Reports to Manager - Key Acct Management
Reports in East Hartford CT Office
The salary range for this position depends on experience level ranging from $114,000 to $142,000.00
Job Summary
•Responsible for managing a portfolio of largest and/or most politically sensitive commercial, industrial and municipal customers.
•Influences and advises key customers on natural gas and electrical related issues including, but not limited to: account management, collections, products and services, and large project management.
•Promotes sales of natural gas and electricity, and responsible for the promotion of company programs and projects and managing trade allies and nonresidential customers.
•Provides technical support and data analysis, interpret load information data and policy interpretation.
•Continuous learner which results in ability to promote new emerging energy technologies such as Batteries and Micro-grids.
•Functions as team lead for various customer and internal projects and initiatives.
•Leads negotiations with customers on a variety of tariff, rate and service issues. Leads contracts from initial to executed state.
•Supports company emergency restoration efforts in lead roles.
•Insures company and customer compliance from a policy, safety and regulatory standpoint.
•Frequent interaction with internal and external Senior Leadership
Key Responsibilities
•Lead company specific programs to improve assigned customer relationships as well as managing regular communications and issue resolution. i.e. Executive to Executive Program, pricing updates for large customers, communication plan for senior executives to network with key customer executives. (10%, P)
•Facilitate large customer projects assuring clear internal and external communications of complex subjects, identify, elevating and resolving issues while managing customers’ expectations. Assume project ownership and oversight from a Key Account Manager role. (30%, P)
•Support the implementation of company programs and projects. Secure and deliver Economic Development grants and Energy Efficiency leads, support and promote natural gas and electric growth and REV programs. (50%, P)
•Manage and resolve Credit, Collections and Revenue issues for assigned Key Account customers. (10%, P)
Required Qualifications
•Education & Experience Required:
+ Masters in Business Administration is a plus, or minimum 10 + years directly related technical utility experience requiring business customer interaction.
+ Skilled communicator with effective influencing skills
+ Ability to work to targets and tight deadlines
+ Confident decision maker
+ Strong customer service skills
+ Contract negotiation skills
+ Working knowledge of company tariffs
+ Accomplished in public speaking
+ Professional executive level account/portfolio management skills
+ Strong technical aptitude
+ Fluent in company computer applications-SAP/Microsoft Office Suite
+ Able to work independently and in a team environment
+ Experience managing challenging customer situations
+ Independentally solve complex problems applying math and technical knowledge
+ Able to lead and guide complicated projects (project management)
Preferred Qualifications
•Preferred B.S. degree in Engineering, Marketing, Math or equivalent.
•Delivering for the Business:
+ Global view of the Business - ADVANCED
+ Achieving Results and Continuous Improvements - ADVANCED
+ Initiative - ADVANCED
+ Innovation & Creativity - ADVANCED
+ Flexibility & Globalization - ADVANCED
+ Customer Focus - EXPERT
+ Communicating & Influencing - ADVANCED
+ Team Work - ADVANCED
- Managing People:
•Team Management - COMPETENT
•Developing Others - COMPETENT
•Iberdrola IUSA Competency Model
•Delivering for the Business:
•Expert – Innovates & creates new concepts (Products, services, processes etc).
•Advanced – Fosters creative, innovative atmosphere in his/her working environment.
•Competent – Has innovative ideas by applying experiences and knowledge already learned.
•Initial – Willingly accepts innovative approaches.
•Expert – Creates opportunities and acts with future vision.
•Advanced – Anticipates problems and opportunities and acts accordingly.
•Competent – Acts quickly and decisively in uncertain situations.
•Initial – Solves problems in day-to-day role.
•Achieving Results and Continuous Improvements
•Expert – Assumes new challenges, taking calculated risks.
•Advanced – Makes changes in order to improve performance or results.
•Competent – Creates own working standards, places high demands on him/herself and the results achieved.
•Initial – Performs work adequately, striving for effectiveness. Achieves agreed goals.
•Global view of the Business
•Expert – Has a view of the organizational environment and the external market.
•Advanced – Can identify how his/her own business area contributes to the Iberdrola Group.
•Competent – Identifies and understands the relationships and links with other areas across the organization.
•Initial – Knows and understands own area of responsibility.
•Expert – Promotes teamwork across departments.
•Advanced – Creates a team.
•Competent – Involves himself/herself proactively in the team.
•Initial – Participates in the team.
•Communicating & Influencing
•Expert – Uses net work of contacts positively and encourages collaboration to successfully achieve objectives.
•Advanced – Exerts influence by using persuasive and convincing techniques.
•Competent – Effectively communicates in more complex situations with a variety of people, with whom there may or may not be regular contact.
•Initial – Communicates appropriately with others within the usual working environment.
•Expert – Anticipates future needs.
•Advanced – Improves Service for current needs.
•Competent – Commits to the Customer.
•Initial – Responds to customer requests.
•Flexibility & Globalization
•Expert – Instigates change.
•Advanced – Facilitates change, adapts action strategy according to the changes in the internal/external environment.
•Competent – Adapts his/her way of working to new requirements.
•Initial – Accepts the need to be flexible, reacts with a positive attitude to changes.
•Expert – Generates a culture of professional development, contributing to the sustained growth of the organization.
•Advanced – Proposes and carries out individual development activities.
•Competent – Performs constant development activities for the team as a whole.
•Initial – Carries out specific development actions.
•Expert – His/her team interacts in an optimal way across the organization.
•Advanced – Demands High performance.
•Competent – Takes each team member into account when making decisions, as well as the team as a whole.
•Initial – Encourages team effectiveness by distributing tasks appropriately.
Competencies
•Growth & Continuous Improvement
•Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
•Leadership (people managers/leaders)
Company
CONNECTICUT NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
Mobility Information
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Job Posting End Date
July-23-2025
East Hartford, CT
full time
$114,000-$142,000
