Energy Procurement Manager

At JLL, we are driving sustainability through everything that we do, across all service lines and job positions. Specifically, we are growing our Sustainability practice to drive end-to-end sustainability solutions in real estate, from site selection to zero waste.

Role Purpose

In this role, the Energy Procurement Manager will be responsible for sourcing electricity and natural gas commodity supply offers and agreements for a range of commercial and industrial clients with a focus on energy analysis, product recommendation and implementation, and overall risk management. This role will interface with a national network of retail energy suppliers and energy consultants in North America to facilitate daily procurement activities across all deregulated power and gas markets. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, market intelligence development, tariff and load analysis, renewable energy project support, market assessment, risk management, strategy development, contract negotiation, contract management, and client interaction. The position will also support the Director on various strategic procurement initiatives with the Executive Leadership team.

What This Job Involves

Key responsibilities include:

• Create written proposals for priority opportunities, and drive procurement agreements to contract execution
• Analyze scope of supply, contractual obligations and exactly understand customer’s functional needs
• Present pricing recommendations to internal and client management.
• Facilitate the contracting process including confirming contract executions with suppliers.
• Identify procurement risks, opportunities, potential changes, claims and market forces during the entire project
• Ensure that major Procurement risks, changes to original scope of supply and potential claims (towards customers and suppliers) are covered in valid contracts
• Ensure that contractual obligations (towards the customer that must be fulfilled by supplier) are covered in a way that mitigates client risk exposure
• Share standard methodology and conduct training sessions across platform
• Develop strong support relationships with functional leaders and key site operations personnel across all business units.
• Utilize primary sources of market intelligence and learn to disseminate and present this information to prospects, employees, and clients to recommend executable buying strategies.
• Effectively communicating market intelligence and market risk and clients with those insights as required.
• Provide further assistance related to Pricing duties as requested.
• Maintain & organize data and communication corresponding to pricing activity within the company and with Third Party Suppliers.
• Assist in the creation, organization, and distribution of market intelligence across the firm.
• Utilize existing knowledge to facilitate continued development of proprietary software platform.
• Continually assess and improve the working knowledge of their colleagues on the Energy Procurement team
  
  

Every day is different, and in all these activities, we’d encourage you to show your ingenuity.

Sound like you? To apply you need to be / have:

Requirements – Essential

• University Degree (Science, engineering, math or related fields)
• 5+ years of previous energy industry experience required – commercial & industrial commodity procurement experience preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication capabilities
• Demonstrated track record as a transformative leader, collaborator, and change agent capable of getting results
• Cross-functional and cross departmental communication, collaboration, and relationship building with individuals from functional departments across the company and with external suppliers!
• Superb multitasking ability and management
• Exceptionally organized, efficient
• Task oriented and self-motivated
• Advanced Microsoft
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization
  
  

Requirements – Desirable

• Strong project management skills and an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a high pressure, deadline driven environment
• Knowledge of environmental reporting, utility management and energy budgets, an environmental improvement program, and ISO 14001 compliance.
• Familiarity with energy procurement process and renewable energy options
  
  

Behavioural Competencies

• Think Big - Thinks strategically, simplifies the complex, solves complex problems, sees the big picture
• Drive Change - Thrives on change, learning agility, intellectually curious, appetite for risks, digital drive
• Helps others - Builds relationships, actively collaborates, helps others succeed.
• Get it done - Acts decisively, drives results, passion to win, takes ownership, accountable, resilient
• Business first - Focuses on customers and clients, business/financial acumen, JLL first
• Inspire - Inspire others, creates vision and strategy, energizes others