Business Manager

Business Manager - Customer Solutions France (M/F/d)

Full-time

Business Units: MOS - Southern European Origination

**Company Description**:
As part of Statkraft´s global Origination unit, the Southern European Origination team builds and manages a portfolio of non-standard, structured transactions in wholesale energy markets in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy with a focus on power and guarantees of origin. Thereby, it cooperates closely with Statkraft’s trading desks and the other regional Origination teams to offer pan-European tailored energy solutions.

The responsibilities within Southern European Origination are divided into Origination Iberia, Origination Italy and Origination France as well as its own dedicated Portfolio Management team based in Düsseldorf. While the Origination teams focus on originating, structuring and negotiating of value enhancing new transactions, the Portfolio Management provides the analysis, structuring and pricing platform to all non-standard commodity contracts and manages the entire portfolio exposure in the market across the forward curve until delivery. Origination and Portfolio Management closely collaborate on a “one team - one PnL” philosophy per market, jointly develop new business cases and jointly set strategic priorities.

The team has been a first mover and leader in long-term PPAs in Southern Europe and in managing renewable energy risk with more than 130 wind and solar PPAs contracted. In addition, in France Southern European Origination holds on of the largest route-to-market renewables portfolios. Overall, the portfolio consists of tailor-made long-term agreements with IPPs/generators and large end customers as well as other non-standard flexible and structured wholesale products. The business is planning to further expand in terms of regional and product scope over the next years.

You will report to the Head of Origination France and be part of the French front office Origination team.

You will assist the Head of Origination France in ensuring the holistic business ownership, strategic alignment, and operational excellence of our Market Access and Origination business in France. You will represent our interests in crucial projects, support strategic initiatives, and ensure compliance with regulatory changes, thereby positioning us for sustained success in the market.

Your activities will include:

- Drive profitability by looking at the entire value chain of the business and driving the most relevant improvement projects to increase value or reduce cost within Statkraft
- Identifying operational issues in the French Market Access and Origination business, prioritize and facilitate action across Statkraft departments to mitigate and overcome the structural problems - while also solving issues on an ad-hoc basis
- Stay on top of regulatory changes affecting our business and ensuring their timely implementation
- Participate and represent the team in operational projects as well as cross-functional groups
- Drive continuous improvement in our contracts and internal processes
- Support the Head of Origination France in the end-to-end origination business administration and strategy development and ensuring the business is run in a well-controlled and efficient way
- Support new business development initiatives

**Qualifications**:

- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a high level of attention to details
- Previous experience in energy markets is an advantage in particular exposure to origination related products and internal operational processes
- Previous experience as a consultant or project manager is an advantage
- Ability to quickly grasp complex problems and structure solutions
- Project management and stakeholder management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong powerpoint skills
- High level of motivation, structured way of working and able to get things done
- Fluent in English and French
- International travel for business purposes is to be expected

**Additional Information**:
**Statkraft offers**:

- Professional and personal development in an exciting company
- A positive working environment characterised by competence, responsibility and innovation
- A diverse workplace with regard to gender, age and cultural background
- Competitive terms of employment and excellent benefit schemes