Operational Excellence Lead: Flow & WPMS (Remote)

Siemens Gamesa; Aalborg; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities to work with a global 팀

Medical benefits

Remote/Flexible work

Paid holidays and parental leave

Employer-funded pension

Subsidized lunch and more

Job summary

Siemens Gamesa in Aalborg seeks a Team Lead Operational Excellence to guide a 13-person OE team and drive WPMS deployment across the manufacturing area. You will set priorities, ensure performance management standards, and balance daily support with long-term improvements on the shop floor.

You will lead initiatives in flow, VSM/VSD, capacity modelling, and escalation practices while collaborating with production leadership to deliver measurable benefits.

Qualifications

• Background in engineering, manufacturing, or industrial engineering with Lean/Operational Excellence experience.
• Strong people leadership and cross-functional improvement capability.
• Clear understanding of manufacturing flow, performance management, and shop-floor execution.
• Ability to prioritize short-term production needs against long-term process maturity and capability.
• Structured problem-solving, facilitation, and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; English required, Danish advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a 13-person OE team (OE Business Partners, OE Specialists, OE Program Managers) with clear objectives and delivery follow-up.
• Own deployment, governance, and sustainment of WPMS across Aalborg manufacturing, including assessments and standardisation.
• Establish and sustain performance management standards, KPI routines, and escalation practices.
• Balance team capacity across daily performance support, industrial engineering, takt/manning, and long-term OE development.
• Drive flow improvements, bottleneck analysis, VSM/VSD, and align with production leadership and priorities.
• Challenge analyses and ensure improvement ideas become structured plans with measurable benefits.

Job description

Siemens Gamesa in Aalborg seeks a Team Lead Operational Excellence to guide a 13-person OE team and drive WPMS deployment across the manufacturing area. You will set priorities, ensure performance management standards, and balance daily support with long-term improvements on the shop floor.

You will lead initiatives in flow, VSM/VSD, capacity modelling, and escalation practices while collaborating with production leadership to deliver measurable benefits.