(Senior) Commodity Originator

Vattenfall GmbH; Town of Sweden (NY); Hybrid; USD 64,788 - 86,384; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working conditions

30 days of vacation

Job summary

Vattenfall GmbH is seeking a Senior Commodity Originator in Solna (Sweden). You will be responsible for identifying, developing, and closing structured energy commodity transactions while managing regular business. As part of a dynamic team, your role includes growing Vattenfall's Origination business and driving profitability. A strong understanding of the energy markets and fluency in a Nordic language is required. Competitive benefits include opportunities for professional development and flexible working conditions.

Qualifications

• High degree of commercial focus and PnL responsibility.
• Experience in both physical and financial energy markets.
• Strong self-motivation to achieve goals in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop structured trading opportunities.
• Grow and innovate the Origination business.
• Manage onboarding of new counterparties.

Skills

Strong business acumen

Ability to structure energy transactions

Experience in energy markets

Strong communication skills

Fluency in English and Nordic languages

Job description

As our (Senior) Commodity Originator, Nordics, you are expected to identify, develop, negotiate and implement new business opportunities as well as maintaining regular semi‑standard business in order to develop our trading business and mitigate our risks. The focus is on structured energy commodity transactions and non‑standard contracts covering power, gas, green certificates, CO2, biomass and flexibility products, where Commodity Origination acts as the single interface to the market. You will work in close cooperation with our trading unit, as well as other important stakeholders. Deal closing includes all internal approvals by relevant committees and contract negotiation. We expect that you have experience within one or several of the commodity areas we aim to strengthen.

Responsibilities

• Identify structured / non‑standard trading & customer‑based opportunities
• Grow and innovate Vattenfall’s Origination business and drive PnL generation
• Identify potential new clients and follow‑up on current leads
• Manage and drive onboarding process for new counterparties until deal closing
• Facilitate decision making processes, potentially involving executive group management
• Internal coordination with Legal, Trade Control, Reg Ops, Market and Credit Risk, Finance

Location

Solna (Sweden)

Qualifications

• High degree of commercial focus, strong business acumen and PnL responsibility
• Ability to structure power, gas, cross‑commodity, complex energy transactions
• Ability to drive transactions from idea to closure through all approvals
• Experience in physical and financial energy markets
• Strong network in the energy market, esp. across Northern Europe
• Strong self‑motivation to achieve PnL in a challenging and rapidly evolving environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• High assertiveness and solution‑focused thinking
• Fluent in English and at least in one of the core Nordic languages: Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish

Benefits

Your development is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.

Our work culture at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part‑time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.

Your health is important to us. We provide several health programs and support throughout potentially challenging life situations.

Your colleagues will be another highlight. We employ inspiring people with diverse backgrounds. Together with our culture and your tasks, they form an interesting and fun place to work.

We can, however, omit the office location mention since it is not part of job responsibilities.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.