SAEL - Manager - Techno Commercial (6-8 yrs)

Preferred qualifications/skills:

- Prior experience of 5+ years in Power plant O&M, plus Techno-commercial (viz. coal sourcing, biomass sourcing, etc.) is mandatory.

- B.E/B.Tech. (Electrical/Mechanical/C&I/Electronics/Industrial/Power) is mandatory.

- PGDC (Thermal Power) from NPTI or Supply Chain Management (or related) Certification will be an added advantage.

- Strong knowledge of Power plant systems, equipment, and processes, including boilers, turbine, fuel handling systems, emissions control systems etc.

- Proficiency in SAP, Excel with experience in working with large volumes of data. Additionally, ability to learn and adapt to fast changing business needs of the organization.

Your Role in our Team:

The role will provide an opportunity to work on the technologies of the future for decarbonization of energy industry. It will include O&M, logistics and supply chain management services across WTE/Biomass plants. This role will help to build a long and successful career as Techno-commercial professional. There will be an ample amount of on-ground learnings, field visits, interaction at grass root levels for sourcing mechanisms. In addition to growth opportunities, the mentorship, training and management support will motivate and inspire candidates towards becoming an expert on biomass business.

You will be responsible for leveraging data-driven insights to:

- Ensure the organization's growth targets are achieved by optimizing the performance and efficiency of our Biomass based Power plants.

- Ensure that the Biomass Fuel being procured by the company is being utilized with a target of "Zero Wastage", while focusing on fuel cost optimization and warehousing cost reduction.

Your strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail, and a proactive approach to problem-solving would be focused on improving the effectiveness of the day-to-day operations with fuel optimization for consistent PLF and profitability.

In short, this position has been created to empower the incumbent in giving insights to the Senior Leadership, so that the organization can achieve its targets.

If you have experience in the energy sector, specifically power plants (Waste-to-Energy, Coal, Biomass) with an additional edge over Commercial aspects of the business, this job could be the right fit for you.

Your core responsibilities:

1. Data Analysis, Reporting & Decision making:

- Collect, consolidate, analyze, and interpret data related to fuel & plant operations.

- Liaise with the technical and commercial teams to achieve integrated goals and objectives

- Liaise with O&M team to understand day to day challenges in fuel consumption while ensuring 100% PLF.

- Generate regular reports and dashboards to provide insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends for Management Decision making.

- Assist both Head-O&M and Head-Fuel & Commercial for informed decision making.

2. New Projects/Business Lines:

- Conducting cost-benefit analyses and financial evaluations for new projects and investments.

- Supervising techno-commercial project implementations.

- Identifying new business opportunities and partnerships to expand the organization's market presence

3. Fuel Cost Optimization:

- Identify opportunities for fuel cost optimization with better fuel sourcing avenues while ensuring fuel security.

- Preparing and presenting techno-commercial proposals to senior management and stakeholders.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement changes that reduce specific fuel consumption.

- Identify, lead and implement new in-house strategies and projects for betterment of the system.

4. Contract Management/Tendering:

- Take lead for end-to-end contract management activities for the assigned contracts.

- Initiate and complete the tendering processes for warehousing and material movement.

- Contractor compliances management as per company, legal and statutory requirements.

5. Other requirements:

- To Manage own tasks in the pursuit team to the highest quality within the assigned deadline.

- Strong communication and presentation skills.

- Drive and contribute to innovation, standardization and capability-building areas in the Supply Chain Development team.

- Strive to be a role model regarding good behavior on work accountability & ownership, motivation and teamwork.

- Willing to take up additional workload as and when need arises.

- Train and develop downline staff for overall capability enhancement of the team.