Strategy Planning Manager

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

R0056918

Strategy Planning Manager

Permanent

Dublin

Reporting to: Managing Director, Bord Gáis Energy

Bord Gáis Energy is one of Ireland’s leading energy and service companies. We supply gas, electricity, and energy services to over 700,000 homes and businesses across the country, offering excellent customer service as well as the best value possible. Bord Gáis Energy is uniquely positioned to drive positive change and we have an opportunity, as well as a responsibility, to reshape our future. We are committed to our company purpose, which is energising a greener, fairer future. While there are challenges ahead, we are dedicated to supporting our consumers and colleagues, to rethinking power generation, and to supporting an affordable and fair transition for all.

This is a key role in our organisation, supporting the Bord Gáis Energy MD & EMT to drive business performance and supporting the EMT across a broad array of responsibilities including strategy, business planning, research/analysis, and projects. In this role you’ll work closely with the MD to ensure flows of information between Bord Gáis Energy and Group key stakeholders are functioning effectively. You’ll also update key stakeholders on vital performance and strategic information within the overall business, enabling effective decision making and performance management.

This role incorporates the coordination and ongoing measurement of our strategic road map delivery inclusive of our sustainability strategy ambition.

About the Role

• Ownership of all Bord Gáis Energy related inputs and outputs to Centrica Group, including but not restricted to Centrica Investment Committee (CIC), Group Contracts Committee (GCC), Centrica Leadership Team meetings (CLT), and Centrica Board meetings.
• Manage the development and consolidation of the Bord Gáis Energy Strategy submission, working closely with Group Strategy team and all internal stakeholders on submission to Centrica Board.
• Manage the Bord Gáis Energy Investment Pipeline, internal process for investment paper approvals, and final review of all papers to Group to ensure consistent strategic alignment.
• Be positioned as a key contact point in Bord Gáis Energy for Group queries and information requests, requiring relationship management and stakeholder briefing across a range of topics as required with supporting materials relating to strategy.

• Produce and maintain ongoing measurement of progress against our strategic roadmap inclusive of our sustainability agenda objectives.
• Produce cascade material in support of communicating strategic ambition for onward circulation and sharing within Bord Gáis Energy and Centrica.
• Develop own thinking on the business agenda, convene the right people to facilitate discussion and thinking and resolve problems.
• Support the MD in membership/attendance of relevant meetings.
• Help prioritise MD decisions to be made, highlighting key operational and commercial risks and opportunities.
• Be a lead communicator for the business on a range of leadership topics within Bord Gáis Energy and across the Centrica Group, responsible for tailoring and delivering communication in the right forum at the right pitch.

• Work independently and autonomously across a range of Bord Gáis Energy and Centrica Group initiatives, prioritizing appropriately and consulting leadership as required to progress.

• Provide support on the planning and monitoring of progress on projects, risks, and issues, agreeing timescales, prioritisation etc.
• Monitor interdependencies across transformation programmes, calling out risks and opportunities to ensure seamless delivery.

About You

• Strong organisational skills – self-organiser, able to create efficient processes and hold people to account for delivering to them, with ability to work to deadlines with minimum supervision.
• Exceptional written and spoken communication skills, with an ability to effectively synthesise large volumes of information, identify key arguments and takeaways and articulate in a way that is appropriate for various senior audiences.
• Financial analysis skills – ability to analyse financial information and identify key issues and insights.
• Ability to handle complex issues, multi-task, meet deadlines, and work on a wide range of sensitive and confidential issues.

• Ability to give clear direction and decisively manage uncertainty.
• Ability to manage stakeholders to deliver exceptional quality work within a high-pressure environment, often to tight deadlines.
• Excellent networker and ability to influence – able to build rapport quickly in person and virtually, and leverage network to deliver empathically outside of formal reporting lines and structures.
• Quick learner – ability to rapidly digest and retain information on a large number of performance and strategic items from across the business.

• Self-starting, motivated, ambitious, with an ability to show initiative in all situations and take accountability for actions.
• Forward thinker with the ability to challenge and see beyond current state and spot opportunities for improvement.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society and the energy sector has a key role to play in helping the world transition to net zero. As one of Ireland’s leading energy and services companies, we’re on a journey of transformation; to accelerate our positive impact and bring our customers on this journey with us. As we look to the future we're transforming our energy supply, services and solutions in order to become a leading net zero business in Ireland by 2045 and to help our customers reach net zero by 2050. Our ambition is to use our services, footprint and propositions to better both people and planet.

Bord Gáis Energy are committed to placing equality, diversity, care and respect at the heart of our policies and everyday practices. We encourage everyone to take part in our active employee networks, including the Women's network, REACH (Race, Ethnicity, & Cultural Heritage) network, Neurodiversity network, and BRÓD, our LGBTQ+ network. We're proud of the work our networks and allies do to help us promote a culture of inclusion, empowering our colleagues to be themselves and do their best work. Our vision is to employ a diverse mix of people who reflect the societies we work in and the customers we serve, so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives.

Our Flexible First working model empowers our people to find a better balance between home and office working. You can enjoy the convenience of working from home combined with time spent onsite in a way that works for our customers, our business and you. Our office is used as a place to connect and collaborate with colleagues, rather than your default place of work each day.

Here in Bord Gáis Energy we’re helping to create a more sustainable and inclusive future that supports our communities, our planet – and each other. The prevention of family homelessness in Ireland is an area where we believe we can make a real difference and through our partnership with Focus Ireland, we have been working on making this a reality since 2015. We encourage all colleagues to get involved in the partnership, with everyone receiving 2 days' volunteering leave to participate in initiatives or events supporting Focus Ireland.

Our Values

care | delivery | collaboration | agility | courage

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 3 May 2024

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.