Sustainability Specialist Blades Materials

You will join a high-profile position with broad strategic exposure within Vestas. Your everyday activities will be characterized by a fast-paced environment and the requirement to engage in, manage and prioritize between multiple critical projects.

• This position is a rare opening - with high attention from senior management.
• You will be responsible for developing and executing the strategy of decarbonizing our Blade materials and supporting Vestas' ambitious scope 3 emissions reduction targets
• Lead the decarbonization efforts of the Blade materials and develop a supply chain for CO2-reduced blade materials in close collaboration with the Blades Procurement team
• Work closely with the Blades Procurement team in strategy development to ensure a strong Sustainability focus in the category and build a close relationship with the critical suppliers in the category to drive decarbonization efforts
• Become a change agent in relation to Sustainability topics for Blade Materials and take part in internal and external meetings to explain decarbonization efforts
• Building a strong network within Vestas, including close engagement with other colleagues from Global Procurement as well as colleagues from Group Sustainability, Quality, and Sales. Further, provide proactive stakeholder management, including executive management level stakeholders

• 5-7 years of experience with strategic procurement of blade materials or other relevant background, combined with a degree in either Supply Chain Management, Sales/Marketing, Engineering, or similar
• Extensive track record of commodity management and sourcing strategy development in an industrial and international environment
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage with internal and external stakeholders on all levels of seniority
• Strong English written, verbal, and listening skills
• Advanced skills within PPT and Excel required
• Experience working across different cultures and regions

• Holistic and positive mindset: you are able to see the big picture from Vestas' product offerings towards customers and the ability to connect these to supplier offerings and how they can positively impact Vestas' sales and cost out programs
• Robust strategic and business acumen with customer focus and the ability to anticipate and deliver change
• Visionary change agent with the ability to bring people together, and to communicate efficiently with internal and external stakeholders from all seniority levels. Be a change agent who can influence, collaborate, and partner with business leaders to drive results for Vestas and drive change effectively
• Team player with an open approach to encourage stakeholder inputs, combined with structured and fact-based methods to secure value-adding ideas are prioritized and successfully implemented
• Can do attitude, with a process driven mindset and an inner drive to continuously improve
• Result-oriented profile with the capability to perform in a fast-paced environment
• In-depth knowledge of blade materials and can define the path of decarbonization

Application Date – 12th of February, 2024. We reserve the right to take down the job ad before this date if the right candidate is identified before

Start Date –ASAP or after mutual agreement

Further Information - If you have any questions concerning this position, please reach out to Rasmus Boizas, Senior Manager Towers Materials at +4552157896