Renewable Energy Sales Trader (M/F) - Internship

About the company

EPSA is a European group, a specialist in performance. We optimize the financial, operational, and sustainable results of our clients.

Recognized for our technical know-how and the diversity of our business expertise. Our solutions platform is built around procurement performance, innovation financing, and the energy and environmental transition.

Present in about forty countries, with 5,000 committed employees and a net turnover of €600M, we are the reference partner for any organization wishing to improve its productivity and profitability.

Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire for positive impact, we rely on the diversity of our expertise to strengthen performance.

A subsidiary of EPSA, Capitole Energie accompanies its clients in reducing their energy costs, by collaborating with an extensive network of supplier partners. Our mission is to develop tailor-made and sustainable purchasing strategies, allowing for the streamlining of gas and electricity purchases, even in a complex environment.

The synergy with EPSA allows us to combine our in-depth expertise in energy markets with the Group's recognized skills in operational and environmental performance. Together, we offer innovative and complete solutions, meeting the specific needs of each client.

Joining Capitole Energie is the opportunity to join a fast-growing company, named by Les Echos as the first company in terms of growth in Occitanie, and in seventh place nationally. You will evolve in an environment where team spirit and well-being at work are at the heart of priorities. Each employee has the possibility of having a real impact within the structure, and taking initiative is valued to continue our ascent.

At EPSA GROUPE, we are driven by the conviction that the company of tomorrow will be responsible. Today, this ambition leads us to build a group with high human added value. Through an ambitious CSR policy and the EPSA Foundation, EPSA acts actively and collectively on the ground to meet the social, societal, and environmental challenges of our societies.

Your tasks

• Support for the financial performance of companies by optimizing all social and tax charges, by supporting innovation financing, the search for subsidies, or even financial risk management.
• Operational support for all key functions or company transformation projects: Procurement, Digital & IT, Operations & Supply Chain, Transformation.
• Strengthening the search for savings (costs, process optimization...) by providing our best experts or relevant outsourcing solutions.

Finally, we know how to meet environmental performance challenges, ranging from ESG regulatory dimensions, energy performance plans, or sustainable mobility, to the definition and implementation of true CSR, climate, or decarbonization strategies.

As an intern, your main missions will be the following:

• Management of the Guarantees of Origin portfolio: Data entry and updating, monitoring deliveries, and financial performance analysis (P&L).
• Contractual management: Ensure the contracting of purchase and sale operations.
• Trading operations: Execute and monitor purchase and sale operations on a back-to-back basis.
• Business development: Contribute to expanding the client portfolio and identifying new business opportunities.
• Market analysis: Perform regular market analyses to anticipate trends and identify new opportunities.
• Market monitoring and regulatory watch: Ensure daily monitoring of prices and perform a watch on regulatory developments in the sector.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of a business school or higher education in finance, economics, engineering, or an equivalent field, you have a strong interest in numbers and business development.
• Experience: You have a first experience in Sales Trading.
• Languages: You are proficient in English, both written and spoken.
• Business development: You are able to identify and develop a portfolio of prospects through telephone prospecting, cold calling, and networking.
• Technical skills: You possess excellent mastery of Excel.

The qualities required to successfully carry out this mission:

• Negotiation and communication: You have excellent negotiation and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Autonomy: You demonstrate autonomy, proactivity, and a real sense of responsibility.
• Adaptability: You know how to adapt quickly to dynamic and demanding environments.
• Problem solving: You are able to analyze situations and propose effective solutions.
• Thirst for challenge: You are motivated by ambitious objectives and appreciate stimulating environments where performance is valued.

In short, you take your role to heart, but always with a touch of humor!

What we offer

• Teleworking charter (1 day / week for interns)
• Restaurant vouchers (SWILE card) covered at 60% by the employer with a value of €9.48
• Transport titles covered at 75% by the employer
• Regular company events
• Partnership with a gym with preferential rates
• Hours: 35h

We care that everyone can thrive in their missions and exceed themselves a little more every day, which is why joining EPSA also means:

• Engaging within different associations throughout your EPSA journey ✍️
• Meeting during our annual events: seminar, Epsa Awards ⛵️
• And above all, joining a tight-knit team, where our strength is the collective 🤝

Other

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the corporate strategy, and EPSA is committed to guaranteeing equal treatment for all, regardless of gender, health status, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Indeed, EPSA places the respect and promotion of everyone's fulfillment and achievement at the heart of its challenges.