Service Planner

Department
Vestas Northern Europe is a sales business unit covering the Nordic countries, UK, Ireland, Poland and the Baltics. We are responsible for the Sales function, Project, Installation and Service of wind farms throughout these regions. We strive to be the No. 1 performing business unit within Vestas, and we aim to make Vestas Northern Europe the best place to work. Combined, the ambitions will make sure that Vestas stays No. 1 not only in Modern Energy, but also in employee and customer satisfaction.

The Service department is responsible for service and maintenance of the wind turbines within the Nordic countries. The department has an open and informal culture, where team work and good communication is the key to our success. You will have the opportunity to work in an exciting industry and in a team of highly motivated employees.

Responsibilities and tasks
The Planner will be part of a regional team and you will get the responsibility for service planning in a part of Scandinavia. You will also be an important part in securing and delivering products and service to meet our customer's expectations. Your primary tasks will be:

- Analyse requirements and plan service and other scheduled activities
- Allocate and direct resources for unplanned schedules
- Ensure work orders have been set up for all incoming jobs
- Prioritise open work orders within defined company rules and guidelines
- Ensure effective internal communication of both planned and unplanned activities
- Create a comprehensive weekly package of prepared work orders for each service team
- Escalate issues regarding possible overload and shortage of work to the Supervisor and/or Regional Manager as appropriate, make recommendations to make effective use of resources

Qualifications and work experience
On the professional level you are/have:
- Several years' experience of workload planning, ideally gained in a Technical Services or Logistics related service environment
- Extensive experience with MS Office and in-house database management and planning tools
- Proven ability to analyse numerical data and identify trends
- Oral and written fluency in English and Swedish
- SAP experience is a plus

On the personal level you are/have:
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- A systematic approach with good analytical and problem solving skills
- An ability to remain calm under pressure, and to handle varying workloads
- Attention to detail
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills

What we offer
We are a team of skilled and committed colleagues who are all enthusiastic about wind energy. We have a good atmosphere within the department and everyone is always prepared to help out when needed. You will have the opportunity to develop a career in a global company within a very exciting industry.

We offer a competitive salary and benefit package.

Additional information
The primary work location is our NEU head office in Malmö, Sweden.

Closing date
Applications are handled as received, but accepted no later than the 16th of March 2014.