Senior Specialist, Work Plan Strategy

Summary

Spire is looking for a Senior Specialist in the Workplan Strategy department. This role is responsible for the creating, planning, managing, and monitoring of a portfolio of infrastructure expansion and maintenance work required company wide.  This person will support utility-wide business planning and performance monitoring processes, including ensuring appropriate integration and support exists between processes and areas, including development of appropriate dashboards, metrics and schedules as requested. They will also serve as a representative on cross functional strategic projects; empowered to provide guidance to VPs/SVPs on Workplan-related topics.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the annual workplan strategy and monthly forecasting processes for allotted reporting departments and assure that plans are integrated, consistent and supportive of the Utility strategic direction.
• Manage allotted departmental reporting processes, including collection, preparation, distribution and presentation of monthly workplan strategy reports to business unit presidents and department heads.
• Manage the departmental operational forecasting process to ensure all impacted parties are informed of the impacts of workplan variances on future expectations.
• Provide necessary support for the preparation and facilitation of the Company’s monthly business reviews and strategic direction meetings.
• Identify, analyze, and assess the portfolio of projects to be undertaken to support the utility strategy. Develop business cases by gathering and assessing background and research data; supporting economic, financial, and performance analysis; providing quality assurance, due diligence and review support as appropriate.
• Develop, implement, and upgrade systems and processes to support operational standardization and excellence.
• Develop and evaluate key performance metrics, productivity statistics, and objectives.
• Identify areas of improvement that lead to improved customer satisfaction, operational performance and bottom-line results.
• Conduct presentations to the BU Presidents and other senior Executive Leadership, as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Essential Characteristics and Competencies

• Ability to demonstrate the core and job category competencies: customer-focused, results-driven, teamwork, communications, adaptability, initiative, problem solving and quality.
• Ability to lead by example in support of the Company’s essential characteristics and values: strong ethics and integrity, dedication to a safe work environment, commitment to a diverse workforce that recognizes and respects every individual’s unique skill and perspective.
• Recognize problems and respond, systematically gather information, sort through complex issues, understand consequences of decisions, seeks input from others.
• Ability to make difficult decisions and effectively communicate those decisions to others.
• Ability to set challenging and productive goals & objectives and effectively monitor performance to consistently meet or surpass goals & objectives.
• Ability to independently coordinate with company leadership in the absence of the manager.
• Ability to lead by example.

Required Education (certifications, licenses)

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business discipline. May consider candidates that have extensive operational knowledge and experience that are willing to pursue further education.
• Master’s degree in business administration (or similar), preferred.