Global Product Line Manager

Sandvik Construction is a business area within the Sandvik Group providing solutions for virtually any construction industry application encompassing such diverse businesses as surface rock quarrying, tunneling, excavation, demolition, road building, recycling and civil engineering. The range of products includes rock tools, drilling rigs, breakers, bulk-materials handling and crushing and screening machinery.

The Consumables and Service department within Product Area (PA) Rock Tools is now looking for a manager with long experience, who wants to make a difference within the business. We can offer you a position with great opportunities for professional development.

Key performance areas
As Global Product Line Manager you will be the head of all product management activities for relevant product lines or an application belonging to a PA. You will be responsible for the competitiveness of the product line throughout the life cycles, as well as for market and sales support for the global product line across all segments and regions. The function provides a link between the sales organization in the regions and the product line.

Additionally the position includes the following responsibilities:
- EHS and quality responsibility
- Product portfolio management
- Forecasting and inventory
- Pricing support and sales organization development
- Product line business plans
- Project sponsor for all R&D and technology projects
- Training on the application and the product, mainly for internal audiences

You will be a member of the PA management team. You will also have approximately five people reporting directly to you.

The position involves travelling, approximately 50 % of the time.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with a degree in mechanical engineering and five years' experience from a comparable role in a similar industry. We expect that you have knowledge in rock and bench drilling, mining/quarrying, tunneling, engineering and industry knowledge. Experience from product management, product portfolio management and forecasting and marketing is advantageous. You have excellent knowledge of English, both written and verbal, and knowledge of Swedish is an advantage.

As a person you are driven, have an analytical approach and good ability to prioritize, organize and plan your work in an efficient manner. You are business oriented, creative and flexible with strong interpersonal skills. The position as Manager places major demands on your leadership skills. You are perceptive and easily create a trusting environment for collaboration, as well as inspiring and motivating your co-workers to create team spirit and enthusiasm in order to reach the business' goals. You are also interested in developing both the business and your co-workers and have the ability to implement changes. Furthermore, you are communicative with the ability to create and maintain good relations.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Daniel Ehmans, recruiting manager, +49 211 502 74 10
Gunilla Sjödin-Andersson, HR Advisor, +46 (0)8 456 12 72

Union contacts
Magnus Göransson, Unionen, +46 (0)26 262 077
Rickard Andreasson, Sveriges Ingenjörer, +46 (0)26 262 137

Send your application no later than August 25, 2013. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 324168.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HRdirect, +46 (0)20 261 4