Project Planning Lead

Vestas; Portugal; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Travel opportunities (up to 20% per yr

Job summary

Vestas is seeking a Project Planning partner in Porto to connect value-chain planning activities and enable end-to-end planning using Place and other tools. You will engage with Business Units, PMOs, and Digital Solutions to improve planning quality and adoption.

Bring solid experience in integrated planning, Agile practices, and stakeholder management. The role is hybrid with travel up to 20% offering opportunities to shape a trusted planning environment across Vestas.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• Experience in project, program, portfolio, or integrated planning in a complex organization.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and planning practices.
• Experience with digital planning and portfolio tools (SAP PPM, place, or JIRA).
• Customer/business-partnering mindset with ability to translate needs into improvements.
• Ability to coach, train and support teams in adopting tools and new ways of working.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills across audiences and levels.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted planning partner for Business Units, supporting planning quality and effectiveness.
• Coordinate integrated planning across T&O, connecting stakeholders for alignment and visibility.
• Advance Place adoption and user enablement with coaching and guidance.
• Shape future Place development by translating user needs into clear requirements.
• Contribute to evolution of Flow Agile methodologies within the T&O planning environment.
• Ensure planning quality, connectivity, and reliability across plans and dependencies.
• Develop guidance and training materials to promote adoption of common planning approaches.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile planning

Communication & facilitation

Coaching and enablement

Customer partnering mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Adoption and change management

Education

University degree in Engineering or Business Administration

Tools

SAP PPM

place

JIRA

Job description

Do you seek collaboration, innovation and impact?

Technology & Operations > Product Line ONS > Project Planning

The VTO Project Planning team supports the visibility, transparency, and reliability of One Plan across Vestas by:

• Connecting value-chain areas, product areas, PMOs, T&O Project Excellence, Digital Solutions, EPMs and other key stakeholders to enable aligned and connected planning
• Enabling end-to-end planning through the right planning tools, primarily place, bringing together plans, milestones, dependencies, and performance in a shared environment
• Acting as a planning partner for T&O organizations through training, coaching, guidance, and user support
• Promoting the adoption and continuous improvement of common planning practices, capabilities, and ways of working
• Promoting transparent, collaborative, and efficient planning across T&O
• Ensuring plans are connected, trustworthy, and maintained as a single source of truth, enabling informed decision-making across product lines

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted planning partner for Business Units, building close relationships, understanding their needs and challenges, and providing direct support to improve planning quality and effectiveness
• Coordinate integrated planning across T&O, connecting Business Units, product and value-chain areas, PMOs, Project Excellence, Digital Solutions, and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment and visibility across plans
• Advance cplace adoption and user enablement, closely engaging, motivating, coaching, and supporting users to improve their planning capabilities and get the most value from the platform and common ways of working
• Shape the next waves of place development by staying close to Business Units, identifying real user needs and pain points, translating them into clear requirements, and helping prioritize improvements that deliver tangible business value
• Contribute to the evolution of Flow Agile methodologies and processes, ensuring close integration and connectivity with the overall T&O planning environment, tools, and ways of working
• Ensure planning quality, connectivity, and reliability, supporting teams in maintaining accurate and up-to-date plans, identifying cross-organizational dependencies, and making the planning environment a trusted source of information
• Advance continuous improvement and communication of planning capabilities, developing and delivering practical guidance, training, communication materials, and best practices that help users adopt common approaches and continuously improve how they plan.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related field
• Solid professional experience in project, program, portfolio, or integrated planning, within a complex, cross-functional organization is valuable
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and planning practices, with the ability to connect Agile ways of working with broader project and portfolio planning
• Experience with digital planning and portfolio management tools, with specific knowledge of SAP PPM, place, or JIRA considered valuable
• Effective customer and business-partnering mindset, with the ability to understand Business Unit needs, build trusted relationships, and translate those needs into practical improvements
• Demonstrated ability to engage, motivate, and enable users, with a practical approach to coaching, training, and supporting teams in improving their planning capabilities and adopting new tools and ways of working
• Effective communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to develop clear and engaging training, guidance, and communication materials for different audiences and organizational levels.

Competencies

• Solid stakeholder management and collaboration skills across business and digital organizations
• Ability to bridge business planning needs with technical tool development and governance
• Solid communication, facilitation, and training skills
• Well-developed structured and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on simplification and continuous improvement
• Ability to implement adoption, standardization, and change across a global organization
• Organized, structured, and results-oriented mindset
• Deep focus on transparency, data quality, and creating trusted planning solutions
• Ability to build communities, encourage knowledge sharing, and promote best practices
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively in a global and diverse environment

What We Offer

We offer an exciting opportunity to shape and improve connected planning across Vestas. As part of T&O Project Planning, you will work with stakeholders across the organization to enhance the visibility, transparency, and reliability of One Plan, enabled through modern planning capabilities and digital solutions, primarily place.

You will join a highly professional and collaborative environment with great opportunities for personal and professional growth. We value initiative, ownership, continuous improvement, and teamwork, while offering the chance to support a trusted, connected, and transparent planning environment across Vestas.

Additional information

This is a hybrid position based in Porto, Portugal and requires up to 20% of travel per year.

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, therefore, early applications are encouraged.

Please note: We reserve the right to amend or withdraw this job posting at any time.

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.

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.
To learn more about our company and life at Vestas, we invite you to visit our website at www.vestas.com and follow us on our social media channels. We also encourage you to join our Talent Universe to receive notifications on new and relevant postings.