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ARE YOU A LEADER WITH A PASSION TO WIN?

Sandvik is looking for a General Manager for its GET (Ground Engaging Tools) & Buckets business, located in Perth Australia.

Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and sustainability. We hold world-leading positions in selected areas – tools and tooling systems for metal cutting; equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining industry and rock excavation within the construction industry; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating. In 2019, the Group had approximately 40,000 employees and revenues of about 100 billion SEK in more than 160 countries within continuing operations.

OUR EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

We are now recruiting for a General Manager – GET & Buckets, in our Parts & Services Division. The Division drives the aftermarket business keeping customers’ fleet on track with needed services, solutions and parts and the Division is represented in more than 30 countries with more than 6,500 employees around the world.

As the General Manager for GET & Buckets you will set the strategy together with your management team and you have full P&L responsibility for the business.

Your mission – to develop and implement a strategy for taking the GET & Buckets business to the next level through international growth, investing in the product and organization, and collaboration with the rest of the Sandvik organization.

Your home office is in Perth, Australia and international travel is required for this position. You report to the Vice President, Strategy & Venture Business and you are an active member of the Strategy & Venture Business Management Team.

Within the scope of this role, you build partner relationships with Sandvik Mining and Rock Solution’s Divisions and Sales Areas to develop and execute your business and leverage the global organization of Sandvik to achieve synergies.

Key responsibility

As General Manager of the GET & Buckets business globally, you will join the team at a very exciting time. After identifying this business as an opportunity for growth the business has been restructured to offer more autonomy and increase speed of decision making. As such, as General manager you are instrumental in setting the new strategic direction for this business with a clear ambition for aggressive growth.

Your responsibility is to manage and develop GET & Buckets business globally including sales, product development, supply chain, business control and people management.

You have responsibility for strategy development for the GET & Bucket business, engaging with the Sandvik Sales Area organizations to understand how best to work with them to sell and service our product and for engaging with the Equipment Divisions to fully capture the potential of the Sandvik equipment sales.

Your profile

We are looking for an ambitious and entrepreneurial people leader with 10+ years’ experience in leading a business and a proven ability to analyse business results, market segments and customer behaviour. You have a university degree relevant to the position and an MBA would be highly regarded. An understanding of foundry processes and sand casting will be an advantage.

You are commercial by nature and have strong analytical and strategic skills. You have an innate ability to determine where to play, how to win and what it takes to win. As an adaptable person, and one who is equally skilful in both strategic planning and execution you know how to execute on the defined strategy and collaborate effectively in a global matrix organization.

You are a dynamic and inclusive leader who thrives on challenge and consistently ‘raises the bar’ across the deliverables to the organization. You focus on driving results and creating commitment, and you are structured in reaching your objectives. You have excellent influencing skills and an ability to develop trusted and collaborative relationships with your team and business stakeholders.

To perform well in our diverse setting, leading and growing a business. You need a highly developed multicultural understanding and exceptional communication skills enabling you to develop and sustain close and collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders.

Your personal values align with our company values and you operate with integrity. As a key influencer and role model in our business, you have a high regard for safety, and you lead by example by promoting a safe and healthy workplace.

At Sandvik, we encourage an inclusive working environment and we strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and thereby our customers.

This is a challenging and interesting role in an international business environment with opportunities for your professional development and surrounded by a skilled group of professionals.

Send your application no later than 9th April 2021

Read more about Sandvik and apply through the careers section on the Sandvik website. Job ID: R0026056

Contact information

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Caitlin Farley, 07 3621 1823

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