Energy Country Manager

Company Description

**Job Description**:
To manage and contract energy for the different EU sites, the Tessenderlo Group Energy department, located in Brussels, is looking for an **Energy **Country** Manager**. In this role you:

- Maintain and improve the level of service and cost efficiency of the electricity and gas use, in collaboration with the local production sites.
- Follow up the energy market, emission allowances included, in order to constantly evaluate the energy portfolio and to advice the Group and the different sites in a cost efficient use of energy, with a strong feeling for price risk management.
- Contract electricity and gas, negotiating global and long term framework agreements with suppliers, according the need of local production flows.
- Coordinate regulatory affairs, in alignment with grid operators and government agencies, while anticipating changes in legislation, e.g. grid connections.
- Participate in sector federations’ events and platforms, to keep abreast of marketplace trends.
- Guarantee a continuous availability of the department in consultation with your colleagues, i.e. working first 3 working days of the month.
- Execute energy contract related administration, such as invoice controlling at the monthly closing.
- Assist in upcoming energy related projects by sharing expertise
- Cooperate with the energy team, the CSR department and the BU’s in developing the Long-term Roadmap towards net-zero.

You report to the VP Group Energy and Decarbonization

**Qualifications**:

- Masters’ degree in Economics, Business Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Energy Management or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in energy contracting/energy regulations/energy trading or pricing or other relevant experience.
- Good understanding of energy market dynamics (including forward markets) and price risk management strategies.
- Ability to negotiate with external service providers to outsource specific tasks.
- Driven to improve workflows through analysis, proposal and hands-on execution of workable solutions.
- Strong partnership builder and influencer towards Tessenderlo Group production sites as well as grid operators, government agencies and sector federations.
- Good communication skills in Dutch, French and English, spoken as well as written.