Manufacturing

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Director, Surface Drilling Division

Do you always have the customer’s best interest at heart and are willing to walk that extra mile – the one that sometimes makes the difference between success and failure? Then we have a perfect opportunity for you.

Welcome to develop Surface Drilling Division supply chain and manufacturing to the next level as part of our global growth journey and enforce our customer focus!

Shortly about us

Within Sandvik Group, we’re passionate about development and advanced technology. At Sandvik Mining Division Surface Drilling, our strength is to deliver best-in-class drilling solutions with superior aftermarket support. We strongly believe that great drilling solutions, and business performance is achieved through the understanding of customers and markets combined with facts and figures behind our business!

Your mission
In this position, by reporting to the Division President, you will lead and develop our global supply chain and manufacturing strategy and execution to meet our profitability, growth targets and outstanding customer satisfaction. You’ll set the strategic direction and tactics for our supply chain and manufacturing, and make sure we act and set the manufacturing and sourcing footprint in line with globally set Division ambition. Working in collaboration and proactively, you’re able to find together with your team new opportunities for productivity, performance excellence, quality and safety improvements.

You will lead and develop all our operational activities in Division Supply Chain (e.g. EHS, Quality, S&OP and factory planning, Production, Sourcing, Operational excellence) with Division level KPI follow-up and improvement action implementation. You will participate in new product introduction and ramp up planning and work with the R&D and product lines, develop alternatives for supply components, cost optimization and leveraging modularization principles where possible. You will develop a resilient and efficient supplier base and track key supplier sourcing performance indicators, including cost trends, delivery and quality performance. Leading the supply chain teams to attract, engage, develop and retain talented employees as well as develop long-term resourcing strategies is the key to success.

The location for this position is at our Division headquarters in Tampere, Finland. Essential travel is part of your assignment.

Your profile
We’re looking for someone with a proven track record of driving a successful global supply chain and manufacturing functions to aim for profitable business growth with customer focus. You have extensive work experience from global operations’ strategies and large-scale transformations. We also believe you need knowledge of the manufacturing of technology products as well as hands-on experience of developing plans, driving high performance and ways of working to meet our Division growth and profitability ambitions. Acting in a global environment calls for excellent skills in English.

With your excellent leadership, co-operation and communication skills, you engage, lead and develop your team to set ambitious targets and commitment to meet expectations. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and a passion and curiosity to explore new possibilities, and you constantly keep an eye on development and continuous improvements. We foster an open-minded culture and are committed to creating a workplace characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Contact information

For further information of this position, please contact the hiring manager Elina Pyykkö, Acting President Surface Drilling Division, tel. +358 0407664883 (EEST).

For further information about the recruitment process, please contact: HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and 13-15 EEST).

Want to join our Surface Drilling Division?

Submit your application by Sunday August 31st, 2025. Click apply and include your CV and Cover Letter. When applying, please make sure to attach your cover letter when asked to upload your CV. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail.

Job ID: R0082279

About our company

Mining 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 2024, sales were approximately 64 billion SEK with about 17.000 employees.

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