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WHO WE ARE

Almost everything you use has passed through a factory at some point. Cars, snus tins, and food products are today often manufactured using advanced production lines where robots, cameras, and other technologies work together.

This is where Elektroautomatik comes in. We help industrial companies build and develop automated production solutions. This can involve a robot assembling a component with millimeter precision, an autonomous vehicle transporting materials through the factory, or a complete production line where several machines collaborate.

Today, we have approximately 200 employees distributed across four business areas and offices in Gothenburg, Skövde, Kungsör, and Södertälje. In addition, we have a business support unit comprising 10 specialists within marketing, IT, finance, HR, sustainability, and quality – the department where this role is located.

We have long been family-owned, and our culture still reflects our family heritage. This is evident in how we collaborate, take responsibility, and help each other succeed. At the same time, we have high ambitions and a strong business focus. We believe in leadership where engagement, business acumen, responsibility, and collaboration are not just words on paper, but something that permeates how we make decisions and develop the business.

Since 2019, we have been owned by Storskogen, a listed group company owning more than 100 businesses. Read more at Elektroautomatik.se.

THE ROLE

In recent years, we have grown rapidly, both organically and through acquisitions. Now it is time to take the next step in how we support our managers and employees, so that the organization can continue to grow without becoming more complex. As the Head of HR, Quality, and Sustainability, the role involves:

Building a forward-looking business support function

You help the organization look ahead, not just solve today's issues. By understanding the business deeply, you see patterns behind individual challenges and identify which needs actually need to be addressed now and in the long term. Together with the business support unit and the management team, you create a roadmap for HR, quality, and sustainability, prioritizing which initiatives to drive, when to implement them, and what can wait.

Develop smarter ways of working

An important part of the role is to contribute to our long-term business goals by reducing administrative costs and freeing up more time for value-creating work. Today, there are many good solutions, but they do not always look the same across business units, and much is still handled manually. You view the business through the eyes of employees and managers, asking: How can this be simpler? How do we make it easy to find the right information? How can we reduce administration and the need for ongoing support? With a focus on continuous improvement, you drive common working methods, digitalization, and the use of new technology where it creates real value.

Create a unified Elektroautomatik experience

Under your leadership, it becomes clear what it means to be an employee and manager at Elektroautomatik. From onboarding and leadership to how we develop people and live our values in everyday life. The goal is to create a shared culture where employees, regardless of business unit, recognize how we work and develop, and have a truly great experience of us as an employer.

Integrate quality and sustainability into the business

You are responsible for creating the right conditions for quality, sustainability, and working environment to become a natural part of the business. Together with specialists, you ensure that these areas develop in step with the business and become a natural part of how we work, make decisions, and drive continuous improvement.

Strengthen managers in their leadership

Managers have significant responsibility in the operations. You ensure they have the right competence, tools, and support to feel confident in their leadership and able to develop their teams.

You are part of the business support unit, where you lead two specialists within HR and one within quality and sustainability. You report to the CFO and are based in Skövde or Gothenburg.

WHO YOU ARE

To succeed and thrive with us, we believe you:

Enjoy building

You thrive best when you get to develop and improve, rather than just maintain what already exists. When you see the same question arise multiple times, you do not wonder how to solve it again, but how to build away the reason for it arising in the first place.

Have experience developing organizations

Whether you have worked as an HR Director, HRBP, or operational manager, you have in previous roles built up, developed, or changed how the organization works. This could involve creating better conditions for managers, introducing smarter working methods, digitalizing, or building new functions. You have a clear foundation in HR, but have also worked closely with issues such as quality, sustainability, working environment, and business development; and understand how these connect with the HR agenda in a business-oriented organization.

Think business before HR

For you, the business and the employees come first. You see processes and systems as tools to help the business, not as an end in themselves.

Bring people along with you

You are good at creating direction and helping others succeed. You coach when needed, challenge when needed, and build trust with managers, specialists, and employees by being both attentive and clear.

Are curious about how technology can simplify work

For you, it is natural to use data and digital tools, and you naturally consider how technology and AI can reduce administration, make information easier to find, and free up time.

See the big picture and get things done

You are good at looking up, seeing patterns, and understanding what the business needs most right now. At the same time, you do not wait for the perfect solution. You prioritize, turn ideas into action, and build step by step, focusing on what has the greatest impact.

AIM'S REFLECTIONS

Elektroautomatik is in an incredibly exciting phase. The business is growing, the culture is strong, and there is a dedicated team in place. At the same time, there is a clear mandate to develop how the company works with HR, quality, and sustainability.

We do not see this as a traditional HR role. We see it as an opportunity to build the next generation of business support.