Strategy Advisor In Offshore Wind

Über die Stelle

The Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore- and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro renewable activities like Solar and Batteries. Our offshore business is amongst the top three players globally. It is our clear ambition to continue our profitable growth in the future to help Vattenfall succeed in its mission of fossil freedom. Offshore wind is a key contributor of the green electrons and molecules required to support our customer’s decarbonisation journey.

Do you want the opportunity to grow while working for fossil freedom? We’re looking for a solution-oriented, goal-driven person to help us unlock the true potential of the wind and the sun.

Be in your element with Business Area Wind

Our wind, solar and batteries business offers a unique opportunity to be in your element working to help harness the forces which will take us to fossil freedom.

As part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets.

You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.

As Strategy Advisor and part of our project teams, you will closely collaborate with our internal sponsors to find solutions to our most complex challenges. Our business as well as the industry is in rapid change. To be successful, you need to leverage your strategic and commercial thinking and apply your problem solving skills. You will report to the Head of Strategic Projects, a strategic oriented function in the Business Unit Offshore.

We work in an international setting and with direct exposure to senior management. With us, you can develop and grow professionally. On your journey, you will be supported by a diverse group of peers, who have a background from management consulting companies or have previously worked in strategy functions.

Ihr Profil

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Learn about the challenges our business is facing and work closely with your colleagues in Strategic Projects and beyond to identify improvement opportunities for our Business Unit.
• Prepare effective business proposals, presentations, concepts and analysis reports for our project sponsors & management team.
• Interview or facilitate group discussions with management, the project sponsor’s employees and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to workstreams in larger projects or smaller assignments across the whole BU Offshore. This requires conceptual and analytical problem solving as well as pragmatic hands-on support.

Who are you?

Your background

• Advanced university degree (or equal) in business/economics/engineering with 2-4 years of work experience, including a background from strategy consulting or a strategy unit (analyst / consultant level).
• Attitude for problem solving, analytics, strategic, critical and creative thinking.
• Proven ability to solve assignments with senior guidance (quantitative analysis and organizational/process assignments), and to take ownership to develop solutions.
• First track record in project management.
• First experience in working with and presenting to Senior Management.
• Experience in the Wind industry preferable, but not required.
• Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills.

You mindset

• Passionate about creating a sustainable energy landscape.
• Structured, pro-active, motivated and comfortable to work independently on tasks.
• Working with an end-to-end mindset; able to see the big picture, while understanding the right amount of details to include to deliver success.
• Strong stakeholder manager, cooperative team player and an excellent communicator within an international environment.
• Committed to deadlines and eager to take ownership.

Locations: Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam

Zusätzliche Informationen

Our offer

Are you looking for more than just a job? Our involvement at every stage of projects means you’ll be able to find your element working with the power of wind and solar in a role where your skills and experience will be leveraged to the maximum.

You’ll benefit from limitless opportunities to grow in your element through learning and development and to expand your horizons working across our diverse portfolio.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths.

The scale of our ambition means we need to bring together people from many different backgrounds and experiences. You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.

More Information

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Juliane Winkler, juliane1.winkler@vattenfall.de.

We welcome your application in English no later than 07.04.2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building 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. Click here for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Über das Unternehmen

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 20,000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.