Head of Common Solutions

Shared platforms create the greatest value when they combine strong standards with a clear understanding of the business. As Head of Common Solutions, you own the common business application platforms that support several divisions across Business Area Rock Processing. By bringing business priorities together in one coherent roadmap, you enable commercial growth, operational efficiency, and compliance across the business area. About the job You own the strategy, delivery, operation, and continued development of our common business application platforms, primarily ERP and CRM. Working across autonomous divisions, you translate different business requirements into shared priorities while balancing standardization with genuine local needs. You report to the VP IT and CIO of Rock Processing and are a member of the IT management team. Job responsibilities Own and develop the multi-year ERP and CRM strategy, roadmap and investment plan across the business area. Establish a structured process for evaluating and prioritizing business requirements, with clear outcomes and ownership of expected benefits. Lead the Common Solutions organization and build a product-oriented operating model with clear accountability, competence development, and succession planning. Ensure successful delivery of platform programs and releases, including process design, data migration, training, change management and business readiness. Take accountability for platform performance, lifecycle management, service levels, total cost of ownership and transparent cost allocation. Strengthen data quality, compliance and risk management while providing a reliable foundation for analytics, automation, digital solutions, and AI. Location and flexibility This position is flexible within Sweden, and regular international travel is expected. Your profile You’re an experienced IT leader with a strong understanding of industrial business processes and a proven ability to lead shared platforms across international, multi-business organizations. Your background combines strategic platform ownership, complex delivery and people leadership in environments where progress depends on collaboration and influence. Your background includes: Extensive experience leading ERP and CRM platforms, including a full end-to-end implementation or major upgrade. A strong track record of delivering common solutions across autonomous business units with their own profit and loss responsibility. Experience owning significant platform budgets, cost allocation models and vendor portfolios. Leadership experience with distributed, multicultural teams of leaders and specialists. A university degree in engineering, business, information systems or an equivalent field, together with professional fluency in English. Knowledge of Infor M3 CloudSuite, Salesforce, product-oriented IT operating models, integration and data architecture is advantageous. Experience from heavy industry, as well as platform harmonization following acquisitions, is also beneficial. To succeed, you listen closely to the divisions and build solutions around their strategies and business models. You combine sound judgment with the confidence to protect a common core, influence stakeholders without formal authority, and turn strategic priorities into funded, well-structured delivery. Curious about what’s next, you bring developments in digitalization, automation, and AI into the platform agenda while building long-term capability within your team. The team You lead an indicative team of five to ten platform or product owners and solution architects for ERP and CRM, supported by program and delivery resources. Close collaboration with divisional Digital and IT business partners, business process owners, Digital Transformation and AI, IT Sourcing, the BA IT PMO and Group IT is central to the work. Our culture At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that success is a team effort so we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further. Contact information For further information about this position, please contact Helena Engström, hiring manager, helena.engstrom@sandvik.com We’ve already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter. Union contacts – Sweden Mårten Lindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)76 111 03 36 Jonny Hansson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)76 126 45 81 Michael Wicktor-Ohlsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 251 44 57 Recruitment Specialist: Ulrika Gruffman How to apply Send your application no later than November 25, 2026. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. As part of our recruitment process, we conduct a background check on the final candidate. Job ID: R0099182. We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure an objective assessment. Later in the process, you may be invited to complete a personality and logic test. To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com Business area Rock Processing is a global leading supplier of equipment, service, and technical solutions for crushing, screening, breaking and demolition in the mining and infrastructure industries. In 2025, sales were approximately SEK 10 billion with about 2,800 employees.