Vice president and Head of R&D within the Kanthal Division

Vice president and Head of R&D within the Kanthal Division
Are you passionate about creating business value and yet possess a deep knowledge about materials and processes? Do you want to make a difference and contribute to improving the environment for people and planet through innovative products and solutions? Then you might be the one we are looking for to lead and develop our global R&D function!
Kanthal Division, part of the Alleima Group, is a place of inclusive collaboration, agility and innovation – where we nurture an ever-growing portfolio of products and solutions based on the needs of our growing market, and where pioneering technology meets the core of manufacturing. Kanthal is a global company operating within three business units serving a variety of customer segments through our expertise in heating technology and medical applications. Visit www.kanthal.com
Your role
In this central position, you lead the global R&D organization towards a truly collaborative environment with a cross-functional mindset. This includes transforming customer needs and our technical expertise into commercially profitable concepts and solutions that ensure return of investments. You continue to develop and drive our strategies, in a clear and customer-centric way that make us enhance our state-of-the-art offering and stay ahead of competition in the evolving technological landscape. Technology and product development are essentials for us, and you collaborate with our business units and external stakeholders to ensure that our technology platforms and new products are developed.
By keeping a holistic and agile approach, you optimize both methodologies and ways of working that will lift our performances, develop competence for the future and increase our market leading position. You are constantly in a dialogue with our business units to understand the requirements and shifts in the market, and you capture current and future opportunities by continuing to develop business case supported offerings that add value to our customers.
Your role comes with a very broad network, and you're recognized as a promoter of great partnerships with suppliers, technology leading institutes and internal stakeholders. As a result-oriented, inclusive and inspiring leader, you coach and challenge your team - developing our people and the organization, as well as promoting a culture of change, learning and improvements.
You report directly to the President of Kanthal and are an active member of our management team. International travel is normally included in your job.
About you
We're looking for a qualified people manager with a relevant academic degree. Your previous career includes similar strategic and managerial roles within the areas of product management, product development, R&D, sales or production, and you're both comfortable and capable in interacting with multiple stakeholders, customers and partners. This is combined with proven skills in planning, execution and commercial business development, and you're used to realizing strategies and driving change. An understanding of our business is an advantage, but not a must.
Your passion for business goes without saying, and you're interested in other people, tactical and outgoing, while at the same time very organized and solutions-oriented. Making decisions and taking action are no match for you, and you keep a broad horizon as you drive a clear way forward focused on quality, speed and profitability. As a leader, you bring an agile and collaborative mindset, the power to innovate and a foundation for development - both personally and for your team.
Your genuine ways build trust in relations and always leave a positive impact among the people you meet. By excellent communication, you clarify our path, and you engage and inspire people to commit to our long-term strategy and future vision.
Acting in a truly global arena, you need an open mind and cultural awareness, as well as great communication and presentation skills English.
Work with us
At Kanthal and Alleima we are convinced that diversity and inclusion create better pre-requisite for our employees to contribution to our company and our customers. We offer you great development opportunities in a global industrial group with favorable employment conditions that include occupational pension, health care, group insurance, strengthened parental benefit, training programs and skills development. Welcome to us!
Application
Send your application no later than September 30, 2022. If you wish to attach a cover letter to your application, please make sure to attach the file when uploading your resume.
For this position selection and interviews will be conducted trough out the advertisement period, therefore the role might be filled before last application date.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Anders Björklund, President Kanthal+46 (0)70 931 53 40
Union contacts – Sweden
Satu Danielsson, Unionen, +46 (0)70 670 50 88
Petter Lindblom, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70 616 04 26
Johan Baringson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 616 20 54

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact
Elin Olsson, recruitment specialist +46 (0)76 720 16 99

Hiring Location
This position is based in Hallstahammar, Sweden
At Alleima (formerly Sandvik Materials Technology), our mission is much more than delivering high-quality products, technology, and processes - working together to develop solutions based on our customers' needs and thus achieve our business goals, is a better way to describe our daily work. With curious employees and safety as our priority, we create a work environment where you can develop both personally and professionally.
Alleima was listed as a stand-alone company on the Nasdaq Stockholm Exchange on August 31, 2022. With a clear direction for our journey ahead, utilizing our position as a technology leader, progressive customer partner, and sustainability driver, we aim to become an even stronger company in our industry.
Are you ready to take on this challenge together with us? Join us on our journey! www.alleima.com.