Head of Category Management - Direct and Production Critical Material

At Sandvik Coromant, we encourage new ideas, provide you with great opportunities for development, and are always looking for talented people who would like to extend their potential. We leverage our shared passion, diversity, and cooperative spirit to shape the future of our industry – as well as the path of your career.

We’re now looking for a Head of Category Manager, a key role in managing the direct and production critical materials. If you’re ready to lead, inspire and excel in a constantly evolving environment, we want to hear from you!

Your mission

In this position, you’re strategically responsible for the procurement of direct and production critical materials, reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer at Sandvik Coromant. You lead a team of Global Category Managers and strategic purchasers, ensuring effective management and optimization of our procurement processes. Your exceptional stakeholder management skills are crucial as you work closely with production, production technology, R&D and offer management teams. Leading procurement activities at a senior level, you utilize market information, assess geopolitical risks, and incorporate sustainability strategies and legal requirements. Your responsibilities include developing and implementing category management strategies, strategic planning, cost-saving initiatives and compliance measures, ensuring clarity in both objectives and activities. Additionally, you leverage your product knowledge and negotiation experiences to manage strategic suppliers effectively and challenge our organization based on established KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

The location for this position is flexible with a preference in Europe, ideally near one of our production sites.

Your profile

We’re looking for an experienced professional with extensive knowledge in senior-level procurement. You demonstrate exceptional leaderships skills and expertise in category management, ensuring compliance and effective negotiation strategies. Your knowledge is backed by a relevant degree, bringing a solid foundation in both procurement and leadership. Acting in a global environment calls for proficiency in English, verbally and in writing.

You have a strong ability to lead, inspire, and coordinate suppliers, tools and agreements in a global organization. Having great planning skills, combined with true business acumen, you hold an outstanding capability to reach results, and you understand the importance of taking ownership of your category. You’re innovative and embrace working in a constantly changing environment, and your genuine interest in stakeholder management makes you succeed in this position and play an important role in our company.

Our culture

Innovation is in our DNA and we’re proud to shape the future of manufacturing in close collaboration with our customers and partners. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career opportunities in an inspiring global environment. Meet some of your future colleagues at our career page or visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Contact information

Are you curious to know more about this position? Please contact Ulrika Lindgren, recruiting manager, at +46 (0)70 261 33 32

We have already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use, and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter.

Union contacts:

• Thomas Lilja, Unionen, +46 (0)70-261 04 82
• Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-616 43 78
• Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-222 48 55

Recruitment Specialist: Hanna Thomas

How to apply

Send your application no later than January 29, 2025. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0074115.

As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.

To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.

Sandvik Coromant is part of the global industrial engineering group Sandvik and is at the forefront of developing manufacturing tools and machining solutions, with knowledge that drives the industry standards and innovations demanded by the metalworking industry now and in the next industrial era. Collaborations with educational institutions, extensive investment in research and development and strong customer partnership ensure the development of machining technologies that change, lead and drive the future of manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant owns over 1700 patents worldwide, employs around 8000 staff and is represented in more than 150 countries.