Service Director

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Are you ready to join the fight against climate change? Are you capable of developing a dispersed and complex organization? Are you enthusiastic about bringing the best out of people?

Vestas is growing! Offshore wind is central to this growth. Our new V236 turbine is in the market and first projects will be installed soon. It is exciting times here in Vestas as we embark on this growth journey and it requires us to develop our organization and our people. Are you the person to drive this?

You will work on some of the largest and most complex offshore projects in the world. This role offers great exposure to the sustainable projects of tomorrow so there is hardly a role like this out there!

Region NCE > SBU NCE Service > Service BE, NL & APAC

Service Offshore is a function within Vestas Northern & Central Europe (NCE) Offshore. The Offshore Service Department is responsible for providing all service and maintenance work for the offshore wind turbines in the Vestas portfolio. Further the operational activities are split into three clusters where Cluster 3 covers activities in Belgium and The Netherlands. Cluster 3 will in the coming years be servicing and maintaining more than 5GW of installed capacity.

Cluster 3 employs in the range of 150 employees and further makes use of many subcontractors that require management and leadership. The Service Director for Cluster 3 reports to the Vice President for NCE Service offshore where also a number of supporting functions are organized. In total NCE Service Offshore employs >1100 people.

Responsibilities

As Service Director you will be working out of one of our offices in the region and reporting to our Vice President for Service Operations. You will be P&L responsible for service sites in the region. Your main responsibility will be supervising the delivery of all scope under the Service Contracts as well as development and leadership of the team and overall management of the business. Besides, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the Service Managers on the wind farms and ensure that they have the best prerequisites for leading their team members and continuously aim towards a work environment where everyone can feel “safe and well”
• Support our growth plans where a main cornerstone will be our ability to “attract, retain and develop” the right people
• Develop prosperous partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure that health and safety at work and environmental policies are implemented, maintained and updated as per local requirements
• Deliver a “great customer experience” and promote a strategy for customers and operations in the cluster
• Create “world class delivery” through mid-long-term strategies and handle regional P&L balance, KPI’s, turnover and budget for the NCE Service Offshore activities
• Make investment proposals to improve the Service Offshore Organization and safeguard effective deployment of resources, processes and procedures and actively support business activities to increase operational and financial efficiency
  
  

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• Relevant Masters’ degree in Engineering, Economics, Supply Chain or equivalent field
• Solid experience from working in a similar position in an international service organisation within the wind or offshore industry
• Proven experience with leadership and people management. The role supports further layers of management so the ability to “oversee other leaders” is a key qualification
• Good business skills and a customer-focused, solution- and improvement-oriented mindset
• Financial insight and experience with full P&L responsibility, which includes knowledge of key figures and KPI’s
• Fluency in English, both verbally and in writing
• Preferably also fluency in Dutch (Flemish), both verbally and in writing
  
  

Competencies

We Envision That You Have The Following Personal Skills

• Good leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate others
• Ability to be creative, to imagine what comes next and think ahead
• You take full ownership of issues in your area until a solution has been identified and implemented
• Great communication skills, combined with a commercial and strategic mindset
• Experience with change and conflict management
• Good stakeholder management skills and a curious attitude, always aiming to understand the need of our customers
• Structured and focused on the important details, while thriving in an innovative and fast-growing environment
  
  

What We Offer

We offer an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring environment with the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We value initiative, responsibility and the balance between creativity and quality in all solutions, and this is your chance to make your mark on our service strategy. You will become part of a dedicated team in a highly professional environment with a significant technical commitment.

Additional Information

Your work location will be at one of our offices in either Belgium or The Netherlands. However frequent presence in our main locations in Ijmuiden and Oostende is required.

Approximately 60 travel days per year is to be expected.

Applications are handled on an ongoing basis. Please apply online with your letter of motivation and CV. Please note: We do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Please be advised to apply on or before 15/01/2024

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 145 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.