Sandvik Mining and Construction CAFR – Job Advert

Demand Planner  

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a global leader in equipment, tools, parts, and services for the mining and infrastructure industries, with applications in drilling, cutting, loading, tunneling, and quarrying. Proudly ranked among Forbes Top 50 Global Employers.

The Role

The Demand Planner will be responsible to coordinates delivery orders, controls inventory, supports stock process, takes care of an administrative and operational movement of products across international borders in the Central Africa Region.

The position requires good knowledge of Sandvik’s business portfolio to work on the right solutions for customers, ensuring easy movements of products between factories, warehouses and mines.  

The role will be based in Mwanza, Tanzania, reporting to the Business Line Manager, Ground Supports.

Essential duties & responsibilities

Safety and Environment

• Comply with all aspects of the Sandvik Environment, Health and Safety Policy, and any reasonable instructions, procedures or systems of work which are given in the interest of providing safe work practices in the workplace and to eliminate environmental harm.

Inventory Coordination & Delivery of Orders

• Working closely with suppliers and logistic providers, coordinating shipping schedules, transportation, distribution of goods to ensure timely delivery of materials and products to customers and warehouses
• Optimizing logistics processes to reduce costs and improve efficiency
• Responsible for analysis and driving stock optimization initiatives, coordination of any improvement activities related to inventory control
• Responsible for analysis and maintenance of inventory parameters set for standard assortment in the stockrooms
• Responsible for aligning schedules with relevant stakeholders
• Responsible for goods in transit, working on import and export related activities
• Actively lives and considers the Sandvik Company Values in all work.
• Demonstrate a culture of an open, inclusive and success-focused workplace.
• Take own initiative to build trust both internally and externally, “maintain good relationships with customers” & “team player”
• Work and collaborate with all key stakeholders in Sales Area and backline with skills to navigate in matrix organisation.
• Embrace the sense of urgency and ability to prioritise and execute tasks.

What are we looking for?

• A supply chain background with a bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Economy or related field.  
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Package (Excel, Word, PowerBI, Power Point).
• Deep understanding of customer business process, with at least 3 years active involvement with supply chain operations.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills, proactive and self-motivated team player.
• Ideally, the candidate must have understanding and experience for import & export processes.

A glimpse of our culture

At Sandvik, we believe that a diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, therefore, our customers. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us better.

You must be physically and medically fit to work in a mining environment, including meeting all customer vaccination requirements.

Application

We look forward to your application and ask you to please make sure that we have it no later than 26th May 2026. Our recruitment process is open and fair – we welcome all applicants and evaluate every unique application in line with the specified requirements profile to find the best match for the position. Get to know more about Sandvik and apply here

Sandvik is an equal opportunity employer, striving for practices and programs that are bias free and in which employees are treated fairly to ensure fair opportunity​ with the best outcome for every individual securing no discrimination on grounds including but not limited to, age, gender, gender expression, race, ethnicity, language, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.​ To ensure an inclusive, equitable and diverse work environment where people can develop and perform well, our focus areas are: great leadership, lifelong learning & development, career opportunities & open job market and safe & fair work environment.