About the job

Do you want to shape the future?

The energy landscape is changing. We are shaping the future and with that also shaping our organization. In accordance with our vision to meet our customers more effectively within changing market trends, we are currently looking to reorganize the way in which we work to be more efficient and competitive.

Therefore, we are looking for the right person as

Head of Renewables Origination

in Amsterdam or Hamburg.

You will lead a team of 9 FTE with a focus on origination for standardised power purchase agreements, mainly on (standardized) balancing PPAs that we are already contracting for 3rd party wind- and solar assets, where applicable in combination with renewable certificates (GoO, ROC, Rego). Together with the originators in Renewables Origination that will predominantly focus on large CPPAs and (Business Area Wind) partnership projects, the department will be responsible for growing our renewable business. Renewables Sales will thus predominantly focus on growth with 3rd parties.

In this role you will be reporting to the Director Renewables Origination.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop and implement sales strategies for 3rd party renewables and certificates
• Origination for CPPAs and balancing PPAs for 3rd party wind- and solar assets,
• Structured deals with renewable certificates (GoO, ROC, Rego)
• Maintain and growth of inside sales activities
• Lead from Renewables Origination as interface to Renewables Portfolio Management
• Lead customer service activities
• Drive a customer service-oriented culture without compromising regulatory requirements
• Grow the portfolio with 3rd parties in all Vattenfall regions
• Planning and implementation of marketing activities.
• Responsible for a successful pricing in the complete value chain and for ROC and Rego portfolios

Like all leaders in Vattenfall you will have three main focus areas: drive innovation to develop our business, connect people to the bigger picture and to each other and accelerate learning to use your and your team’s full potential.

Your profile

We are looking for a Head of Renewables Origination who has a relevant University degree (or equal) and at least 5 years of experience in a managerial role.

Next to this you bring:

• An Open, Active and Positive attitude
• Strong customer network in the renewables industry
• Over 7 years of experience in the power origination and sales business, ideally in the renewables business
• Good understanding of the Renewables energy network
• Business experience in digital marketing activities
• Strong leadership skills, people and change management skills
• Performance oriented and experienced in working in an international as well as in a regional and local environment
• Ability to build trustful relationships with different stakeholders
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information and create an understanding and momentum around our growth agenda

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable, efficient and attractive company. Therefore we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of age, religion, gender identity & expression, sexual identity, disability and ethnic background.

Additional information

Our Offer

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.

More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than January 6th, 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. A pre-employment screening might be part of the recruitment process.

For more information about the position, please contact Christine zu Putlitz, Director Renewables Origination, +494024430 737. For more information about the recruitment process. please contact Recruiter Jil Ungethüm via phone +49 4079022 1378.

We look forward to receiving your application!

About the company

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.

Business Area (BA) Markets maximizes the value of Vattenfall’s portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall's assets and customers. We serve as Vattenfall’s single market access to energy commodity markets trading in electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We are active across Europe with around 500 professionals working from Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Denmark.

BU Customers is enabling both Vattenfall and our customers to become fossil free. We do this by offering power purchase agreements to operators of wind or solar parks and by connecting customers to fossil free electricity. We provide market access services to large customers and (regional) energy suppliers and connect demand-side flexibility of industry to stabilize the electricity grid. We furthermore source electricity for Vattenfall’s consumer- and business customers with a strong focus to increase renewable sources of electricity.