NF7 Employees

At year-end 2021 the number of employees amounted to 44,136 (37,125).

Competence development

Sandvik provides employee development opportunities through on-the-job-training, virtual learning channels and classroom training. We offer our employees leadership programs, learning academies, digital workshops, mentoring, and other opportunities to acquire new skills and knowledge. Additionally, Linkedin Learning offers a wide range of digital skills training in various topics and languages, available on any device. All global leadership and expert programs are being transformed, mirroring our 2025 strategy, to be fully or partly delivered digitally.

Global Graduate Program

The Global Graduate Program is a Sandvik global trainee program that offers young professionals the opportunity to explore various parts of our operations during 15 months. In 2021, the fifth program started. To secure a truly global team that mirrors our business presence, our ten graduates came from different countries: China, India, Finland, Sweden and the US. Forty percent of the graduates were men and 60 percent were women.

Internal job market

As a Sandvik employee you are responsible for your own career development. Sandvik offers a wide range of career opportunities. Our internal job market enables our employees to move to other parts of Sandvik or other countries and to grow and develop as individuals and professionals. In 2021, 3,479 (1,790) employees were hired and a vast majority of the positions were posted on the open internal job market.

Diversity and inclusion

Our sustainability goals include a one-third share of female managers by 2030. The share of women in managerial positions increased to 19.8 percent (18.5), the share of women in division management teams amounted to 20 percent (20) and the share of women in our talent pool was 31 percent (33). 19 percent (19) of the members in division management teams were non-Europeans.

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is high on the agenda. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions initiated 280 D&I activities during the year and Sandvik Machining Solutions launched a D&I portal to share information, inspiration and learnings from activities across the business area segment. We offer D&I training in a leadership workshop and a toolbox that includes e-learning workshops and exercises. Our D&I nanolearning is offered to all new employees. Our Bridge program focuses on leading across boundaries and all our internal global leadership programs include training on how managers can work with diversity and inclusion.

Employee engagement

In 2021 Sandvik introduced Quarterly Engagement Surveys (QPulse). The purpose of these surveys is to measure employee satisfaction and engagement levels more regularly to give us real-time-insights for our future improvements in identified and prioritized areas. The annual average was: Engagement index 79 percent, Inclusion Index 78.5 percent with a 57 percent response rate. Measures based on the results are implemented in each business area and in group functions. We will continue to run QPulse during 2022, with a more in-depth survey in the fourth quarter.

Every employee at Sandvik is offered at least one individual performance dialogue annually with their manager, that focuses on previous performance, new goals, as well as development plans for the coming years. In 2021, 90 percent (95) of employees participated in performance dialogues.

In 2021, 54 percent (58) of employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements.