Vice President of R&D and Product Management, Underground Drilling

at  Sandvik

Do you have the drive and desire to make success within Sandvik? At Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and Division Underground Drilling, we’re now looking for an innovative, technology and business-oriented Vice President for R&D and Product Management to join us.
Some words about the Division
The Underground Drilling Division is a market leader in providing industry-leading drilling solutions for our customers in the underground mining and tunneling industries. We work in close co-operation with the sales areas within the Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions Business Area, to provide the best possible service to our customers. We have strong customer focus and safety as core values. Our operations are located in Tampere (Finland), Lyon (France), Winnipeg (Canada), Jiading (China), and Pune (India).
Your mission
In this position, your key mission is to define and size market segments for the product line, develop offering strategy and roadmaps, collect customer needs and introduce new products to improve our offering. You do this by paying close attention to modular product architecture and common ways of working between our R&D and product management teams in various production units. Your target is to grow our New Sales Ratio and achieve divisional growth and profitability ambitions for our products.
Identification, development, and evaluation of new product ideas are an important part of your mission, as well as enhancements to existing product portfolios or strategic product portfolio extensions. You and your team are the key drivers in leading the important industry shifts towards increased automation, electrification, and digitalization You sponsor, set priorities, plan and track all phases of the product life cycles – from inception to introduction into the marketplace.
To ensure maximum quality and efficiency, you oversee our product development processes, such as New Product Development (NPD), Current Product Engineering (CPE) and Module and Systems Development (MSD). As you own the profitability of the products, you develop and implement plans to increase profitability and provide strategic oversight of all portfolios within the product line.
This is a global role based in Tampere, Finland and you’re reporting to the President of Underground Drilling Division. You’re a member of the Underground Drilling Division management team.
Your profile
You’re a senior leader with extensive 10+ years managerial experience in product development and / or product line management. Your background includes managing large product lines or product development organizations, with a track record of bringing spectacular new products to market to support business objectives. Previous experience in the technology areas of automation, electrification or digitalization, is also required. Knowledge and experience of mining and underground drilling applications and technologies is considered an advantage. You can manage projects on both time and quality, and you’re experienced in change management. This job requires fluent English language skills.
With top-class stakeholder management and communication skills, you’re comfortable operating in complex, interdisciplinary, cross-functional, and global teams. You’re a charismatic leader and a team player who demonstrates strong leadership skills by setting the direction and articulating the strategic focus.
Our culture
Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering. 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 options.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact hiring manager: Johannes Välivaara, President Underground Drilling Division, tel. +358 40 758 2909, on Tuesday 12.11. at 12-14 or Friday 15.11. at 10-12. All times are Finnish time (EET).
To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our
career site
or contact HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and 13-15 EET).
Want to join our journey in setting new industry standards?
Send your application no later than Monday November 25th, 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: R0072993
About the company
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 2023, sales were approximately 66 billion SEK with about 17,000 employees.
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