Energy Domain Manager
Role Essence:
Leading the energy domain within the group, transitioning from a perception of the energy economy as a routine operational expense to strategic management that generates economic and competitive value in the business world. The role includes building an energy roadmap, mobilizing management and various stakeholders for its implementation, and managing the resulting projects from the initiation stage to field execution. Establishing a group knowledge center in the field, with an emphasis on activities in Europe, synchronization of information, extracting lessons learned, creating group advantages, and monitoring and accompanying all activities and progress in these areas.
Job Description:
? Analyzing the existing situation in the group against operations, finance, and real estate entities, and synchronizing all energy initiatives under a single strategy. ? Responsibility for standards and methodologies in the energy field and institutionalizing an energy management forum within the group. ? Thorough mapping of energy assets (existing energy contracts, electric fleet, charging infrastructure, electricity connections, roofs, and batteries) to create a group-level database, unification, and identification of potential. ? Monitoring and mapping changing regulatory trends to ensure operational readiness and the utilization of relevant economic incentives. ? Examining options for expanding self-energy production, storage solutions, and reducing procurement costs. ? Electricity tariffs and peak consumption: connecting and deriving insights between consumption data, mobility, operations, and cost for the purposes of improving business efficiency. ? Examining alternatives for leveraging the bus fleet and batteries, including V2G/V2X projects and a framework for using SECOND LIFE batteries. ? Mapping the energy market, domestically and abroad (with an emphasis on Europe), understanding challenges and opportunities, examining up-to-date global knowledge in the field, and integrating it into the company's activities. ? Formulating a multi-year plan (roadmap) for energy development in the organization, defining milestones, and building a budgetary framework. ? Presenting plans, economic models, and implementation alternatives to management. ? Practical management and accompaniment of complex energy projects, meeting deadlines, and budget management. ? Implementing plans and projects to ensure operational continuity, energy resilience, and independence from the electricity grid. ? Accompanying ongoing optimization processes for charging infrastructures.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Additional degree or proven experience in Economics/Business Administration – Advantage
- At least 7 years of proven experience in managing complex projects and responsibility for the energy domain (leading projects end-to-end), with an emphasis on infrastructure, renewable energy, or electric transportation projects.
- Familiarity with the electricity economy and regulation: experience working with the Electricity Authority/Israel Electric Corporation, and an understanding of storage regulation, self-production (solar), and grid connections.
- Experience in building and analyzing economic models for the purpose of improving operational and business efficiency and building and implementing work plans (roadmaps).
- Experience in international companies – Advantage.
- English at a native level – Mandatory
Required Skills:
- Strategic business vision
- Analytical thinking and logical reasoning
- Ability to drive interfaces and excellent interpersonal communication
- Problem-solving and decision-making ability
- High organizational, planning, and control ability