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At business area Rock Processing and division Crushing Solutions, we’re now looking for a driven and strategic Global Sourcing Castings & Steel Category Manager to join our team and lead the way in optimizing our supplier landscape.
This is a key role in strengthening our competitive position by improving supply chain value and supporting both strategic and operational purchasing. Welcome to a place where your expertise truly makes an impact!
About your job
In this position, you develop and manage global sourcing strategies for our castings and steel categories. You lead negotiations, develop sourcing strategies, and ensure supplier performance in terms of cost, quality, delivery, and compliance. You also act as a process leader for continuous improvement and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to drive results.
Your responsibilities include:
Managing multiple categories and key suppliers on a global scale.
Leading supplier selection, qualification, and performance management.
Negotiating key contracts and ensuring compliance with Sandvik policies and standards.
Collaborating with stakeholders to align sourcing decisions with business needs.
Driving cost-effective and value-added solutions while minimizing risk.
Acting as a subject expert and process leader for sourcing improvements.

The location for this position is Svedala. We apply a hybrid work solution, and some travel regionally and globally is part of your job.
Your profile
We're looking for someone with extensive experience in sourcing, along with proven expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier account management, and global category management. You excel in negotiation and are confident in managing complex supplier landscapes, as well as having advanced Excel and data analysis skills. Experience in steel and castings is considered a plus. You hold a university degree in business, engineering, or supply chain, or equivalent experience. You’re fluent in English, both verbally and in writing.
You’re proactive, self-motivated, and business-minded – having a strategic working approach and taking initiatives to drive continuous improvement. You build trust and strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and thrive in a global, cross-functional environment.
Our culture
At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that?success is a team effort so we?value?diversity?and are committed to creating an inclusive culture?where people can be themselves and reach their full?potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact Daniel Remstam, hiring manager, [email protected]
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Union contacts – Sweden
Mårten Lindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)76 111 03 36
Jonny Hansson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)76 126 45 81
Michael Wicktor-Ohlsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 251 44 57

Recruitment Specialist: Ulrika Gruffman
How to apply
Send your application no later than October 21, 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: R0084249.
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 [email protected]
Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and infrastructure industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition. In 2024, sales were approximately 11 billion SEK with about 2,700 employees. Visa mindre

Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is now looking for a collaborative Regional Category Manager to join our Strategic Supply Chain Development team – we welcome you to an expansive environment where you get opportunity to meet people from different parts of the world!?


About your job?
On our growth journey, we need to develop our supply chain and take it to the next level.
Our Wear Protection offering, is one of our fastest growing Product Lines globally, and you will be a part of our Strategic Supply Chain Development team at Sandvik Screening Solutions EMEA. As Category Manager Wear Protection, you will be strategically responsible for our category Wear protection globally.??

You will evaluate and develop our global supply chain, at the same time, monitoring the process to ensure we and our suppliers deliver on our promised results, focusing both on commercial and technical aspects. You will develop the category strategy and be a part of strategic supply projects. Negotiation is a natural part of your role, and you need to align with key stakeholders internally as well as externally.


You will be working with other Procurement functions in Europe, Africa, India, Australia and South America, hence good communication and project management skills are required. You will also have a close co-operation with the Product Line Manager for the category.??


In more detail, your mission includes being an instrumental part of Sandvik’s overall business performance by identifying business needs and ensuring supplier contribution. You identify, lead and manage sourcing projects as well as ensure supplier compliance by negotiating and signing contracts. You continuously establish solid relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers in order to ensure cross-functional alignments. You monitor and follow-up work on supplier related KPI’s as well as lead and manage categories teams across different functions.????


You’re preferably based at our site in Svedala, Sweden, and some travel to our suppliers and internal stakeholders occurs.??


About you?
We’re looking for someone with a relevant degree and 3-5 years’ experience within category management or similar roles. Previous involvement in an industry like ours is beneficial. You have solid skills in the MS Office suite, as well as fluency in both written and verbal English.??


We put great emphasis on your personality! You have excellent interpersonal skills and know how to connect and collaborate, but also negotiate with internal and external parties. You’re able to balance an analytical as well as a problem-solving mindset together with a communicative and supportive approach.??


Our Sandvik culture?
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group, rapidly developing into new, digital offerings. We believe in a collaborative and inclusive culture, where innovations are part of everyday life. For us, it’s clear that our diversities form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Learn more by visiting our website, LinkedIn or Facebook.?


How to apply
This recruitment has an ongoing selection process, please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than August 15th, 2024. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0068964.


At Sandvik, we value a healthy work-life balance and will be away on summer vacation. Therefore, it can be difficult to reach us, and the recruitment process might take longer than usual.


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 [email protected].


Contact information?
For further information about this position, please contact:?


Peter Viklund, Strategic Supply Chain Manager, [email protected]


Union contacts – Sweden?
Mårten Lindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)40 409 240?
Riccardo Repetto, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)40 409 394?
Michael Wicktor-Ohlsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)40 409 025?


For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, [email protected].


Recruitment Specialist?


Ulrika Gruffman?
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Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and infrastructure industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition. In 2023 , sales were approximately 11.5 billion SEK with about 2,900 employees. Visa mindre