Assistant to Vice President -Finance and IT and -General Counsel

Your character – a proactive and serviceminded assistant with sharp administrative skills We are looking for someone with some years of experience as an assistant and with administrative work. A good understanding of the challenges that come with the job is required, as is having a good track record of handling senior leaders/stakeholders and experience from working in an industrial company, business-to-business, and in a multi-cultural, international setting. You have a thorough way of working and a true appreciation for getting the details right. We value your familiarity with creating Power Point Presentations, as well as with the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite. As we operate in an international setting, you have good communication skills in Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing. Speaking and writing German is considered an advantage.

We recognize and value your passion and personality, characterized by an independent and open mindset, a forward-thinking and positive attitude and a high level of integrity. You have good self-awareness and take responsibility for your own personal development. You are service minded, and people perceive you as an optimistic person with a high degree of motivation and flexibility. Lastly, you are energetic and enjoy taking responsibility for both simple and challenging situations.

We are a company with an open-minded culture, actively working to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion. Driven by the challenges our customers face, we continuously strive to set new industry standards, resulting in higher productivity and enabling more efficient and safer industrial activities. At Sandvik, we have the passion, expertise and innovative mindset for developing new ideas into pioneering solutions.

Sandvik Machining Solutions is Sandvik's largest and most profitable business area (BA), with more than 18,000 employees worldwide. We are the leading supplier in the global cutting tool industry and our brand portfolio holds some of the strongest brands in the market. Our brands strive to differentiate themselves by products and offer, target markets, customer segments and sales channels, and of course, their different heritages affect the cultures as well as perception at the market. Uniting them all, is our common strategy based on being leading in operational excellence, technology and customer interactions.

For our location at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Stockholm we are now looking for an Assistant to Vice President Finance and IT and General Counsel. In this position, you report to Vice President Finance and IT, but split your time evenly between supporting VP Finance and IT and General Counsel.

Your mission – deliver first class support to enable effective management planning As Assistant to Vice President Finance and IT you support VP Finance and IT and General Counsel with his/her agenda, you perform administrative tasks to off load and support, and you play an important role in supporting the finance and legal management teams by ensuring that the teams have the tools they need to work effectively in a high tempo environment. You assist VP Finance and IT and General Counsel daily, both in their communication flows (e-mail, telephone) and by supporting effective agenda- and time management including travel arrangements. You also write and document information from meetings in a concise and high quality manner, and you assist the managers and the teams in the follow-up process to meet the actions and deadlines established. In addition, you structure larger meetings within the finance and legal communities within Sandvik Machining Solutions. In this position, a limited amount of planned travel within Sweden, mostly to Sandviken, is required. Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. 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 and construction industries; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating. In 2016, the Group had approximately 43,000 employees and sales of 82 billion SEK in more than 150 countries within continuing operations.