Planning Team Leader Ireland

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of dispatchers to deliver services in line with KPIs, contractual obligations, and customer expectations.
• Plan and schedule work efficiently to minimise downtime and maximise productivity, ensuring tools, parts, and services are optimised ahead of execution.
• Make effective prioritisation decisions in response to changing operational and business needs.
• Own short‑ and long‑term forecasting, monitoring performance, quality, and efficiency against plan.
• Track and control Planning & Scheduling KPIs and PPIs, implementing corrective and mitigation actions where required.
• Proactively identify, consolidate, and escalate issues clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement across planning and scheduling processes to enhance operational performance.

• Degree qualified in a related subject (appropriate work experience also considered).
• Experience with people management.
• Experience in a similar operational role/department dealing with planning/logistics/service.
• Completed technical, commercial or project management training is an advantage.
• Good verbal and written skills.
• IT skills (preferred: SAP, Salesforce, MS Office).

We offer an exciting role with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring, hard‑working, and international environment in the renewable energy sector. We highly value initiative, responsibility and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will be surrounded by experienced and supportive colleagues who are all here to drive positive change for Vestas and the green transition in the UK.

Your work location will be at Vestas Warrington, GB. Applications are handled on an ongoing basis. Please apply online with your letter of motivation and CV.

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. All inquiries are treated confidentially.

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. We train our hiring teams in inclusive evaluation and regularly review process outcomes to ensure fairness.