Business Development Senior Advisor

at ENGIE North America Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

What You Can Expect
As our Business Development (BD)Senior Advisor you will be located in an area with easy access to a large airport and will directly focus on development of District Heating and Cooling Systems and Major Campuses, within the Continental United States. Our business is making it possible for campuses (cities, universities, airports among others) to devote their resources to their core missions. The Senior Advisor is responsible for developing district energy project opportunities from origination to successful closure by coordinating commercial, financial, legal and technical activities. The opportunities may involve green field/brown field development, public-private partnership, concessions or acquisition of existing district energy assets or a portfolio of assets. The Senior Advisor is expected to closely collaborate with the rest of the business development team and all internal specialists creating a tangible contribution to ENGIE's expansion in the district energy market.

Daily you will coordinate and work with a team of experts during the due diligence and development phases to assess business opportunities. Disciplines include technical, operations, finance, legal, human resources, transition, IT, procurement, insurance, and other relevant functions
You will originate new opportunities. Using your network, you will create new contacts to create opportunities. Interact with different market participants (consultants, investment banks, equity funds, engineering companies among others) to identify opportunities. You will lead customer meetings, proposal processes & contract negotiations, working with the different internal teams, understanding the customers' needs and the different stakeholders. You will continue to build ENGIE's competitiveness with financial, technical, and contractual optimizations
Ensure strategic alignment with ENGIE's Headquarters and the Energy Solutions Global Business Unit
Manage the internal approval process, including presentations to Local Management and the Global Business Unit
Collaborate with the Transition Management team to ensure a smooth transition into operations are an integral part of the business development process
The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.

What You'll Bring
You will have a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in engineering, business, or a related field
You will possess a minimum of ten (10) years of work experience in operations, finance or business development in a related field
You will be experienced in district heating and cooling energy systems or power generation design, development, and construction
You will have gained experience in commercial, negotiation and structuring skills
You possess an Entrepreneurial mindset - you excel in creating clarity and driving results, while working in an independent and self-guided manner
You have developed excellent verbal and written communication skills, speaking and presenting effectively to senior executives and other stakeholders
You have formed strong negotiation skills and create effective interactions with executive level decision makers
You have demonstrated financial, business, and contractual... For full info follow application link.

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