Program Director Trade Transformation

Eneco - Rotterdam

Energy Trading

> 5 years

€178,000 - €250,000

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Shape a scalable, model-driven and automated Trade organization while preserving entrepreneurial agility.
Strengthen governance, risk transparency and performance management in a business critical to Eneco’s energy transition.
Lead the transformation at the heart of Eneco’s energy trading portfolio.

Shape a scalable, model-driven and automated Trade organization while preserving entrepreneurial agility.
Strengthen governance, risk transparency and performance management in a business critical to Eneco’s energy transition.
Lead the transformation at the heart of Eneco’s energy trading portfolio.

Why choose Eneco?

At Eneco, we're accelerating the energy transition with our 'One Planet plan', aiming to be the first CO₂-neutral energy company by 2035. We're committed to helping everyone take the next sustainable step towards smarter, cleaner and more sustainable energy. By joining Value Chain Trading & Structuring, you contribute directly to strengthening Eneco's trading capabilities in the North-West European energy markets. Governance, reporting and performance management play an increasingly important role in how we manage risk and capture trading opportunities.

What you’ll do

As Program Director Trade Transformation, you strengthen the Trade domain's governance, overall reporting and performance management, while driving the implementation of the target operating model and preserving Trade's entrepreneurial culture. You build, together with the Trade Management Team, a high-performance organization that accelerates activity diversification and digital transformation. You translate growth commitments into a phased, multi-year roadmap, embed robust control frameworks and governance, and transition the Trade domain towards scalable, model/ML-driven and automated strategies and execution — balancing commercial agility with strong risk discipline.

Is this about you?

• Master's degree (or PhD) in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or a related quantitative field;
• Expertise in finance (preferably also in energy) in combination with commodity trading or banking, analytics and risk management.
• Strong general management capabilities and strategic judgement under uncertainty;
• Proven ability to transform complex, high-performing trading and analytical organizations;
• Ability to drive digitization, model-based decision making and structural performance improvement.

You’ll be responsible for

You drive Trade's operating effectiveness and ensure disciplined governance, transparent reporting and scalable performance across the domain.

1. Operating Model & Governance

Drive the implementation of a renewed Trade operating model;
Define and embed governance, decision-making processes, RACIs and accountability structures;
Monitor the effectiveness of the matrix organization and recommend improvements where needed.

2. Transformation & Advisory

Act as independent advisor to the Trade MT on Trade transformation;
Challenge existing processes and ways of working, and facilitate delivery of strategic transformation initiatives;
Drive adoption of best practices in performance management and organizational effectiveness.

3. Performance, Reporting & Risk Transparency

Strengthen performance around valuation, modelling, reporting and risk transparency;
Ensure a robust control framework while maintaining commercial agility;
Identify new reporting opportunities with FRM, Business and Business Control to enhance risk oversight and performance steering.

4. Models, Mandates & Frameworks

Support the build-out of the Trading desk with advice on risk and governance structures;
Challenge and provide solution directions on trade and portfolio models
Secure, design, maintain and improve domain-wide risk-return frameworks, trading mandates and associated governance structures.

5. Organizational Leadership

Establish and structurally upgrade domain-level operating models, decision frameworks and escalation processes;
Strengthen execution reliability and risk discipline across multiple teams and sub-teams;
Translate growth commitments into a phased, multi-year roadmap while embedding performance recovery.

This is where you’ll work

You lead the Trade transformation within Value Chain Trading & Structuring and report directly to the chairman of the Management Team of Trade. You work in close functional partnership with the Program Director Trade Growth and the Finance Director Trade, operating within the strategic objectives, risk appetite and governance framework set by MB and CRT for Trade

What we have to offer

Gross annual salary between €178,000 and €250,000

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing.

FlexBudget

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing. Have it paid out, use it to buy extra holiday days or save it up for something nice, it's up to you.

A job that makes an impact on the climate.

Every opportunity to improve yourself.

At Eneco, your dreams and ambitions take centre stage. You have all the space you want to improve yourself. Anyone who wants to grow will get the opportunity.

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Here's what you get from us

Why would you, as a technician, choose a job at Eneco?

The energy transition is already in full swing, but Eneco wants to accelerate it. Over the coming years, we will be rapidly making all our assets more sustainable. We are phasing out gas, constructing more wind farms and solar parks, expanding our district heating grid and developing innovative storage solutions for heat and energy.

The choice for climate neutrality means looking at all the opportunities and challenges that exist. That mindset is everywhere, in all that we do.

Work Where Everyone Matters

When you choose a career at Eneco, you choose ambition, growth, and opportunity in an environment where everyone matters. You’re given the space to develop yourself and to do your work in a way that suits you. We believe that different perspectives, nationalities, and backgrounds make us stronger, which is why we foster an open, safe and inclusive culture. Naturally, we also prioritize a healthy work-life balance, flexible working hours, and the option to work from home when your role allows it. If you have a physical or sensory disability, we will work with you to find the right adjustments so you can perform your job well.

This is how you build your own future and a sustainable future at the same time. Together with 4,000 colleagues, each with their own talents and ideas, you work on our shared mission: speeding up the energy transition. We help customers become more sustainable faster, create innovative solutions, and seize new opportunities. Will you join us?

The phases of our application procedure

Application procedure, 1 applying, 2 introduction interview, 3 online assessment, 4 follo-up interview, 5 offer time and 6 congratulations with your new job

Want to know more about this job function?

For more information about this position you can contact our Recruitment Lead, Jaap Beijerman, +31(0) 6-25565812.

Please note that both an assessment and a pre-employment screening are part of the recruitment process.

Questions about the application procedure

Feel free to contact our recruiter:

Jaap Beijerman

+31625565812

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