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Do you have experience as a operative leader for a remote team? Are you an effective communicator who can coordinate with different stakeholders internally as well as externally? Then this position as Field Supervisor is the one for you!

Region NCE > Service Sweden > Region South Sweden

You will be part of Vestas Northern and Central Europe which is a sales business unit covering Scandinavia, Finland, Celtic, Poland, the Baltics, Germany, Benelux as well as Eastern Europe and the south part of Africa. We are responsible for the sales function, project, installation, and service of wind farms throughout these regions. Our Swedish headquarter is in Malmö and we have warehouses in several locations across Sweden.

The Service Department is responsible for the service and maintenance of the wind farms within Scandinavia. Vestas Northern and Central Europe seeks to be one of the best business units within Vestas, ensuring modern energy, employee, and customer satisfaction. Vestas is growing in the Swedish region. Hence, we are looking for a Field supervisor to lead our Travel Service department The department consist of 24 travel technicians in three different lactations: 8 travel tech´s in around Stockholm, 8 travel tech´s around Göteborg and 8 tech´s around Östersund. As a Field Supervisor for Traveling Service Technician, you will be responsible as direct manager fort the departments 24 technicians.

Responsibilities

The Field Supervisor has the operational responsibility for their area which include performance and budget targets. Activities affecting the operational part of the business is the responsibility of the Field Supervisor with the goal to develop the business becoming more efficient in close collaboration with the Dispatcher. The Field Supervisor has the people management responsibility of their employees. One is also part of a group of Field Supervisors who are sharing the work of improving cross-functional collaboration and improvements in our field work.

• A Field Supervisor is occasionally delegated tasks or projects by the Area manager. Field Supervisor position is one of the organisational leadership pipelines into Area manager position in Sweden, but also prepares for management work elsewhere in the organisation as well.
• Coordinate the most efficient execution of the plan that was made. Setting operational expectations and creating effective routines for technicians, following up performance by assuring safety, quality and timeliness of work and reporting conducted by technicians and constantly looking for ways to optimize and improve on safety, quality and cost.
• Be responsible for hiring of and performance discussions with technicians
• Reach out and interact with other stakeholders in Service Sweden/Nordic and externally as well as other internal departments, such as other Field Supervisors, planning, lean, admin, projects, PFO, technical support, Special Task and QSE functions.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in a teamleading position, benificially within a technical, electrical service or manufacturing business
• Experience from process improvement methodologies, such as Lean, or a genuine willingness to learn about it
• Fluent in Swedish and English, written and verbal
• IT skills that enable handling administrative and information processing tasks
• Drivers licence B for Sweden

Competencies

We believe you possess solid experience in supporting a team, that will allow for you to act as a good example and communicate in a clear and understandable way to the team. That you have the capacity to reflect on your behaviors and thus can face choices with a steady assurance. Your work approach is characterized by simplicity, accountability and getting people working and solving issues together.

Furthermore, we are looking for:

• Solid understanding of our business with its processes and what creates value for the customer and for Vestas
• Ability to create and maintain relationships with both external customers as internal Vestas departments at different levels
• Financial understanding and ability to steer own area towards long term profitability
• Skilled in advancing initiatives both on ones own and as part of a group
• Ability to get involved in complex technical issues
• A health and safety mindset by observing rules, internal instructions, correct use of personal protective equipment and having an proactive approach towards reporting

What we offer

We offer a job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring and international work environment in the renewable energy sector. We highly value initiative, responsibility and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will have good opportunities to build your career in Vestas, when demonstrating aspiration, capacity, and potential.

Additional information

Your primary work location is in Sweden, and city is to be decided depending on right person. You should expect some travel activity, approximately 80-100 days per year.

If the above match your skills and qualifications, please apply no later than 02.01.2025. Please note that we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date so do not hesitate to apply.

For additional information about the position, please contact: Recruiter Rebecka Thorell at [email protected]