Senior Product Manager

Would you like to join the world's market leader in the field of wind energy? We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to support our growth plans for 2030, utilising your solid technical understanding and commercial interest to secure the right initiatives for Vestas' future strategy towards a more innovative and sustainable world.

Sales > Global Commercial Operations > Onshore Product Market Strategy > Value Management

Value Management is anchored in Onshore Product Market Strategy in Sales, where we set the direction for future commercial product offerings, making sure that Vestas always has the right products and offerings while ensuring market access. The Onshore Product Market Strategy has a global reach into our sales regions and customers and collaborates with all Vestas’ functions.

In everything we do, we have a commercial, customer, and sustainability-oriented approach and focus. We are measured on the impact our products have on Vestas' profitability and the ability to continuously improve marketability and support the green transition.

We are responsible for aligning the Product Strategy globally across our Sales Business Units to support local market growth, taking into account the dynamics of the global market for renewable solutions. We also collaborate actively with our sales regions and customers to differentiate and optimize customers' business cases.

By encouraging a culture based on accountability, we give employees the chance to create a meaningful, real-world impact by contributing to the sustainable wind industry through their work. We also cultivate employee performance and growth by providing an inclusive, motivating environment with collaboration at its core.

Responsibilities

You will be a Senior Product Manager in the Value Management team with the responsibility of creating and improving commercial value creation optimization in close collaboration with our Sales Business Units, our Regions, our customers, and Global Development.

Your key contribution is creating market-oriented P&L optimization opportunities supporting our ability to differentiate and tailor our offerings towards customers through the rollout and deployment of approved roadmap projects, including the deployment of global cross-functional value engineering levers optimizing customers' value creation and business cases supporting Giga deals optimization.

By having a solid understanding of customers' business case drivers, value creation, and value levers, you will:

• Directly evaluate optimization and build new strategic recommendations which can be used to further improve our global commercial competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability
• Build and guide our global cross-functional value engineering portfolio together with customer value and business case drivers, including developing smart selection tools. In close collaboration with our Sales Business Units and value chain
• Further develop more advanced value engineering levers linked to park optimization and financial optimization.
• Support Vestas' global strategy of further enabling our ability to differentiate and tailor future wind projects and customer needs for business case optimization
• Participate in regional workshops with customers working on specific site optimization
• Conduct analyses to optimize and tailor customer projects and maximize profitability
• You will collaborate with regions and customers and participate in Regional workshops combined with preparing relevant material for executive decision-makers

Qualifications

• You hold a B.Sc. or M.Sc. or an MBA - either in Engineering combined with a high commercial and financial interest in a commercial education - or Business/Economics, along with relevant technical experience
• You have solid experience within the wind industry, specifically in turbine and project optimization
• Understanding a similar industry's product portfolio, business model, business drivers, and value chain is desirable
• You possess great communication skills and are fluent in English, both written and spoken

Competencies

• You are highly analytical with a holistic approach and significant problem-solving skills
• You are enthusiastic and curious by nature, and you always have the results in focus
• You are a collaborator, who appreciates working with many stakeholders in a global organization
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are motivated by turning your knowledge about wind power plants into profitable offerings for both our customers and Vestas

What We Offer

We offer an opportunity to work for the world's market leader in wind energy and participate in the core of the strategy while connecting with many stakeholders across the organization.

This is an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring and diverse work environment within sustainable energy solutions.

We operate under a flat hierarchy in the Scandinavian company. Your ideas will be noticed and implemented. You can draw on the experience of international teams working in an internal atmosphere and actively participate in shaping the future energy transition.

We aim to be sustainable in all aspects - both as an employer and business partner. With 30,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution - today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

We value initiative, responsibility, involvement, and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will become part of a highly professional environment with a significant technical commitment and lots of passion. Vestas is growing and developing, and we want you to grow with us.

Additional Information

The primary work location will be Arhus, Denmark. To be considered for this role you will need to apply online before 22nd April 2024. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, we can withdraw the job and reserve the right to do so at any time, including before the advertised closing date. For further questions, please contact Recruiter Vipula Patel at vippa@vestas.com.

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About Vestas
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. 
With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. 
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity. 
To learn more about our company and life at Vestas, we invite you to visit our website at www.vestas.com and follow us on our social media channels. We also encourage you to join our Talent Universe to receive notifications on new and relevant postings.