Vice President Sales Area – SEMEC

At business area Rock Processing, we value innovation, collaboration, and creating solutions that truly make a difference. This is your chance to join a global leader and take on a role that combines strategic impact with hands-on leadership.  

We're looking for a Vice President Sales Area for our SEMEC region (Southern Europe, Middle East and CIS) – an inclusive, forward-thinking leader who believes in team diversity, possesses excellent business acumen and a drive to make things happen. Ready to influence the future of an exciting industry, this is your chance 

About your job 

You're responsible for setting and driving the overall sales area strategy, leading sales, services, and marketing activities related to our offering. By fostering cross-functional collaboration, you contribute to both planning and execution of our strategic direction, ensuring strong sales and profitable growth. You promote synergies, continuous improvements, and compliance with Sandvik standards and local regulations, while championing a safety-first culture. You oversee performance management and talent development, ensuring we attract and retain exceptional people.

Customer relationships are at the heart of this role – you bring a customer-centric, value-based approach and continuously seek new business opportunities to strengthen our offering.  

You report to the President of Crushing Solutions and are an important part of the Management team. The location for this position is flexible within the Sales Area geography, and travel is included in your job. 

Your profile 
You have a master's degree in Engineering or Business and bring extensive experience from the mining sector, ideally combined with knowledge of infrastructure. You have successfully led large sales and service line organizations in a B2B environment and possess deep expertise in business development, strategic planning, compliance, and operational performance. Your track record includes managing key accounts, driving financial ownership, and negotiating at senior levels. Fluency in English is essential, and additional local languages are a plus. 

You're an inclusive and inspiring leader with high integrity and strong interpersonal skills. You excel at mentoring and motivating diverse teams, fostering collaboration across cultures, and navigating complex global organizations. You thrive in dynamic environments, drive performance, and adapt quickly to changing market needs. 

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 Daniel Nyqvist, HR Director,  

We've already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter. 

Recruitment Specialist: Ulrika Gruffman 

At Sandvik, we value work-life balance and due to the holidays, it may take a little bit longer until we reply in this process. 

How to apply 

Send your application no later than January 12, 2026. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don't accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R

As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline. 

To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at  

Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and infrastructure industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition. In 2024, sales were approximately 11 billion SEK with about 2,700 employees.