use.

The Product Management function primarily strives to ensure and maintain a competitive product portfolio within the areas of turning, milling, drilling and machine integration. To sustain our mission we are now looking to extend our product area Threading, within Turning, with a Product Manager who will have good insight into the full life cycle of our products and network on an international level, while setting demands for future technology standards.

Key performance areas
As Product Manager for Threading, you will be responsible for the area Threading and will be in charge of the product and application strategy, in accordance with our established business strategy. This role involves many contacts; at the headquarters, in all of our subsidiaries and with customers, and your duties include understanding, interpreting and transforming customer needs into new, top quality products. Furthermore, you will forecast future trends and create and follow up on projects, defining technical marketing and follow up on sales; all in close relation with the Applications Specialist for Threading, Product Development and our turning specialists at the subsidiaries.

You will report to the Product Line Manager, and the position includes approximately 10-20 days of international traveling per year.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with a degree in engineering, or the equivalent professional experience in machining and manufacturing. We expect you to have genuine technical understanding, as well as a strong business interest, in order to ensure a competitive and profitable product offering for Sandvik Coromant. If you have experience from work in product management or threading, it will be considered advantageous. Because of the positions' networking requirements, excellent skills in English, both written and spoken, are prerequisite.

As a person you are self-motivated with well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. You are productive, innovative and open to change, with the ability to share your knowledge with others and to prioritize tasks. Since we work in an international environment where you frequently encounter new people, cultures and challenges, it is important that you display an open mind and have the ability to build good, solid relationships and professional networks. Your personal qualities are of great importance to us, and we need you to be enthusiastic and business minded.

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

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Matilda Gynnerstedt, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 266 796

Union contacts
Torbjörn Wikblom, Unionen, +46 (0)702 006 955
Maths Scherman, Sveriges Ingenjörer, +46 (0)702 768 626

Send your application no later than July 7, 2014. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 331738.

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

Recruiter
Magnus Pålsson