Program Manager - Digital Programs (Globally Flexible)

At Sandvik Coromant, we are making a great shift in the fourth industrial revolution, working with state-of-the-art solutions that will transform the machining industry. To help us drive the digital agenda and improve our business, our Data Analytics department is now looking for a Program Manager to lead our digital programs and contribute to changing the future for insert manufacturing. If you want to be part of changing how production looks like in the future and learn more about how we can make everyday life better, easier and more fun for our colleagues with digital solutions, then this is the job for you!

The location for this position is globally flexible from any of our sites across the globe. International travel to our production sites in the USA, Sweden, India and Japan, is a natural part of the job.

The mission
Our overall mission is to strengthen our collaboration with customers and enable possibilities for more efficient and data driven production. Your role in this is to utilize a customer centric approach to shape business cases, lead digitalization programs, manage projects within your portfolio and securing expected results and defined added values across our production units within Inserts production. This means working closely with a variety of functions and professions across our production units to develop business cases and roll out project plans for the build - and continued evolution - of our digital portfolio. Furthermore, you perform investment analysis and risk management, and work with partner acquisitioning.

To be more specific, your work includes:

Partnering with production units to understand their objectives and develop digital project portfolio to help them meet and exceed those objectives
Translating program initiatives into actionable tasks and timeline, including needed investments, financial benefits, resources, and implementation roadmap
Facilitating the full lifecycle planning and management of digital products to ensure on-time delivery within budget and with the expected outcome
Coordinating across functions to align and drive program objectives and key results (OKRs)
Disseminating and communicating the program portfolio to Inserts productions digital portfolio manager and technology council
Monitoring trends regularly within digital manufacturing and industrial automation, production technology and manufacturing analytics to ensure we remain a state-of-the-art provider


Your profile
We’re looking for someone with solid experience in Agile project or program management with a proven track record of delivering results in the field of digitalization and industrial IoT (IIoT). You also have a background in developing and executing digitalization strategies and are used to managing programs and projects simultaneously with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. As part of this, you’re well versed in design thinking and customer journey mapping, lean start-ups and – production as well as efficient utilization of OKRs to drive results. This, in combination with a degree in areas such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Production/Manufacturing Technology or Industrial Business Economics makes you a great fit for this role. As we operate in a global setting, you communicate effortlessly in English, while additional language skills in for example Swedish and Japanese, is a plus.

Your personal characteristics are very important to us! We believe you’re an inspirational, and networking professional with a holistic view and mind set on the future. You’re a natural leader with excellent team-building skills and your creative and innovative thinking enables you to think three steps ahead. You also communicate in a clear way that is easy to understand, and you enjoy collaborating with others to reach our common goals.


Our culture
We put our people first, love to contribute to our common goals and teamwork is how we succeed. We also believe in finding that perfect mix between work, family life and interests, and we happily support our employees in balancing this. For us, it’s also clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background forms an amazing foundation for achieving great results.

Sandvik Coromant is full of potential for career opportunities. We want to you to drive your personal development and create a win-win perspective where you are challenged and stimulated in your work and feel that you can have a career within the company. Succession planning is important for us at Sandvik Coromant, and we want to develop our most important resources - our employees!

Application
Send your application no later than August 6, 2021.  
Read more about Sandvik Coromant and apply by visiting our career site (Job ID: R0028693).

If you want to know more about Sandvik Coromant, we recommend a visit on our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page.  

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Stefan Reinebrandt, recruiting manager, +46 (0)173-84192, +46 (0)70-2319722
Vahid Kalhori, digital portfolio manager, +46 (0)70-2534106

Please note that it might be difficult to reach us during the summer due to holidays, but please leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Union contacts
Roger Jansson, Unionen, +46(0)173 844 31
Erik Knebel, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)173 846 10
Mattias Lindvall, Ledarna, +46 (0)173 842 02

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

Recruitment Specialist
Magnus Pålsson

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