Vice President Communication and Brand

At Dormer Pramet, a division within Sandvik Group, we’re on an exciting journey of increased digitalization and growth – both organic and through mergers and acquisitions. To bring our strategies to life, we’re currently looking for a strategic, driven, and forward-thinking Vice President Communication and Brand.
Joining us in this position you get to work with the mission to leverage commitment and engagement for our global businesses through excellent corporate communication and branding planning and activities. Are you ready to embark on an exciting career, where you get to support our ambitious strategy execution by driving user-focused, modern, and inclusive communication and to create engagement and pride around Dormer Pramet brand in a truly global arena?

Welcome to our world
Our purpose is to build on our company’s heritage and success to innovate our way into the future. We focus on improving the environment we work in and believe that everyone should feel empowered to deliver success. In return, we promise a rewarding career with flexible working options, excellent training, and opportunities for progression. Simply reliable is our promise. It touches each employee and every customer interaction. Come and join our team!

Job Summary
You’re a key player in our communication planning, execution and in ensuring that the communication supports our business strategy, purpose, and core values. Creating brand pride and commitment is always on your agenda and by building yourself a good understanding of our current business situation you prioritize to reach our set goals. In this managerial role you’re an essential part of the team to improve employee engagement throughout our organization – supporting our executive management in key projects and developing our corporate messaging platforms, both internal and external. A key part of the success is to work together with other communication and brand experts across our decentralized organization. You’re an active member of Dormer Pramet Management team and work continuously to develop our organization, collaborations, and ways of working – ensuring operational excellence, a fair brand perception and an engaging communication.
You lead a team of experienced and specialized communication and brand professionals, by creating a nurturing environment and setting the direction with a clear strategy for short and long-term objectives. Together you ensure appropriate brand governance and develop our brand position – managing the full view of the Dormer Pramet brand globally, focusing on an efficient brand portfolio. You develop the digital platforms for communication including the whole spectra, from editorial functions, channel management, brand governance, change- and crisis communication, management support and communication training. You’re our go to person in brand strategy matters, and with modern ways of working you make sure that our portfolio reaches its broad target groups.
You report to the President of Dormer Pramet. The location for this position is flexible globally and global travel is a natural part of your job.

Your profile
We’re looking for someone with an academic background within communication, marketing or other relevant, and, more importantly, an extensive working career within this field, which has given you high confidence in your role. You have a successful history of coaching people in an international setting, as well as of working with management teams. You also have solid experience from leading communication projects and events, and a profound knowledge of communication planning, strategy, branding and change communication. As we act globally, you need excellent English skills.
Your personality truly makes the difference! You easily build trust and utilize your networking skills to establish excellent stakeholder management – showing great business acumen. We value your curiosity and humble attitude asking questions to gain a wider comprehension for the complexity and technical details of our operations, to break it down into adequate communication actions. With a strategic and holistic view, you respond timely on business requirements and act on both urgent, short- and long-term objectives. As a manager you’re comfortable with your leadership abilities, have well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and outside partners at all levels.


About us
Dormer Pramet is a global manufacturer and supplier of tools for the metal cutting industry, and we have a truly international presence with four production units and sales offices in 20 countries. Our skills and products solve engineering challenges across many industry sectors – including maintenance, repair and overhaul, as well as general machining through to heavy machining, railway and airframe assembly.
Customer Focus, Innovation, Fair Play and Passion to Win are our values that build the foundation of our brand and company, and we actively work to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Application
Send your application no later than October 14, 2022. Read more about Dormer Pramet on our website, Job ID: R0046497.

Recruiting manager
Eduardo Martin, President Dormer Pramet

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
James Crilley, Executive Talent Acquisition Manager, +46 (0)70 616 76 23
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 26 14 44
With 30 offices worldwide, Dormer Pramet is serving more than 100 markets, state-of-the-art production facilities in Europe and South America and a distribution network consisting of five strategically placed hubs, we offer truly global coverage.