Operations Advisor - Gas & Power Sesto San Giovanni

Operations Advisor - Gas & Power
Sesto San Giovanni
Lombardia, Sesto San Giovanni

For a prestigious multinational company, leader in the oil and energy sector, we are looking for an Operations Advisor based in Italy.

**Posizione**:

The Operations Advisor is responsible for the flawless delivery of natural gas and power to customers in Italy:

- Balancing Group management

- Transport logistics

- Customer demand forecasting

- Interface between Italian Sales/Supply office/owners of other relevant contracts in the Italian portfolio

**In this role, you will**:

- Work within a highly professional sub-team that is responsible for customer demand allocations and forecasting

- Contribute to minimizing portfolio imbalances and imbalance cost which is the central KPI for the team

- Ensure an efficient consumptions/allocations management based on data flow received

- Ensure top quartile performance in managing imbalance cost is a key success factor for the company competitiveness

- Liaise with grid operators, customers, sales and other business functions

- Develop your learning and learning culture within Operations and maintain an open and trustful partnership with commercial teams and functions

- Be held accountable for your HSSE, Compliance and Regulatory obligations

**You will be responsible for**:

Allocation processing:

- Analysis of the definitive allocations

- Allocation rules at city-gates/point of deliveries

- Portal management

- Back-testing and monitoring actual data in E4c forecasting tool

Capacity management:

- Registering/recording booked capacities

- Planning and booking the transport city gate/exit capacities through TSOs procedures

Checking and process steer on the nominations:

- Receiving/collecting the nominations from the supplied partners (Traders)

- Processing the collected nominations, preparing the nominations to the Transmission System Operator (TSO), Distribution System Operator (DSOs) and suppliers

- Executing daily, weekly, monthly nominations to the TSO, DSOs and Suppliers

- PSV: Managing and execution of gas exchange transactions based on supply/swap/sales deals

Contract management for Operations' contracts:

- Cooperating with commercial and financial departments

- Processing the TSO, DSO contracts (amendments) and Bank guarantees.

- Operations customer service

Data management and reports for Operations:

- Set up and maintain databases and calculations

- Preparing internal (accounting) and external (Energy Regulator) reports

Non-Core Gas Operations Activities:

- Sales support activities

- Regulatory monitoring

**Ensuring a Support/back-up for the following ones**:

- Monitoring the forecasting system and the tools used in the daily work

- Setting up and maintaining forecasting models for customers

- Monitoring the portfolio and running daily forecasting processes, aiming at operational excellence and continuous improvement

- Keeping track of correct volume flow information as basis for forecasting

- Establishing and maintaining customer interaction aiming at improving system generated forecasts

- Continuously reviewing new deal pipeline and preparing forecasting process for new customers

- Providing sales and other teams with advice on aspects relevant for forecasting both during deal making process and delivery

- Monitoring relevant regulatory development especially regarding balancing rules and imbalance regime

- Continuously analysing and improving efficiency and performance of the forecasting system and associated processes to ensure they remain fit for purpose

- Working with grid operators, customers, traders, originators and other business functions to ensure operational risks are understood, effectively managed and new capabilities are developed in a robust and timely manner

- Checking and process steer on the nominations

- Analysis of the definitive allocations/consumptions.

- Monitor network maintenance and shutdown of I&C customers

**Requisiti**:

- A key challenge in this role is the combination of commercial responsibility and operational excellence, which requires high commitment to the day-to-day business, often within fixed and tight deadlines

- The incumbent needs to quickly acquire a very good understanding of the relevant regulatory rules and procedures in the Italian natural gas and power market and to keep up with the ongoing development

- Operational excellence is essential: Errors can have a significant impact on SEI's bottom-line, set priorities, continuously deliver accurate results and look out for process improvements.

- University degree in engineering, economics or similar

- Demonstrated analytical and advanced numerical skills

- Affinity to and experience with relevant business IT tools - very good knowledge of Excel

- Affinity to quantitative modeling, experience with statistical methods (multiple regression, neural network) desirable

- Strong commercial mindset

- Proactive behavior, excellent time management and work organization

- Good communication skills in Italian and English

- Preferably experience (3+ years' expe