Director of Manufacturing Process Excellence

Vestas; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Vestas is seeking a Head of Business Process Excellence to lead the design, governance, and ongoing improvement of cross-functional business processes across the value chain. The role focuses on eliminating complexity, speeding execution, and ensuring seamless integration between operations and Manufacturing stakeholders.

As a Director-level architect of the operational governance system, you will drive accountability, set standards, and partner with Digital teams to prepare processes for

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business Processes or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and E2E business processes.
• Experience with ERP/MES and manufacturing digital environments.
• Proven experience in process standardization and transform.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern enterprise process architecture, including process frameworks, governance models, ownership structures, and decision rights to drive operational consistency and clarity.
• Establish clear accountability and decision-making across end-to-end processes, ensuring effective governance and ownership.
• Establish standards, governance, and continuous improvement for critical manufacturing processes, including Engineering Change Management, NPI/Industrialization, Non-Conformity Management, CAPEX, and Planning.
• Drive process excellence through robust master data governance, risk management, and cross-functional accountability across the manufacturing value chain.
• Drive organizational simplification by eliminating process waste, governance complexity, and decision-making bottlenecks to improve agility and execution speed.
• Streamline processes and governance structures to enhance efficiency, accountability, and business responsiveness.
• Lead business process readiness for digital transformation, partnering with Digital teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions and ensuring processes are optimized before automation and digitization.
• Design and optimize governance frameworks that enable fast decision-making, clear accountability, data integrity, and consistent process compliance across the organization.

Skills

End-to-end processes

ERP/MES experience

Process standardization

Governance design

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Vestas is seeking a Head of Business Process Excellence to lead the design, governance, and ongoing improvement of cross-functional business processes across the value chain. The role focuses on eliminating complexity, speeding execution, and ensuring seamless integration between operations and Manufacturing stakeholders.

As a Director-level architect of the operational governance system, you will drive accountability, set standards, and partner with Digital teams to prepare processes for