R&D Manager – Tool Prototyping

At Tool Prototyping & Testing – part of our Verification & Prototyping department at Sandvik Coromant – we’re looking for a result focused and collaborative leader to join our team of brilliant and helpful R&D engineers and technicians.

With us, you get the opportunity to make a mark in a global organization and influencing state-of-the-art technology development and leading business results. 

What we do?

Within the Offer Management and R&D organization at Sandvik Coromant we’re responsible for knowledge, solutions, customer centric product data and product development, along with introduction and maintenance of a strong offer portfolio. We’re specialists in developing state of the art metal cutting tools and our work spans from understanding customer and market needs, to developing our future offering with its enabling technologies as well as facilitating and supporting execution of our product and industry segment strategies throughout the product life cycle.

About your job

In this position, you manage R&D activities with the aim of solving problems and improving and generating new products, components, equipment, systems and processes – all in line with our department strategy. You lead a team of 20 R&D technicians operating numerous advanced CNC machines and robots. To create efficiency and flexibility, you ensure that your team has the right competence needed. As we continuously strive towards increased digitalization and automated processes it’s more important than ever to secure the right competence in the right place and set up your team for future requirements – and this is where you come in.

At the end of the day, you ensure continuous improvement and act as a true role model with a strong focus on EHS and zero harm to our people. You constantly strive to exceed customer expectations and set clear directions with ambitious objectives that are translated into actions. Your true passion in the area generates engagement and enables your team to always strive towards resource efficiency and lead time improvements.

The location for this position is Sandviken.

About you

We’re looking for someone with hands on experience in leading prototype manufacturing or manufacturing industrialization, preferably within metal cutting. You’re used to managing a larger group of CNC technicians and have built an understanding of how to organize this in the best possible way. Your background also includes working with automation, which has given you the tools needed to lead and develop this area. For this role, you also need a valid work permit in Sweden. Acting locally in a truly global organization calls for good communication skills in both Swedish and English.

We’re sincerely interested in your personality, and with your confident and secure leadership style you easily create trust and are truly inspired by developing a diverse team. You’re a true team player with a strong focus on creating an inclusive environment where you ensure that everyone is included and respected. With this in mind, you have the ability to drive change in both culture and attitude in your team. You’re responsive and attentive, which enables you to spot possible setbacks in your everyday job and find solutions.