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stillingsbetegnelse: Product Manager, Power Plant Products

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Would you like to influence market introduction of the Vestas' product strategy? And are you passionate about driving power plant products to the market and ensuring that the full market potential is captured? Then please take a look at this exciting career opportunity with an industry leader in sustainable energy!

Product Management > Product Strategy > Power Solution Products
In a highly competitive and globalised market, Product Management drives the Vestas Power plant Product Strategy. We set the direction for future commercial wind power plant solutions, and make sure that Vestas always has the right competitive product offerings to stay ahead of competitors. Product Management has a global reach into our sales regions, including technical sales management.
In everything we do we have a commercial and customer-oriented approach. We are measured on the impact the product platforms have on Vestas' profitability and ability to continuously lower the cost of energy. We are responsible for bringing products to the market globally across our Sales Business Units to support local markets' success while taking the dynamics of the global market for wind power plant solutions into account.
The Power Solution Products department is the interface between Sales and Product Development. We work on scoping, road-mapping and create the long, mid and short-term strategy to ensure that the products are prepared for transition into the markets. We introduce products to the sales business units and support new product introductions as well as maintaining development of the product portfolio. In addition, we support forward selling and mega deal handling.
To lead the product through the value chain and all the way to the market we engage and cooperate with multiple stakeholders across Vestas.

Responsibilities
You will be responsible for introducing power plant related products (such as solutions within hybrid, controller, electrical models or similar) to markets, which means that you must have strong capabilities in handling the complexity in our go-to market process and product portfolio. More specifically your responsibilities will cover to:

• Align the product release between markets, Sales, Platform and Product Development
• Ensure that the products are properly introduced and sold into the markets in due time and right quality
• Product life cycle management of the platform and related product variants
• Follow-up on the product platform revenue and earnings, and suggest actions based on the commercial product life cycle performance
• Develop and implement company-wide go-to-market plans for successful launch of product variants including pro-active risk management
• Product training of the Sales Regions and Technical Sales Management with focus on product feature, benefits, key selling points and how to capture the value of the new products variant
• Participate in customer dialogues and the interpretation of market and customer trends
• Be a "gate keeper" in the product development projects to ensure that the product requirements are fulfilled

Qualifications

• You hold a B.Sc. or higher - either in Engineering combined with a commercial education or relevant experience - or in Business/Economics combined with a technical education or relevant experience.
• You have several years of experience preferably from the wind industry or from Business to-Business product management
• Experience with Go-To-Market activities is advantageous or alternatively understanding requirements and needs on relevant markets
• Understanding of a similar industry's product portfolio, business model, business drivers, and value chain is an advantage
• You possess excellent communication skills, and are fluent in English, written and spoken

Competencies

• You are a team player who appreciates working with many stakeholders in a global organisation
• You have a commercial mind-set and technical understanding
• You are pro-active, self-driven and you always have the results in focus
• You are organised and work in a logical and structured way
• You are a good story-teller when it comes to communicating product value to the market
• You have project management skills
• You are motivated by turning your knowledge into offerings that deliver attractive value for our customers and profitable growth for Vestas

What we offer
We offer a very exciting job in a flat, multi-cultural and dynamic department focusing on reaching world class results. To us, it is all about knowing the market and our customers, defining the right products and getting it done - all in the best possible way. We would like you to participate in that mission.

Additional information
The primary work location is Aarhus, Denmark but travel activities up to approx. 30 days per year should be anticipated.
For additional information about the position please contact Director, Power Solution Products, Hanne Rewaldt at +45 52261374.

 

About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry's global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with 97 GW of wind turbines in 79 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else.

Through our industry-leading smart data capabilities and unparalleled 83 GW of wind turbines under service, we use data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions. Together with our customers, Vestas' more than 24,400 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future.

We invite you to learn more about Vestas by visiting our website at http://www.vestas.com and following us on our social media channels.

 

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