Global Cost of Energy Program Manager (m/f/d)

The Cost of Energy (COE) Program is the core program of Nordex Acciona Windpower. Its objective is to improve the competitiveness of our product over the lifecycle of a wind turbine, looking at the entire value chain. The essence of the COE Program is looking into our product from a customer´s perspective to achieve commercial impact. As COE Manager within the Global Cost of Energy Program you will work as cross-functional leader for the following tasks:

YOUR TASKS

• As COE Manager you will be member of the COE Program office in the headquarter in Hamburg or Pamplona
• Contribute to the conceptual development of the COE program within Nordex
• Lead, motivate and manage cross-functional working groups and their initiatives / measures to achieve their targets
• Challenge the COE working groups to generate, prioritize and implement COE ideas
• Evaluate the commercial impact of various technological solutions
• Prioritize results, identify & remove roadblocks and prepare decision proposals to implement improvement ideas
• Prepare, present and participate in regular reporting meetings with Board members and other high level executives
• Act as key COE contact for various internal departments such as Sales, Engineering, Procurement, PM, Service, Product Development and Product Strategy
• Lead the whole company towards a COE conscious culture and Support other top priority strategic projects
• Outstanding opportunity for career development within the organization

YOUR PROFILE 

• Excellent university degree in engineering or business disciplines or equivalent
• Several years of relevant professional experience (e.g. performance improvement programs) in the wind industry
• Clear understanding of Cost of Energy concept
• Outstanding analytical skills in combination with high social competence
• Strong commercial experience (e.g. negotiation with suppliers or customers, value stream analysis, or cost controlling)
• First technical understanding of the wind turbine and the wind industry, or keen interest to learn
• Relevant project management expertise
• Entrepreneurial hands-on mentality, independent self-starter, positive attitude, team player
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Fluent in English. Further language proficiency, for example in Spanish and/or German is an advantage
• Ability to work with different business cultures

YOUR BENEFITS:

In addition to the opportunity to make our world a little more sustainable, we offer you:

*Some offers may vary by location

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