Key Account Manager

Company Description

ABOUT MET ENERGIA ITALIA

MET Energia Italia is the Italian subsidiary or MET Group, an integrated European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland and active in 16 EU countries, with activities in natural gas, power and renewables, focused on multi-commodity trading and sales, as well as renewables and flexibility asset development. After its start up in 2017, MET Energia Italia has now reached a position among the top 20 energy players in the country.

MET Energia Italia’s mission is to become a leading market player by implementing innovation in the Italian energy market. We are a boutique of energy professionals who, thanks to our expertise and hard work, have been able to establish a competitive and highly optimized business in a few years. We are determined to take our success story even further, so we strive to attract highly talented people that are ready to give their best every day and that are eager to continuously develop their skills by taking on big challenges.

Job Description

The Key Account (“KA”) Manager will report functionally to the Head of Key Account Sales and will be responsible for selling gas and power to industrial customers, other sales companies and resellers based in Italy.

In particular, the Key Account Manager main responsibilities will be:

• To expand MET Energia Italia customer base by approaching a large number of counterparties in the KA segment;
• to directly engage the counterparties and their consultants in order to secure contracts for the supply of natural gas and power with the purpose to contribute to MET Energia Italia Gross Margin already in 2025;
• to manage the commercial relationship with the customers and their consultants, with particular reference to portfolio management activities (fixing / defixing / formula switching), post-sales and renewal / extension of supply in the medium / long term;
• to contribute to the creation of a commercial organizational structure aligned with the best practices of MET Group;
• to support MET Energia Italia Origination Team in securing power offtake contracts from renewable producers and to originate long term CPPA opportunities;
• to support MET Energia Italia activities in the other business areas, including the energy efficiency projects of the counterparties and the sale to the SME and Retail segments (company agreements, consortia etc.);
• to adequately support the other corporate functions with reference to the billing, forecasting and analysis of the managed portfolio.

Qualifications

The candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in a similar role in a leading energy company operating on the national territory, be dynamic, entrepreneurial and proactive in the search for counterparties and in the origination of original and profitable sales solutions.

At the same time, she/he will be able to independently and reliably manage all the aspects related to the existing supplies, both towards the counterparty and the other company functions (with particular reference to invoicing, forecasting and operations in general).

A degree in Engineering, Economics or Law will be highly regarded, as well as an adequate knowledge of the English language.

Additional Information

WHAT WE OFFER

In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a big impact to overall results of the company. You will be part of a dynamic, innovative growth company which embraces new ideas and encourages everyone to contribute to our strategy.

We have an open, informal culture and we trust our people to get the job done – so we will also give you plenty of autonomy.

You will be working in an international environment which creates opportunities to share knowledge and work together with colleagues from other MET subsidiaries, mainly from the Swiss office.

You will be offered a long-term employee contract, with remuneration based on seniority and experience.

MET Italia offers a very competitive package built on the annual salary, plus bonus and a mix of working tools and benefits above the market standards.