Egill (Thor) E.

Wind Consultant

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Galten, Denmark

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
5 years

Wind Consultant

Egill Thor

  • Standardization of paper bags production lines by rolling out improvements defined in ECR 1.2 packages at manufacturing plants
  • Set up stakeholder management with internal and external partners (Maintenance, Planning, Platform, Vendors, etc.)
  • Managed installation teams and coordinated them with equipment and platform managers and engineers
  • Developed installation and execution plans, tracked progress and reported to management
  • Ensured quality insurance of internal and external manufacturing by organizing and planning inspection activities on specific manufacturing sites
  • Managed receiving inspection at project sites and coordinated inspectors at manufacturing sites
  • Clarified acceptance criteria with manufacturing and managed/tracked nonconformities for corrective action and secure handover from manufacturing to projects
  • Served as quality manager in projects across multiple sites in Sweden and Germany reporting to quality management
  • Defined up-tower kits for 1.3 MW and larger wind turbines in North America and Europe, determining key models and markets needing support
  • Reviewed part numbers and ratios of selected gearbox types to determine compatibility between versions
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Product Manager

Vestas Service

  • Product management of large development and service programs, including contractual negotiations with large international companies
  • Owned projects and led a group of specialists and service engineers, including main component supplier specialists, delivering projects on time with acceptable financial return (ROI)
  • Established alliances and cooperation with all main suppliers in the wind industry and standardized repair methods across repair vendors
  • Established a global main component repair footprint and repair program, developing repair specifications to reduce repair costs and improve performance
  • Developed processes with clear transparency for new repair solutions by simplifying organizational approaches
  • Developed and implemented a repair shop qualification process, including a repair database
  • Defined and implemented a category team within the power train component group
  • Led the main component up-tower repair program resulting in over €100 million service cost reductions in three years
Jan 2012 - Dec 2015
4 years

Senior Manager

Vestas Technology & Service Solutions

  • Managed and developed strategic areas for service and component repair development and defined business opportunities
  • Managed a team of 15 engineers to establish vision and strategy for global component repairs
  • Developed repair concepts and specifications, implemented repair requirements, and monitored repair performance
  • Built up global repair capabilities
  • Reduced cost of repair by over 40%, reduced repair lead time for major products, and significantly increased component reuse/rework rate, contributing to the company’s bottom line
Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
3 years

Product/Platform Manager

Vestas Spare Parts & Repair

  • Developed the business unit by defining business opportunities and establishing vision and strategy for the 3 MW platform (V90-3MW & V112-3MW)
  • Ensured business unit readiness under product releases following the Vestas Way to Market
  • Established business procedures and defined key performance indicators
  • Built up a global world-class supply chain
  • Managed new product introduction (NPI) processes and cost optimizations
  • Ensured service assurance and service readiness
Jan 2005 - Dec 2010
6 years

Key Account Manager

Vestas Technology R&D, Operations

  • Managed Vestas contractual obligations, including service contract liability and warranty failure processes for operating wind turbines in the North America market
  • Oversaw all Vestas Americas warranty activities, including customer settlements, implementations, planning, budgeting, and cost controlling
  • Settled major warranty claims and closed evergreen warranty contracts totaling over USD 600 million
  • Aligned business unit organization and Technology R&D to prioritize handling open warranty claims
  • Improved business unit warranty forecast reliability for calculating warranty liability of new projects and service renewals
  • Reduced yearly warranty provision from 5% to under 2%
Jan 2002 - Dec 2005
4 years

Senior Project Manager, Special Project, Service Concept

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

  • Closed warranty obligations and negotiated settlements with end customers and main suppliers globally
  • Managed key account customer interactions and subcontractor warranty negotiations
  • Established and implemented component failure management systems (CFM), later evolving to the continuous improvement management system (CIM)
  • Improved failure handling time considerably
Jan 1999 - Dec 2002
4 years
Iceland

Director of Manufacturing & Production

Liquid Ice

  • Managed production and R&D development, defining business opportunities and leading a team of 25 blue-collar workers and 5 engineers in manufacturing and servicing liquid ice machines
  • Restarted the company after bankruptcy in close cooperation with the owner (the bank)
  • Selected key players and completed product development to restart production
  • Turned the company from losses to profit within one year by delivering reliable machines
Jan 1995 - Dec 1999
5 years

Quality Assurance Manager

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

  • Managed supplier quality assurance and approval of preferred suppliers
  • Audited supplier quality activities plans for main components
  • Established quality assurance agreements for deliveries to Production Business Units (PBUs)

Summary

  • Business and commercial understanding
  • Able to involve stakeholders, delegate and achieve results
  • Specialised in wind turbine main components service and repair

I’m easy to work with, I have internal and external relationship network established and I always maintain objective focus. I have experience working in international positions, breaking down silos and building up teams for setting and achieving strategic goal. With me you will get an experienced person within company/business area developments and able to create positive results through market development and/or strategic improvements.

My personal target is to increase my knowledge and experience by contribute to creating results based on a visionary strategy development and implementation. I’m ready to take on responsibility for larger and more demanding tasks to translate my knowledge and experience in the operating businesses.

Skills

  • General Use Of Microsoft Office
  • Professional Experience With Erp System - Sap, Pdm-link And Powerbi
  • Basic Knowledge Of Programming And Database Structure

Languages

Icelandic
Native
Danish
Advanced
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1991 - Jun 1995

Odense Teknikum

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Odense, Denmark

Oct 1985 - Jun 1988

Marine School

Machine Engineer · Iceland

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