Björn Roodzant Appointed Vice President Marketing and Communication at Sandvik Coromant
Roodzant’s extensive leadership experience comes from leading Swedish and American marketing teams and most recently managing the global Sandvik Coromant web team.
Posted: October 1, 2013
Björn Roodzant has been appointed vice president of marketing and communication at Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, NJ). He takes over from Jessica Alm, who recently became executive vice president and head of group communications at the firm.
“I am confident that Björn will bring experience and new ideas into our marketing and communication. He has a strong strategic ability and will develop our activities based upon our customer’s needs” says Klas Forsström, president, Sandvik Coromant.
Roodzant most recently served as senior manager global web, mobility and E-marketing at Sandvik Coromant. Prior to that, he was director of communications at the firm, where he drove US marketing operations, including communications, public relations and online marketing.
His new role includes the overall global responsibility for marketing, internal communications, marketing communication, public relations, web, marketing relations, technical marketing, productivity centers and Sandvik Coromant Academy. As part of the management group he is responsible for driving a global way of working within marketing and communication.
Roodzant’s extensive leadership experience comes from leading Swedish and American marketing teams and most recently managing the global Sandvik Coromant web team. He also has several years of experience from coaching sports teams.
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