Senior Manager of Pricing - London, United Kingdom - EDF
Description
As the Senior Manager of Pricing here at EDF, you will have overall responsibility for the end-to-end pricing of EDF Business Solutions (EBS) import and export customers.
You will have 4 team managers working directly for you focussed on central pricing, bespoke pricing, contract delivery and pricing performance. During your tenure you will, amongst others, be required to integrate gas pricing into the team and support mandatory industry change initiatives.
The role is offered as a 12-month fixed term contract and reports to the EBS Head of Core Services. This is a senior level position and will form part of the EBS Core Services Management team.
Pay, benefits and culture
Alongside a salary negotiable depending on experience and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.
Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing.
Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we'll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively.
At EDF, everyone's welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We'd like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.
We're a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application, adjusting as you need.
We'll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
What you'll be doing
Leading the team
Build and lead a highly talented, motivated and effective team – upholding diversity, inclusion and engagement to the highest standard and creating space for people to be the best version of themselves.
Planning and Strategy
Develop the blueprint of the optimal pricing function, including the right-sourcing strategy and lead through the implementation of this blueprint. Own and develop the relationship with the partners including the offshore partner.
Operational Excellence
Own the end-to-end operational pricing processes including the documentation of key processes. Create and maintain a governance and control framework for pricing operations. Provide expertise and technical knowledge on all EBS products, covering Mid, Large, Export and NOC
Ensure on time and accurate delivery of all quotes, flexibility contract offers, billing rates, reconciliations, re-forecasts, calculation of contract charges such as early termination fees etc.
Delivery
Head up the timely and accurate loading of energy costs, some non-energy costs and internal costs in pricing engines to ensure competitive and accurate cost stack for all offers.
Define and develop pricing policy and principles. Recommend pricing principles for the long term in order to maximise the value of the portfolio.
Approval of c£100m in "manual billing" processes.
Support the building of a cost-reflective cost stack for strategic tenders and the volume management activities and timely volume forecast adjustments.
Technology
Own the Oracle Pricing systems and work with the Customer Operations, BC&I and the I&C Operations teams to recommend and contribute to any action/project necessary to maintain or enhance the systems
Own tactical pricing tools and ensure they are deployed with a favourable risk/reward balance.
Who you are
We're looking for someone with the following skills/experience:
• Strong stakeholder management and effective communication.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Demonstrable resilience and ability to lead large teams of people through periods of rapid change.
• An inspiring and inclusive leader, comfortable engaging and leading employees.
• Ability to innovate, think laterally and tackle new areas of business risk.
• Able to work effectively across the business unit with strong influencing skills to be able to support analysis and recommendation to senior leaders.
• Technical ability to understand customer/Commercial Structuring requirements and challenge the request, to ensure the proposed solution is fit for purpose for the customer.
• Must be strongly customer-focused and action oriented, able to react quickly to market information and customer feedback.
Closing date for applications:
Location: Flexible/Home working
Employment type: Full time – 12-month fixed term contract