Utility Consultant
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Location
Manchester
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
Flexible Depending on Experience
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Contact:
Tom Brookes
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Contact email:
tom.brookes@greenrecruitmentcompany.com
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Job ref:
UC3
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Published:
about 1 year ago
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Expiry date:
2020-03-01
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Startdate:
ASAP
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Consultant:
Tom Brookes
This position is key for the future development of the client's energy offering, supporting the current and future energy services contracts.
The Role:
To support the overall energy service team in providing:
- Management of the energy procurement relationship for both the internal customers and the customers who purchase through the energy service.
- Leading in all tendering exercises; subsequent reporting and reconciliation activity.
- Key responsibility for the relationship with said client's preferred Energy Broker.
- Management of the procurement pipeline,
- Managing clients expectations on tender timelines and outcomes.
- Engaging with key stakeholders (contract teams, suppliers etc.)
Responsibilities:
To lead and ensure delivery of the following utility management services:
- Project management of procurement tenders and services across electricity, gas and water.
- Ensure all tendering, reporting and reconciliation activity is completed on a timely basis and to customer expectations
- Develop and maintain knowledge of prices, third party charges and supplier products
- Establish, develop and maintain supplier contacts with suppliers across all utilities
- Understand and manage the impact of portfolio changes on contracts
- Advice on energy legislative requirements.
- Support any contract developments or workload across the energy team.
- Using incumbent energy management system for procurement data collection
- Understand and work to specific SLAs/ KPIs
- Ensure full compliance with all standards, policies, processes and procedures and with all external legal, regulatory and voluntary code obligations.
The Individual:
- Proven background in working in a utility procurement role
- Track record of working with large data sets
- An understanding of energy and carbon management terminology, principles and methodologies
- Proficient in Excel is essential (e.g. ability to create pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUM, SUMIF) and other data analytic tools