Energy Procurement Manager

JLL - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - New York, NY

1,001-5,000 employees

Real Estate

About the position

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world-class services, advisory, and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers, and find a place where they belong. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades, or technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. At JLL, we are driving sustainability through everything that we do, across all service lines and job positions. Specifically, we are growing our Sustainability practice to drive end-to-end sustainability solutions in real estate, from site selection to zero waste. In this role, the Energy Procurement Manager will be responsible for sourcing electricity and natural gas commodity supply offers and agreements for a range of commercial and industrial clients with a focus on energy analysis, product recommendation and implementation, and overall risk management. This role will interface with a national network of retail energy suppliers and energy consultants in North America to facilitate daily procurement activities across all deregulated power and gas markets. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, market intelligence development, tariff and load analysis, renewable energy project support, market assessment, risk management, strategy development, contract negotiation, contract management, and client interaction. The position will also support the Director on various strategic procurement initiatives with the Executive Leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Create written proposals for priority opportunities, and drive procurement agreements to contract execution
• Analyze scope of supply, contractual obligations and exactly understand customer's functional needs
• Present pricing recommendations to internal and client management
• Facilitate the contracting process including confirming contract executions with suppliers
• Identify procurement risks, opportunities, potential changes, claims and market forces during the entire project
• Ensure that major Procurement risks, changes to original scope of supply and potential claims (towards customers and suppliers) are covered in valid contracts
• Ensure that contractual obligations (towards the customer that must be fulfilled by supplier) are covered in a way that mitigates client risk exposure
• Share standard methodology and conduct training sessions across platform
• Develop strong support relationships with functional leaders and key site operations personnel across all business units
• Utilize primary sources of market intelligence and learn to disseminate and present this information to prospects, employees, and clients to recommend executable buying strategies
• Effectively communicating market intelligence and market risk and clients with those insights as required
• Provide further assistance related to Pricing duties as requested
• Maintain & organize data and communication corresponding to pricing activity within the company and with Third Party Suppliers
• Assist in the creation, organization, and distribution of market intelligence across the firm
• Utilize existing knowledge to facilitate continued development of proprietary software platform
• Continually assess and improve the working knowledge of their colleagues on the Energy Procurement team

Requirements

• University Degree (Science, engineering, math or related fields)
• 5+ years of previous energy industry experience required - commercial & industrial commodity procurement experience preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication capabilities
• Demonstrated track record as a transformative leader, collaborator, and change agent capable of getting results
• Cross-functional and cross departmental communication, collaboration, and relationship building with individuals from functional departments across the company and with external suppliers
• Superb multitasking ability and management
• Exceptionally organized, efficient
• Task oriented and self-motivated
• Advanced Microsoft

Nice-to-haves

• Strong project management skills and an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a high pressure, deadline driven environment
• Knowledge of environmental reporting, utility management and energy budgets, an environmental improvement program, and ISO 14001 compliance
• Familiarity with energy procurement process and renewable energy options

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Flexible and Remote Work Arrangements may be available