Cost Out Specialist - Porto, Portugal - Vestas

Vestas

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Porto, Portugal

há 1 semana

Postado por:

João Santos

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Descrição

Power Solutions & Vestas Quality > Aerodynamic & Mechanical > PowerTrain Lifecycle Management

The Life-cycle Management (LCM) team is responsible for guaranteeing the entire life-cycle of our turbines by fulfilling all value chain operational requests on active or legacy products, complying with the Powertrain governance.

The LCM team branches into 3 main pillars:
Cost-out, Input Signal Management, and Design Maintenance, with Engineering Change Management as support to all branches.

The Cost-out part of LCM is designed to lead Powertrain and Vestas to be more ambitious in our products and are a big part of the current focus of the team.

Responsibilities

As a Costout specialist, you will be responsible for tracking all our costout initiatives, guaranteeing that we develop and maintain our pipeline and achieve Vestas and Powertrain's targets
Work closely with our cost managers to ensure that we have full control of our pipeline and our costs
Work closely with procurement, the other submodules, and any other necessary stakeholders to guarantee that all costout (commercial and technical) initiatives are being implemented
Create metrics that link the technical functionality (with the PTR technical team) to the direct product costs of all components of the Powertrain
With the created metrics defined and understood, encourage both the technical teams and the costmanagement/sourcing teams to develop the costout pipeline
Work in collaboration with Vestas Should-Cost team to ensure that Powertrain is on the right track in terms of cost and lead any necessary actions to guarantee competitiveness
Support the costout team in building and maintaining our costout database framework as well as all data pulls are correct and proceed with necessary data analysis
Prepare all Costout convention material to present to executive management
Support the LCM costout team overall

Qualifications

Academic degree in business, finance, engineering, or equivalent
Overall experience of 10+ years, which includes 5+ years of experience in a similar position
Indepth understanding and experience working with procurement, finance, as well as design development projects (technocommercial knowledge and comprehensive business knowledge required)
Indepth knowledge and experience on shouldcost models (experience as a shouldcost engineer can add value) as well as costout projects (technocommercial knowledge and comprehensive business knowledge required)
Proven record of significant stakeholder management skills, including experience with communication to the senior management level

Competencies

Resultoriented, data and factssensitive, strategic thinking but can also be creative and innovative
Selfdriven to collaborate with several stakeholders
Collaborative, accountable, passionate, and motivated
Demonstrates the ability to understand the full value chain and how to maintain communication between all levels and stakeholders, in a multicultural environment
Good leadership skills capable of guiding others and influencing others to accomplish goals
Data analytic skills

What We Offer
An exciting journey to get to know the life cycle of the Powertrain Module and Wind Turbines.

You will have the opportunity to work with a multi-cultural, global, and fun team - because what is work without a bit of fun? Powertrain and LCM teams offer a level of support and comradery that you will only experience in Vestas.

Moreover, we strive to achieve our goals with high standards and quality, and to do so we have highly skilled and motivated colleagues who will guide you through your professional and personal path within the team and Vestas.

Additional Information

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DEIB Statement
At Vestas, we recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success.

We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion.

As our CEO states, "Expertise and talent come in many forms, and a diverse workforce enhances our ability to think differently and solve the complex challenges of our industry".

Your unique perspective is what will help us powering the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.

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 fie