Product Control Manager West

Job Summary

Manage regional analyst team. Maintain automated natural gas contracts/transactions deal/pricing and business system management for Sales Team Operation Support and Gas Operations. Ensure that the transaction process is efficient operates with effective internal controls and provides services when needed to each respective department.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Plans and schedules regional team meetings to support departmental business unit and corporate goals and objectives. Follows through to ensure successful completion.
• Establishes performance metrics and controls collaborates with Sales Team and others to refine and gain agreement and provides leadership within organization to ensure achievement and implementation.
• Guides team on transaction process and procedures. Directs as necessary to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
• Manages employee performance through establishing goals and development plans evaluating and documenting performance making compensation recommendations and selection decisions and providing coaching counseling and discipline.
• Plans for both continuous and step improvements. Initiates crossfunctional meetings to review opportunities/issues and implement improvements.
• Prepares and delivers oral and written communications to employees customers consultants and executive management.
• Represents the organization department or company on internal teams and/or to external entities.
• Participates in and/or leads project teams involved in the system solution/report creation and development testing and implementation of automated systems reengineering of processes and implementation of new requirements.
• Serves as liaison to verify customer/contract process flow of new customers from startup to termination.
• Ensures generation of contract documents for Sales Team and Business; including but not limited to base agreements index and fixed price transactions and minor contract amendments.
• Ensures financial hedges are executed profitably working with applicable internal departments to ensure accurate system pricing inputs.
• Responsible for Pricing Scheme Administration including regional market knowledge for accurate pricing inputs; knowledgeable of Endur system formulas and inputs.
• Technical Lead for Salesforce to Endur interface reconciliation of system errors in coordination with technology team.
• System Reintegration Lead technical coordination of ops support scheduling and technology team to systematically cleanse contracts for deal structure issues.
• Obtains or provides contract documents to ensure compliance with SOX requirements
• Leads and coordinates new and terminated account activity and communication between Sales Team and Gas Operations verifying contracts are in place and systems up to date.
• Reconcile issues with contracts operations support and gas supply/scheduling. Acting as an overall database expert including areas such as metered usage pricing deal structure contracts and invoicing.
• Reviews and distributes account and contract data through reports to Sales Team for timely renewal of contracts and ensures transactional information is properly captured for renewals.
• Applies knowledge of deal structure to ensure appropriate transactions are created and maintained in applicable systems.
• Participates in periodic data review to confirm system data integrity.

Education/Experience Level

• Requires a bachelors degree in accounting economics finance or business from an accredited college or university OR a combination of education and experience providing equivalent or related knowledge. (Experience in lieu of education is in addition to the Experience requirement.
• Minimum of 5 years of gas industry experience or other businessrelated discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a leadership capacity
• Must be able to engage multiple stakeholders including the supply scheduling sales teams legal and finance/risk teams gaining support for efficient processes and teamwork.
• Must be able to balance competing interest of P&L delivery along with system deal integrity.

Additional Knowledge Skills Licenses/Certifications Abilities & Personal Characteristics

• Able to demonstrate and apply comprehensive industry knowledge and skills including: process automation options legal aspects of contracting contract types and suitability. Exposure to best practice contracting procedures.
• Able to use communication and interpersonal skills to communicate clearly effectively timely and persuasively.
• Able to exercise discretion tact and good judgment in dealing with coworkers clients vendors and the public.
• Able to cultivate relationships and collaborate across boundaries and share information proactively to achieve goals while being fair to others.
• Able to negotiate skillfully to resolve differences effectively while maintaining relationships.
• Able to work well with a variety of personality types.
• Able to foster and participate successfully in a teambased environment to accomplish assignments and produce results through others while maintaining a high level of morale.
• Able to conduct effective meetings including set an effective agenda facilitate discussion develop consensus and secure agreement.
• Able to apply basic project management skills to manage multiple projects priorities and deadlines.
• Able to adhere to company values make informed decisions follow procedures and comply with company policies procedures processes and practices.
• Able to use personal computer software proficiently including the Internet spreadsheets word processing email and presentation software.
• Able to demonstrate a solid working knowledge of business information systems and databases.
• Able to make sound decisions and solve problems with logical solutions by applying knowledge skills and experience.
• Able to maintain proper balance between evaluation and/or analysis of contracts and the urgency to respond to customer needs and requests.
• Able to work with confidential information materials and files in an appropriate professional and discrete manner.
• Able to function innovatively including being receptive to new ideas approaches and processes.
• Able to ensure everything possible is done to provide customer satisfaction and meet business standards.
• Able to make decisions in a timely and effective manner.
• Able to work with close attention to detail in a highly accurate manner to produce complete and timely work.
• Able to adapt quickly to changing demands and to demonstrate flexibility in the face of change or uncertainty.
• Able to motivate self to accomplish projects and achieve goals with minimal supervision including selfdirected learning.

Physical Requirements

• Able to communicate orally in a clear manner.
• Able to hear oral communication either in person or on equipment such as telephone or mobile phone.
• Able to view a personal computer monitor or laptop screen for extended periods of time.
• Able to operate a personal computer either desktop or laptop for extended periods of time creating composing and reviewing documents and spreadsheets.
• Able to operate office equipment including telephone mobile phone photocopier scanner and calculator.
• Able to reach grasp and move items.
• Able to sit stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• Able to speak read and understand the English language.
• Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a minimal amount of force frequently to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects.

Working Conditions

• Able to work in a fastpaced office environment with a highvolume workload and frequent short deadlines that may require more than a 40hour workweek to meet established deadlines including working nights or weekends as required.
• Able to work indoors in an office environment regardless of whether open office cubicle or private office.
• Able to travel occasionally possibly overnight to attend meetings and/or energy industry conferences.

Symmetry Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin age disability veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation to complete the application please email us at