Commercial Manager - Flexibility Services

Key Responsibilities

Do you want to help power your career and be part of an evolving energy industry?​ ​

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Commercial Manager Flexibility Services to join our Policy and Markets Team. The energy industry is advancing with investment in smart technology innovation and Northern Powergrid, as the company responsible for powering everyday life for 8 million customers across 3.9 million homes and businesses in the Northeast, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, is at the forefront of delivering a power network that meets the region’s needs, now and in the future. 

Our vision is to be the best energy company in serving our 3.9 million homes, whilst delivering a sustainable energy solution. You will be an integral part of achieving this, while always striving to keep our customers’ power flowing. Reporting to the Head of Policy Development, this position provides a unique development opportunity as we transition to a smarter, more flexible energy system. The main purpose of this role is to develop and deploy our new range of flexibility services through liaison with the external market and lead the end-to-end business process internal changes. Ensure Northern Powergrid delivers on its high profile external commitments to make changes today as well as plan our development path into embracing more flexibility services and thereby support regional decarbonisation at least cost for customers.

Along with a competitive salary of up to £70,000 we also offer great benefits such as; Enrolment into our pension scheme with a maximum contribution of up to 12% conditional on a 50% matched employee contribution 25 days holiday Performance bonus of up to 20% of your annual salary.

We’re excited to hear from candidates with a passion for our company and the industry and a desire to succeed. Apply now and we’ll be in touch.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

Define, scope and deliver commercial development projects associated with the introduction of DNO customer flexibility where we ask customers to help us manage the grid. Create industry leading thinking on the opportunities and obligations that result from continuing evolution of the electricity market and the more flexible, smarter system. Ensure that we remain compliant with our regulatory obligations and business plan commitments to introduce customer flexibility. Establish robust working processes to embed distribution system operation (DSO) in our standard ways of working. Develop and deliver flexibility provider stakeholder engagement programs in order to ensure that our developments are in step with our stakeholders’ needs. Ensure that relevant regulatory and government consultations and information requests are delivered to the required quality and agreed timescales. Represent Northern Powergrid on national working groups and in industry interactions to develop standardised whole system solutions.

Key Competencies

Results driven, a focus on developing self, team and organisation to continuously improve performance. Strong commercial skills and decision making skills – for example, ability to build business cases, understand complex business models / frameworks, apply judgement and value positions for customers and deliver projects and business as usual activity. Strong relationship management and effective communication skills including the ability to collaborate with others (at all levels) in order to cultivate good working relationships both internally and externally. Strong project management, planning and organising skills – able to provide clarity of purpose and work to explicit objectives. Strong leadership skills, with the ability to secure and manage cross-business buy-in and resources to deliver projects. Strong written and spoken communication skills – clear, concise, engaging and persuasive – ability to produce high quality consultation responses and other written documents.

Essential Requirements

Essential Qualifications and Experience Qualified to degree level and / or proven job related experience. Commercial role experience in the energy industry.  Engaging with policy makers and industry parties to influence policy development and deliver projects. Leadership of initiatives across an organisation. Project Management – converting high level policy and direction into realistic internal deliverables and action plans. Advanced IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office.  Financial budget management.   Desirable Qualifications and Experience Economics qualification Distribution engineering qualification Project Management qualification Knowledge and experience of the electricity distribution sector