Senior Specialist, Cost Manager

Are you ready to join our Power Solution Finance Team, being responsible for a continuously transparent tracking and improvement of Product Cost across Vestas' current and new products. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring objective and transparent information for decision makers in business and senior management

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In this role you will oversee continuous Performance Management of our Product Cost with our Cross-functional Leadership teams, covering the value chain from R&D to Procurement, Transport and Manufacturing. This entails creation of transparent cost estimates, while keeping stakeholders accountable for target gaps and follow-up. In our Finance Transformation Journey our focus is to enable proactive performance management, underpinned by trusted numbers to enable better decision making and long-term value across the organization, and as senior product cost manager you will be a role model for this on our journey together. We are now looking for a person that combines working with stakeholders as a business partner with the capability to work in a structured manner with Cost Management.

Responsibilities


In this key role, your main responsibilities will be:

• Act as a trusted senior business partner to product and functional leadership across the organization, providing cost insight, challenge, advice and decision support at product and portfolio level
• Oversee Vestas' continuous tracking and executive review of product cost performance, ensuring transparency, accountability, and a clear link between cost outcomes and strategic objectives
• Encourage and support product level cost out initiatives, creating visibility on risks and mitigation strategies, setting prioritization and progress on initiatives, validating financial impact, and ensuring alignment with product strategy and long-term profitability
• Set direction and provide experienced guidance on cost performance management across the full value chain, managing design, sourcing, manufacturing, and service trade-offs
• Advance continuous improvement of cost performance tracking tools and systems, elevating data quality, insight generation, and executive decision-making capability
• Play a key role in Vestas' Finance Transformation journey, enhancing Finance's partnering capability with the business while promoting internal efficiency, standardization, and smarter ways of working across finance

Qualifications

• To meet the expectations of this role, we believe that you have the following experience:
• Relevant degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or similar discipline
• Extensive experience in product cost management, commercial finance, or business partnering roles
• Experience contributing to finance or business transformation initiatives
• Solid knowledge of product costing, performance management, or value optimization methodologies
• Proficiency in analytical tools and systems, including Excel and presentation skills

Competencies


Your personal competencies include:

• Senior stakeholder partnering and challenging, with the ability to align on outcomes
• Clear, concise business communication, turning cost data into decision relevant insight
• Solid analytical and commercial thinking, linking product cost drivers to lifecycle value
• Improvement-focused, transformation-oriented mindset, supporting business and finance transformation

What we offer


We offer an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring, innovative, ever-growing and international work environment in the renewable energy sector. We highly value initiative, a sense of ownership and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will be part of a great Finance team, where we are focused on succeeding together as a team.
We live the Vestas values: Accountability, Collaboration, Simplicity and Passion which form the backbone for our culture of commitment to quality; we want to be an ever-growing team, and we aim to offer interesting jobs and opportunities creating a great place to work.

Additional information


The position will be based out of our global head office in Aarhus, Denmark where several of your main stakeholders are located. A small number of travelling days per year is to be expected. If the above matches your skills and qualifications, please apply no later than August 4 2026.
Please note: We do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date.

Our commitment to a fair hiring.


At Vestas, we evaluate all candidates solely based on their professional experience, education, and relevant skills. To support a fair recruitment process, we kindly ask that you remove any photos, dates of birth or graduation, gender pronouns, marital status, or other personal information not relevant to the role before submitting your CV/resume. Your CV/resume should focus on your professional and educational background, along with the necessary contact details (email and phone number). We train our hiring teams in inclusive evaluation and regularly review process outcomes to ensure fairness.

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.

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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 200 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 field.
With 39,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution - today, tomorrow, and far into the future.
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity.
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