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(Senior) Renewable Originator
VattenfallThe Netherlandsfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Sept 2023
About the role
<h3>Company Description</h3><p>Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. </p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Want to negotiate Power Purchase Agreement as a Renewable Originator? </strong></p><p>Our<strong> Business Area (BA) Markets</strong> maximises the value of Vattenfall’s portfolio by optimising and dis-patching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall's assets and sales positions. We offer power purchase agreements to operators of wind or solar parks, optimise 3rd party batteries and enter into origination deals within the B2B segment. We serve as Vattenfall’s single market access to energy commodity markets trading in gas electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We are the architects and owners of algorithmic trading solutions and manage the risk for the company wide gas positions. We are responsible for generating profits by taking positions within defined risk mandates and limits. We are active across Europe with around 500 professionals working from Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK. </p><p>Within Markets, the <strong>Business Unit Customers</strong> is responsible for the Renewables Origination business. We offer Renewables Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for Renewables asset owners and green electricity out of Renewables Assets, Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPA) . In addition, we take over the optimization and market integration of renewable assets.</p><p>We are now looking for several Renewables Originators to strengthen our team.</p><p> <br/>
<strong>What will you do? </strong><br/>
As a renewables originator you´re expected to negotiate Power Purchase Agreements, Corporate Power Purchase agreements and enable green supply to our customers. Additionally you are asked to identify, develop, negotiate and implement <strong>new business opportunities</strong> and mitigate our risks. You will work in close cooperation with our customers, Business Area Wind, trading unit, as well as other important stakeholders. Deal closing includes all internal approvals by relevant committees and contract negotiation. We expect that you have experience within the energy markets and the Renewables field.</p><p><strong>You have the following tasks and responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Identify and negotiate Power Purchase Agreements and Corporate Power Purchase Agreements based on Vattenfall asset base or fully external</li><li>Close alignment and joint work together with Business Area Wind on Vattenfalls asset pipeline</li><li>Grow and innovate Vattenfall’s Origination business and drive PnL generation</li><li>Identify potential new clients and follow-up on current leads</li><li>Manage and drive onboarding process for new counterparties until deal closing</li><li>Facilitate decision making processes, potentially involving executive group management</li><li>Internal coordination with Legal, Trade Control, Reg Ops, Market and Credit Risk, Finance</li></ul><p><br/>
<strong>Location </strong><br/>
Amsterdam</p><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>Your profile </strong><br/>
As our Renewables Originator you will bring: </p><ul><li>High degree of commercial focus, strong business acumen and PnL responsibility</li><li>Strong knowledge of the European energy market are mandatory</li><li>Strong track record on PPA and CPPA deals in Europe</li><li>Ability to structure power energy transactions</li><li>Ability to drive transactions from idea to closure through all approvals</li><li>Existing customer network in the energy market</li><li>Strong self-motivation to achieve PnL in a challenging and rapidly evolving environment</li><li>Fluent in <strong>Dutch and English</strong></li><li>Strong communication and interpersonal skills</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p><strong>Our offer </strong><br/>
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. <br/>
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<strong>More Information </strong><br/>
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 25th of September 2023. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. <br/>
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