With over 2,000 colleagues, our client helps millions of consumers and many companies switch to sustainable energy with our energy services. They do this with smart, sustainable and affordable products and services. From generation to trading and from storage to sharing and delivery. They are also one of the largest investors in the development of wind farms, large solar roofs and heat networks.
Make short- and long-term energy purchasing decisions. The team of traders, commercial analysts and meteorologists ensures that there is enough power and gas every day to meet demand. Of course at the right price and with low risks. On the trading floor, you are primarily responsible for first-line risks. Energy has to be purchased for a customer now, even if you don’t know everything exactly.
What you will do
The Intraday Trading team is responsible for optimizing the results within the intraday power market. It is a complex challenge since we have a large and diverse portfolio of customers, sustainable assets and gas-fired power plants. As such they are buying and selling commodities and steering their assets. Their ambition is to get as much renewable energy on the grid as possible, at the lowest possible cost. To facilitate this, they develop a state of the art forecasting and optimization models, interactive visualization, and other forms of decision support.
They look for a trader who can make the best buy and sell decisions in the market and steer their assets to the most optimal points. As a trader, you translate market knowledge into profit.
You will be working irregular hours and be part of a shift (early morning-evening, 7 days a week).
Is this about you?
Entrepreneurship, result-oriented and good people skills are competences that you need to have in order to operate in a dynamic continuously improving environment. There are plenty of chances and developments in their current market that needs to be spotted and be acted on. A strong business acumen i.e. recognizing deals that are the most profitable and having the knowhow how to close it is essential and indispensable.
You also bring in:
- You have a Masters’ Degree in a STEM subject
- Meteorological knowledge is a plus
- You have experience with SQL/Python/Excel/VBA
- You have an entrepreneurial spirit
- Previous experience in trading the Intraday markets is a must
- Minimum 3 years of trading experience in power markets, specifically the German one
You will be responsible for
You will start in the Intraday team where you will develop a vision on European day ahead, intraday, and imbalance power markets. You will share your time between trading and development/optimization.
In short, you will:
- Be responsible for the trading profit/loss, expected to contribute by being highly commercially oriented
- Optimize the available flexible generation capacity in our portfolio
- Manage the imbalance exposures of our customers and renewable portfolio within the intraday market
- Develop and execute profitable trading strategies
- Be innovative and collaborate with other teams to grow our business.
This is where you will work
150 colleagues work at the heart of the organization. This is where the supply and demand of energy converge. Where they bundle their own and external energy flows and ensure that there is enough energy to meet demand. The international team consists of several divisions: Sourcing & Pricing, Trading, Portfolio Optimization, Structuring & Organization, Business Development, Energy Operations & IT Management.
