Senior Manager Energy Offtake Poland (m/f/d)

As a global company, we generate energy, act with energy and market it to business customers in a great way. We also provide, store, transport and supply various energy raw materials. We are always looking for talented employees: they are developing simple solutions for the complex energy issues of our customers. We do this at Uniper as an energy community with a lot of passion and great team spirit, and from our point of view also better and more straightforward than others.

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Apply yourself and become part of us. We look forward to seeing you. The Senior Energy Offtake Manager Poland is responsible for building, managing and continuously improving the operational processes required to support Uniper's activities in the field of renewable energy consumption in Poland. The position combines a strong responsibility for back-office processes with practical contract management, coordination of regulatory concerns and the ability to support or manage negotiations as needed. It is a practice-oriented position for someone who structured, disciplined, and consistently implements complex commercial and regulatory processes and at the same time understands the economic logic of power collection contracts (PPAs), differential contracts (CfDs), market access agreements, proof of origin and other contract-based contracts.

Main tasks:

• Responsibility for the daily operational management of Polish energy collection activities, including tracking, documentation, deadlines, internal approvals, reporting procedures and follow-up of measures.

• Coordination of processes related to Polish funding programmes, in particular requirements related to CfDs, and implementation of regulatory obligations in practical workflows and results.

• Support in the preparation, testing, negotiation and management of trade agreements, including current collection contracts (PPAs), market access agreements, GO contracts, battery-tolling agreements and related claims or billing questions.

• Close cooperation with the departments of law, risk, taxes, accounting, compliance, trade, origination, project development and asset management to ensure that contractual and regulatory obligations are clearly understood and implemented.

• Maintaining a clear overview of contractual obligations, milestones, termination periods, reporting obligations, billing requirements and decision points.

• Identification of gaps, risks and bottlenecks in existing processes and implementation of practical improvements to increase reliability, transparency and accountability.

• Create concise decision documents, summaries and recommendations for senior decision-makers, including a clear escalation of problems and solutions.

• If necessary, support commercial negotiations by preparing facts, contractual positions, risk assessments and avoidance options.

• As a reliable interface between the commercial teams and the operating/back office functions to ensure that signed contracts can be implemented effectively.

• Extensive experience in process management, contract management, commercial operation, back-office management, procurement, support in energy trading, support in the acquisition or in a comparable regulated environment.

• Good understanding of commercial contracts and self-security, support negotiations, clarify contract positions and coordinate contributions from specialist departments.

• Experience with renewable energies, electricity markets, electricity collection contracts (PPAs), differential contracts (CfDs), funding programs, market access structures or energy-related regulatory processes is of great advantage.

• Embossed organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple parallel workflows, appointments and interest groups without losing sight of details.

• Analytical thinking and the ability to implement complex regulatory, contractual and operational requirements into clear, implementable measures.

• High reliability, self-responsibility and the willingness to advance themes to completion. *Expressed skills in stakeholder management, including the ability to match legal, commercial, financial, technical and compliance perspectives.

• Professional skills in English and Polish; German is advantageous.

Profile of the ideal candidate The ideal candidate is a structured and pragmatic process manager with sound contractual knowledge. It does not have to be a purely front-office original, but should be able to understand business agreements, to coordinate specialist contributions, to prepare negotiating positions and, if necessary, to intervene in contract negotiations. It should be able to operate safely in the regulated energy sector, manage deadlines and documents and ensure that business obligations result in a reliable operational implementation.

Reference The position is under the VP of Energy Offtake and works closely with the teams in the fields of renewable energies, law, risk, accounting, taxes, compliance, trade and project development.

Joblocations:

40221 Düsseldorf, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALEN, GERMANY

71-424 Szczecin, ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE, POLAND

12159 Berlin, BERLIN, GERMANY