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IT DEMAND AREA MANAGER FOR PRODUCTION

SOLID LEADER & EXCELLENT BUSINESS SENSE?
WE VALUE THAT IN YOU
The SMS BIO Office of the Sandvik Machining Solutions (SMS) IT organization, offers a full range of qualified services to various process owners and their teams. We describe the IT and information requirements of the business operations and its processes, in order to purchase and implement the right IT solutions, maintain and improve legacy systems, and coordinate current investments; thus optimizing the business as a whole.
We are now looking for a Manager of IT Demand Area Production to lead our operations by defining, communicating, anchoring, executing and following up on both tactical and strategic IT plans. The location for this position is Sandviken.
Key performance areas
As IT Demand Area Manager you have the strategic role of facilitating the process in defining the demands that the business and its supporting processes have on IT and information management solutions. You are responsible for assuring that IT solutions and connected services are planned for, procured and delivered in the best way. Furthermore, you make sure that the solutions delivered within your area of responsibility are managed throughout the whole life cycle.
Your responsibilities also include:
  • Managing budget and costs
  • Human resource management for employees
  • Owning and, in some cases, leading/participating in projects, programs, and other activities
  • Ensuring and following up on SMS’s benefits from its IT investments
  • Securing System Ownership for SMS-common IT solutions
  • Managing deliveries and assignments from our IT suppliers, through defining requirements, follow-up of orders and implementing quality assurance
  • Following the IT markets’ development and, on occasion, taking part in benchmarking within and outside Sandvik
  • Establishing and maintaining good relations with international stakeholders
The position involves traveling up to 25% of the time to other units within SMS.
Your profile
We are looking for someone with a degree in a relevant area, such as Logistics, IT, Business and/or Management. You have at least five years’ of experience from qualified IT management; alternatively from a line manager position or managing larger projects. Experience from acting as a professional buyer of IT services and follow-up on expected deliveries is advantageous. The IT Production demand area is familiar to you, as is advancing business development and strategic matters. You have solid knowledge in terms of business processes, organization and systems support, along with a profound understanding of how modern IT can support these processes. Finally, excellent communicative skills and fluency in English, both written and verbal, are prerequisite, while skills in Swedish are advantageous.
In this recruitment we place great value on your personal qualities, characterized by your tendency to be the driving force in realizing strategies, while remaining a good listener, with an ability to engage and motivate others to work towards defined objectives. You manage to lead your team toward efficiency and automation in business processes without abandoning your efforts to harmonize and stabilize your co-workers across cultural borders and differences.
We actively work to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Hans Blomgren, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 26 27 98
Union contacts.
Maths Scherman, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 266 734
Thomas Eriksson, Unionen, +46 (0)26 266 659
Börje Sjöberg, IF Metall, +46 (0)26 266 335
Send your application no later than October 15, 2015. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, job-id: 340444.
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)20 261 444.
Recruiting Specialist
Michael Ings
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering advanced products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. We have world - leading positions in selected areas - tools for metal cutting, equipment and tools for the mining and construction industries, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance materials as well as process systems. In 2014 the Group had about 47,000 employees and representation in approximately 130 countries, with sales of about 89,000 million SEK.
Deadline: 15 Oct
Job-ID: 340444