Business Development Manager Growth Initiative Europe & APAC d/f/m

Business Development Manager Growth Initiative Europe & APAC d/f/m

Location(s): Essen, NW, DE, 45141

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent

Commodity Solutions at RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (RWEST) manages customer coverage, origination, and sales across Europe, serving large industrials and municipalities. Join the Business Development Europe Team: In Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, we supply large customers with green power, gas, and energy solutions. We're also expanding sales trading in the APAC region and are seeking to grow the Commodity Flow Desk Global (CFDG), which provides wholesale market access and acts as a hub for cross-commodity trading.

We are now seeking a commercially driven team member to help expand CFDG’s activities through market, customer, and data analysis. Your mission is to understand customer needs across regions, support geographic growth, and broaden our product offering. You’ll turn insights into commercially viable deals alongside the CFDG team.

About the role

• Securing market share and positioning the CFDG as the leading Sales Trading desk.
• Implementation of market and competitor analyses specifically for sales trading.
• Analysing changes in the economy, preparing forecasts for future market developments, and getting involved with product development such as greening-up the classic sales trading activities to grow in existing and new sales markets.
• Scrutinising the market for software solutions and adapt them to foster further growth. Your focus is to develop and organise the IT infrastructure strategy for the CFDG considering AI use, process automation and digital customer solutions.
• Monitoring and understanding the regulatory environment specifically for our sales trading business in our target countries (IT, FR, JP, HK, SGP, MY).
• Creating business plans for scalable products and expanding the scalable product suite.
• Further developing continuous reporting (e. g. KPI monitoring, big data analyses).
• Supporting the internal stakeholder management in Europe and Singapore.
• Developing new sales materials in cooperation with the marketing department.

Job requirements and experience

• Degree in a relevant (quantitative) discipline (e. g. business administration, economics, engineering, business informatics, information technology).
• At least 3 years of experience in energy commodities / renewable energy, preferably in the field of Business Development, Commodity Trading, Sales or Origination within the European energy markets.
• Profound knowledge of commodities, in particular power and gas, with expertise and interest in applicable regulatory frameworks of European energy markets.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual and commercial skills combined with the ability to turn ideas into successful trading products and business concepts.
• Proactive team player and good networker with the ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent skills in English and German are essential.

What we value most is passion, willingness to learn and a determined and resilient work ethic. So, even if you think you do not yet display all of the skills above we would still like to hear from you.

Further we welcome applications from individuals who may not be able to commit to full-time roles. At RWEST, finding the right person for the job is our top priority, and we are willing to explore flexible arrangements.

Advantageous, but not essential

• Profound IT knowledge / IT background is a plus.
• Other relevant knowledge of European languages is an advantage, in particular French and/or Italian.

Your benefits
We really appreciate you going the extra mile and using every ounce of energy when the heat is on. That’s why we want to make your time with us as enjoyable as possible. At RWE Supply & Trading GmbH we value our employees and strive to create a supportive and inclusive work environment. With a range of competitive benefits, we not only offer excellent development prospects and an attractive remuneration package, but also take care of your well-being and understand that life-work integration is essential.

Also our offer includes the following perks:

• Work at the commercial heart of RWE – right on one of Europe’s largest trading floors directly shaping the energy transition.
• Task oriented and hybrid working model.
• Join a diverse and multicultural team in a highly dynamic and rapidly growing business.
• State-of-the-art campus with free fitness centre, child care, on-site barista and restaurants.

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Any questions? Contact HR: Lisa Beyer, +49-152-57902517
We look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. #inclusionmatters

RWE Supply & Trading is our connection to the world’s energy markets. With headquarters in Essen, Germany, the tight-knit 2,000-strong team’s drawn from over 70 countries, and operates Europe’s largest and most advanced energy trading floor – trading a mix of electricity, gas, commodities and CO2 emission allowances. They commercially optimise our power plants’ dispatch and take care of the renewables electricity sales, too.

Tech-led and customer-focused, the teams agile mindset helps them respond and adapt intelligently to work that never stands still. Each day, there’s a chance to grow as you create the financial foundations to invest in our green future. From well-established graduate programmes to success-related recognition - you'll experience a culture energised by trust, passion and performance.