Executive Assistant to President BA Mining

Are you a proactive and highly trusted professional who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment? Do you enjoy working close to senior leadership, coordinating complex activities and ensuring that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes?

We're now looking for an Executive Assistant to support the President of Business Area Mining. In this role, you become a key partner to one of Sandvik's most senior executives, providing professional support in a position built on trust and accountability.

About your job

In this role, you enable effective leadership across a global organization. You act as a trusted partner, ensuring priorities are aligned and executed efficiently, while supporting strategic initiatives and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the business and externally.

Job responsibilities

• Manage a complex calendar and coordinate meetings, travel, events, and logistics.
• Prepare presentations, briefing materials, and executive communications.
• Support and coordinate strategic and special projects involving multiple stakeholders, functions, and geographies.
• Drive activities from planning through execution and follow-up, ensuring progress and high-quality delivery.
• Manage budgets, invoices, conferences, events, and other administrative activities with professionalism and sound judgment.
• Handle highly confidential information and support sensitive business matters and executive leadership discussions.
• Contribute to improving ways of working and enhancing operational efficiency across the President's organization and leadership team.

Location

The position is based at the World Trade Center in Stockholm. Some international travel will be required.

About you

We're looking for a highly organized, business-minded and resourceful professional who enjoys working in a dynamic international environment. You have previous experience in a senior executive assistant role or similar position supporting senior leaders, preferably in a global organization. You’re comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously and can adapt quickly when circumstances change.

To succeed in this role, you:

• Navigate complex situations with professionalism and sound judgment.
• Are highly structured and organized with strong attention to detail.
• Thrive in a role with significant responsibility and autonomy.
• Build trust and credibility through reliability.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders all over the organization.
• Enjoy collaborating across cultures and functions in a global environment.
• Are proactive, solution-oriented and able to anticipate needs before they arise.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Swedish and English.

You’re confident working independently, take ownership of your responsibilities and know how to balance initiative with sound judgment. At the end of the day, you're someone who creates structure in a complex environment and enables leaders to focus on what matters most.

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 Lisbeth Häggström, recruitment specialist, [email protected]

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Union contacts – Sweden

• Cecilia Mickelsson, Unionen, +46 (0)70-616 90 89
• Fredrik Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-266 78 50
• Olle Hansson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-650 57 43

Hiring Manager: Patrick Murphy, President BA Mining

How to apply

We have and ongoing selection process in this recruitment and ask you to send your application as soon as possible and no later than October 22nd, 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: R0097908.

We aim for an open and fair recruitment process and use different tools to ensure 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 [email protected].

Business area Mining is a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Applications include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2025, sales were approximately SEK 63 billion with about 18,400 employees.