Corporate Communications Business Partner - Legal and Finance functions

At Sandvik, we offer you a world of opportunities and exciting career ways to explore. We're right in the middle of our shift to growth strategy, with the objective of becoming a sustainable industry leader and to enable operational excellence through digitalization. Great communication is key in this transformation and to support this, we’re now looking for an experienced Corporate Communications Business Partner with an interest and curiosity for strategic communication and hands-on work.
With us, you get to work with communication in a legal and financial environment at a global level. Your job is to support our legal and finance functions such as Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance and Procurement, among others. With a strategic starting point, you plan and implement communication activities – everything from supporting key stakeholders and executives, managing events and meetings, driving key communication initiatives as well as writing and sharing global news in relevant channels. If you’re a great networker who appreciates working in a broad range of communication in a legal and financial setting – you should work with us!
Your new team
The Sandvik Group Communications team is set up by highly skilled professionals and are responsible for developing both internal and external communication and strategies – ensuring delivery of our company strategy, employee engagement and an attractive brand and consistency across the Group’s channels. Our diverse business and global network enable you to explore your potential and thrive, while working together towards our company goals.
So, what’s the job all about?
In this global role, you lead the communication work for legal and finance matters, supporting our various functions with communication needs on their behalf. Some of them need your competence and advice on a more strategic level, while other functions require support in producing texts, making interviews and analyzing employee surveys to name a few possible actions. You support in hands-on execution, with a strong focus on creating excellent communication towards each target group. By using a large variety of communication channels, you create innovative, high-quality communications in a timely manner. Other areas of responsibility are communications planning, training, crisis communications and event management, and internal communication responsibilities in connection with our quarterly reports.
The role is truly varied, and you’re the one prioritizing and leading the activities in close collaboration with your own and cross-functional teams.
You work in close collaboration with highly skilled communications professionals. You report to the Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Brand at Sandvik Group.
Where’s the office?
You’re based at Sandvik Headquarters in Stockholm, and presence at our other offices in Sweden is frequently required. Some national and international travel may also occur.
Your character
We’re looking for an experienced communicator with a degree in Communication, Journalism or with the corresponding skills and training. You have extensive experience within a similar position and are used to cooperating with different kinds of people, both by cultural background and by profession. You have a curiosity of the legal world and are eager to develop within the field – you master many collaboration tools and learn to use new systems swiftly and easily. At Sandvik, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint and Teams are essential platforms for how we communicate and collaborate. Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English and Swedish are required.
We’re genuinely interested in your collaborative and easy-going mindset in combination with your strong integrity. You have a strategic mindset that you use in alignment with your operational work, and by being the definition of a doer, you stay focused and create remarkable results even in times of multiple parallel assignments with tight deadlines. Your solid time management skills automatically tell you what to prioritize – when and why. And with your genuine stakeholder management, you have the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and cultures – easily adjust your approach to suit the audience.
Our culture
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group, rapidly developing into new, digital offerings. We believe in pursuing work with passion, while also leaving room for family life and interests. For us it’s clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background leads to a successful business environment. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.
Application
We have ongoing selections and interviews for this recruitment. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than August 21, 2022. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0043638).
Contact information
For more information about this position, please contact:
Björn Roodzant, Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Brand, +46 (0)70 616 47 52.
Union contacts – Sweden
Kristina Sundell, Unionen, +46 (0)70 211 64 00
Erik Knebel, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)173 846 10
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 261 984

To learn about our recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.
Recruitment Specialist
Anton Karlsson