Senior Business Execution Specialist

DTE Energy; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DTE Energy in Detroit seeks an experienced, individual contributor focused on executing business plans and driving growth. You will apply change management, process optimization, and operational efficiency to translate strategy into results.

The role emphasizes learning-content development, collaboration with subject matter experts, and delivering actionable recommendations. Strong analytics and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, IT, or PM with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Associates degree with 7 years of relevant experience in PM, scheduling, estimating, or data analysis.
• HS diploma with 9 years of relevant experience in PM, scheduling, estimating, or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assesses existing business processes to identify inefficiencies.
• Analyzes performance metrics and tracks progress towards goals.
• Facilitates decision-making with data-driven insights.
• Leads opportunities to enhance process efficiency and reduce costs.
• Plans and executes tasks, projects, and initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align priorities and decisions.
• Delivers updates to senior leadership with milestones and challenges.
• Develops training materials to support new processes or systems.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Data analysis

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Cross-functional

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Business)

Associates degree (Business)

High school diploma

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century.And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job.At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE.Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Employment Sponsorship:This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship currently.

Hybrid Role: This role is hybrid, with an established schedule of in-person work required at an assigned work location. Any remote work is expected to be performed from an employee’s primary residence, unless allowed (or prohibited) through the Company’s remote work guidelines.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Leads the execution of business plans, initiatives, and projects, ensuring the organization’s strategic plans are effectively implemented and translated into tangible results. Provides business unit expertise in areas of change management, process optimization, and operational efficiency, driving measurable results to achieve business goals with a focus on timely execution and continuous improvement. Develops learning content and collaborates with subject matter experts to ensure alignment with the learning plan. Reviews and analyzes tactical assignments, conducts research, and presents recommendations or findings to resolve challenges.

Span of Control: 0; this is an individual contributor job.

Key Accountabilities

• Assesses existing business processes to identify inefficiencies or bottlenecks hindering goal achievement to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and implement best practices to achieve business objectives.
• Analyzes performance metrics and tracking systems to measure progress towards goals and metrics, adapting strategies or plans to respond to situations and reporting progress to senior leadership.
• Facilitate decision-making processes related to execution, providing insights and recommendations based on data analysis and their understanding of the business.
• Evaluates and leads opportunities to enhance business process efficiency and effectiveness by conducting research, analyzing alternatives, and recommending solutions for processes to support successful execution.
• Leads planning and execution of tasks, projects, programs, or initiatives, monitoring key indicators to ensure effective performance of assigned operations or business groups and finding solutions to challenges that arise during execution.
• Identifies opportunities to enhance operational processes, analyze root causes of inefficiencies, and develop solutions to streamline workflows for enhanced productivity and cost reductions.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align priorities, drive deliverables, and facilitate decision-making and issue resolution for ensuring smooth execution.
• Delivers reports, updates, or presentations to senior leadership on the progress of execution efforts, highlighting key milestones, challenges, and successes.
• Develops and delivers training materials to support the implementation of new processes or systems, ensuring alignment with organizational learning plans.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff and influencing team leaders and executives to drive strategic initiatives.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

This is a multi-track base requirement job; education and experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following options:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or Project Management with 5 years of job relevant experience in project management, project scheduling and estimating, or data analysis.
• Associates degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or Project Management with 7 years of job relevant experience in project management, project scheduling and estimating, or data analysis.
• High school diploma degree or GED with 9 years of job relevant experience in project management, project scheduling and estimating, or data analysis.

Other Qualifications

Other Requirements

• Ability to think strategically and creatively while demonstrating strong analytical and facilitation skills, including research, data analysis, and benchmarking.
• Advanced PowerPoint, Excel, and presentation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with proven abilities to cohesively defend or justify recommendations.
• Ability to work professionally with individuals at all levels of the corporation and with outside consultants.
• Proficient verbal, written and presentation skills; communicate clearly with credibility and confidence
• Extensive knowledge of data analysis; ability to summarize data effectively and provide appropriate summaries in response to common business questions
• Experience with cost and performance metrics; especially interpretation, trending and writing high level performance commentary
• Analytic and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives and recommend optimal solutions for various situations
• Ability to develop and coordinate cross-functional work groups and projects yielding optimal outcomes
• Strong project and time management skills
• Ability to work with shifting priorities and embrace new or evolving responsibilities

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity, employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal and/or state laws.