(Senior) Commodity Originator I BESS Flex

At Vattenfall we dont just do energy we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.

Our Business Area (BA) Markets is looking for the right person to fill the position as

(Senior) Commodity Originator I BESS Flex

for our offices in Hamburg or Amsterdam. 

Your role
As our Commodity Originator you are expected to identify develop negotiate and implement new business opportunities as well as maintain regular semi-standard deals in order to develop our trading business and mitigate our risks. The main focus of the successful candidate will be to explore acquire and onboard flexibility into Vattenfalls portfolio be it standalone assets or assets linked to system- integration projects. Deal closure includes all internal approvals by relevant committees and contract negotiation. There is also the chance to work on a varied range of structured energy commodity transactions and non-standard contracts covering power gas green certificates CO2 biomass and flexibility products where Origination acts as the single interface to the market. You will join a diverse team where close cooperation with our trading and asset business units as well as other important stakeholders is required. We expect that you will bring experience from one or several of the commodity areas we aim to strengthen.

Key responsibilities

• Identify structured / non-standard trading asset & customer-based opportunities mainly in the area of system flexibility and energy storage
• Identify potential new clients and follow-up on current leads
• Grow and innovate Vattenfalls Origination business and drive PnL generation
• Manage and drive onboarding process for new counterparties until deal closure and follow up to ensure robust implementation
• Facilitate decision making processes potentially involving executive group management
• Internal coordination with Legal Trade Control Reg Ops Market and Credit Risk Finance

Location
The location of this position is in Amsterdam or Hamburg and hybrid working is currently the norm.

Qualifications :

Profile
To be smoothly up and running in this role you bring these hard skills and personal characteristics:

• High degree of commercial focus strong business acumen and PnL responsibility
• Ability to structure complex energy transactions taking ownership and responsibility for deals in order to drive them from idea generation to deal closure
• Experience in physical and financial energy markets. Familiarity with energy storage systems is preferred
• Existing network in the energy trading market
• Strong self-motivation to achieve PnL in a challenging and rapidly evolving environment
• Fluent in English and German
• Perseverance & resilience
• Growth mindset that embraces opportunity and creativity
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• High assertiveness and solution-focused thinking

Additional Information :

We welcome your application in English no later than 25th of June 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Jil Ungethm via phone at. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender ethnicity age transgender identity or expression religion or other belief disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party called Validata. In addition a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time