Business Development Manager

Company Description
Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.
Job Description
Do you want to help in enabling a fossil free living within one generation?
BA Markets is now looking for the right person to fill the position as Business Development Manager
In Business Unit (BU) Assets we maximise the value of all Vattenfall assets through optimal bidding and dispatching of power plant capacities. In addition, we are responsible for the development and execution of an appropriate hedge strategy of the overall exposure of Vattenfall.
To benefit from the ongoing transformation of the Vattenfall portfolio as well as the shifts of the energy system, our focus lies on increasing efficiency, driving the adoption of advanced analytics and automation and developing our capabilities to enable the optimization and steering of new, decentral, energy systems.
You will be welcomed by a team of very engaged managers that values cooperation and building an environment where both business and employees thrive.
As Business Development Manager you will have the following key responsibilities:
Actively coordinate BU Assets’ business planning and strategy process
Oversee and steer BU Assets’ project portfolio, to ensure business plan execution
Actively take part in the project portfolio prioritization process in BA Markets, representing BU Assets
Support and guide activities for Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement in BU Assets
Lead selective project initiatives
Develop and drive selective new business initiatives (e.g. decentral business cases)
Lead Business Intelligence activities within BU Assets
Be part of the BU Asset Management Team.

Qualifications
At least 5 years of relevant work experience
Relevant experience in the areas of Business Strategy, Consulting, Project Management or similar
Good understanding of the energy market and its current developments.
University degree in relevant areas.

Your personal characteristics:
You truly like to work in cooperation with others and to manage key stakeholders on all managerial levels. With efficiency, structure, grit and high spirits you solve even the toughest tasks. The right candidate have the ability to assess what is good for BU Assets as well as for Vattenfall and convince the company to rally behind it.
Additional Information
Location: Solna or Hamburg
At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity & inclusion helps building a more attractive, efficient, customer centric and profitable company. Therefore we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, religious belief, gender identity & expression, sexual identity, disability and ethnic background.
For more information about the position you are welcome to contact Sjur Jensen, +46 705 397 154 . For information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Peter Blixter, +46 72 237 32 02.
Trade union representatives: Jens Morell (Unionen) and Sven Gunnar Gremlin (Akademikerna). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.
We welcome your application, including CV and cover letter, no later than 20th of November 2022. As we may conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
We look forward to receiving your application!