
Division Category Manager, Electrics & BHEV, Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
Are you a professional in strategic purchasing /category management and want to work for an international, industry-leading company? We are now looking for a Division Category Manager, Electrics & BHEV for a permanent position at Sandvik’s Turku office. Recruitment partner is Barona Engineering.
L&H Division is advancing it’s sourcing organization incorporating new trends in industry and business by beginning of 2023. L&H division is strengthening a global innovative sourcing organization, where sourcing does not drive only the price but the overall value for business. Our team is globally organized ensuring the highest potential for SANDVIK through networking, collaboration and global spread to be close to suppliers and attractive markets. We drive sourcing projects on divisional level to share benefits from different locations, including, but not limited to Value sourcing, NPD projects, Innovation roundtables, Lean6sigma, supply chain optimization, transfer projects, etc.
We welcome highly energized team players to support our strategy, drive sourcing on a global scale supporting all L&H sites and cooperate with peers across the globe and BA. You will be part of creating Sourcing 4.0, where innovation and disruption leads the way. Do you feel like stepping out from the office and explore the world’s best solutions through which our industry leading machines attract customers and improve business performance?
Your role
As L&H is expanding and production sites are growing around the globe, we are looking for someone to drive an umbrella function within respected category – to build and lead category to develop, implement and manage agreed strategic category plans for delivering both short and long term sourcing projects.
As a L&H division sourcing category manager, you will drive the strategy of your category on global level, cross-functionally cooperating with number of stakeholders and internal customers, including, but not limited to Finance, Operations, R&D, Product Line, Division management, etc.
Your skills and qualifications
We are open to welcome energetic, highly motivated innovators who are not afraid of a change. However, previous experience in sourcing and/or supplier development is a plus. We expect highly professional behavior, excellent communication level and drive for a change management.
Your personality makes us better! You have highly developed interpersonal and networking skills. You have a high level of integrity, and ability to drive change and mobilize commitment. We’re a global business, and this means that you need to be fluent in English, while e.g. Finnish, Swedish, Mandarin or Spanish are a plus.
We offer you
• Interesting and challenging role surrounded by a dynamic and highly skilled group of professionals.
• Opportunities for professional development in various Sandvik training and development programs.
• A sustainability-focused, diverse and inclusive company culture where our values are Innovation, Fair Play, Customer Focus and Passion to Win.
• Opportunity in growing organization, defining the future of mining thru both conventional and BHEV segment
Further information, please, contact Barona Engineering’s Recruitment Manager Kristiina Vormala (040 837 4019), best available on Thursdays at 1 – 2 pm.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2021, sales were approximately 41 billion SEK with about 15,600 employees. Visit our Solid Ground stories hub, LinkedIn and Facebook to get to know us better.