About The Role We do an awful lot in the Trading team at Ecotricity. As well as purchasing all the electricity, gas and renewable certificates for our customers, we are the team that is responsible for all the customer pricing, forecasting, and cost/profitability analysis.
We love numbers, complex systems, and working out amazing ways to analyse data, use it, and share it in insightful ways. It would be fair to say that we are often at the cutting edge of a forward-thinking energy company, and are constantly developing, adapting, and finding new ways of doing things.
For the right candidate, this role represents a unique opportunity to be part of a growing team in a fast paced and highly challenging environment.
Overall Description of Duties An exciting role in the Trading team as part of the Pricing & Commercial Function, this role is about helping the business understand the profitability of its products and the customer base. There are so many elements, complexities and nuances that make up what profitability looks like for our customers, and this role is there to help bring these elements together.
The role will be supporting the Sales teams to resolve problems when pricing customers and working with Accounts Payable to validate invoices from suppliers. Along the way you will learn about the systems we use in Pricing and start to develop your coding skills to support those systems.
The role is a fantastic opportunity for a numerate individual looking to develop their understanding of an area that sits at the heart of Ecotricity's business offering. For the right candidate, the opportunity exists to develop coding, energy industry & commercial skills.
Core Responsibilities Supporting Sales teams in pricing and contracting with customers Supporting Accounts Payable in validating invoices from Assisting with other areas of the business to feed pricing & profitability analysis into new commercial ventures and strategies for customer growth and increased profitability Assisting the Pricing & Commercial Manager & other areas of Trading with any ad-hoc queries which may arise. About You Essential Skill Set Required Good analytical skills Comfortable working in Excel. A desire to develop skills in VBA/Python/SQL or other programming languages would be a plus Excellent problem-solving skills High attention to detail Desirable Skill Set Required Desire to learn analytical abilities. Desire to learn analytical visualisation skills, and gain experience presenting complex analytics. About Us What's in it for you... Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
Volunteering day
Hybrid working
Various company discounts (including shops, gym, days out and events)
Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available
As a valued member of the team you will be supporting the Group Environmental policy and its associated targets to make the Green Britain Group net carbon neutral by 2025
Flexibility statement The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.
Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind.
Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.
We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills in Britain. We call this turning 'bills into mills'. Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's first grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of grass.
We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests.
Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.