Head of Blades

People Executive | Board Search | Executive Search | Recruitment | Assessment | Executive Interim; Fredericia Kommune; On-site; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Wind Service is seeking a Head of Blades to lead the blade business from Fredericia, Denmark, or Szczecin, Poland. The role combines commercial drive with strong operational leadership to drive performance and continuous improvements.

Reporting to the Director of Service & Blades, you will steer strategy, oversee projects and resources, and collaborate with sales to create customer value. Expect 20–30 days of international travel per year.

Qualifications

• Seasoned blade manager with operational experience from blade projects.
• Experience in international, project-based, matrix organisations.
• Fluent in English, strong commercial understanding including contracts and risk.
• PM qualifications are an advantage; degree in business, operations, or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the blade organisation through managers and ensure accountable teams.
• Drive safe, efficient project execution with clear standards and improvements.
• Identify market opportunities, build business cases and customer value.
• Improve margins and resource utilisation using data-driven decisions.
• Develop capabilities and capacity for future growth.

Skills

Blade operations

Project management

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in business/engineering/operations

Job description

– shape the next chapter of the blade business in a global wind industry leader

Do you combine commercial drive, operational leadership and a strong understanding of blades? Are you an experienced leader used to lead through managers, create clear directions and drive performance and continuous improvements? And do you want to take a pivotal role in developing a growing business area with significant market potential? Then you might be the next Head of Blades at Global Wind Service, working from the company headquarters in Fredericia, Denmark, or from Szczecin, Poland.

Turning operational performance into profitable growth

Reporting to the Director of Service & Blades, you will be responsible for the development and performance of the blade business, with direct leadership responsibility for project management and resource management. The blade business is supported by a strong international technician base working across multiple markets. Leading through managers, you will ensure the organisation has the right structure, capabilities and resources to deliver safely, efficiently and the required quality. You will proactively strengthen project preparations and project execution, resource utilisation and financial performance, while reducing complexity, cost and project risk. Working closely with sales and customers, you will identify new opportunities, understand customer needs and create additional business through relevant service solutions. You will drive consistent ways of working, use data and digitalisation to improve decisions, and work with integrated planning to build the capabilities and capacity needed for growth. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the blade organisation through managers and developing a strong, accountable team
• Driving safe, efficient and predictable project execution through clear standards and continuous improvement
• Identifying additional market opportunities, developing business cases and creating customer value
• Improving margins, resource utilisation and business performance through data-driven decisions
• Building the capabilities and capacity needed for future growth

Joining Global Wind Service, you will become part of a highly dynamic and international organisation with the opportunity to shape the continued development of a significant business area. You will work closely with colleagues, customers and functions across international markets. The position involves approximately 20-30 days of international travel per year.

Technical blade expertise combined with strong commercial skills

You hold a relevant degree within business, operations, engineering or a related field. Project management qualifications are an advantage. The position requires a seasoned blade manager with solid operational experience from blade projects, ideally covering field execution, repair activities, workforce planning, quality performance and customer delivery. Strong experience from blade operations is therefore highly valued, while experience from wind field services, composite repair or other complex technical service environments is also relevant. You understand both the technical and operational realities of blade work and can translate this insight into stronger execution, better commercial decisions and meaningful input to the future blade strategy. You have experience from an international, project-based and matrix organisation and combine operational depth with a strategic perspective and strong commercial understanding, including contracts, risk and business development. As a person, you are structured, pragmatic and performance-oriented, challenge existing ways of working and communicate clearly. Finally, you are fluent in spoken and written English.

About our customer

Global Wind Service was established in Denmark at the beginning of 2008. The company’s aspiration is to continue to be a preferred project partner of installation, service, and maintenance of wind turbines worldwide offshore and onshore. Today, Global Wind Service employs on average more than 1,800 dedicated and professional people making a difference for our customers and for the green transition. Global Wind Service is a global company with offices in Denmark, Poland, the UK, the Netherlands, Turkey, Romania, Germany, Taiwan, and the United States. Global Wind Service is part of the Fred. Olsen Group. Read more about the company here: https://globalwindservice.com/