Junior Prompt Trade Operator I Young Professional

About the job

For our office in Hamburg, we are looking for a dedicated and motivated person to fill the position of Junior Prompt Trade Operator I Young Professional in a Business Unit Trading.

As a Junior Prompt Trade Operator you are working in a multi-national and dynamic environment with a focus on ensuring the seamless operations of our trading activities in the short term markets of gas and power. You are enabling our internal and external customers to achieve our joint goals and further expand our business. You are responsible for the physical nominations of our transactions with the market and grid operators, providing access to capacity auctions as well as managing the market access to the spot auctions in our Central European markets. You work on the interface of several internal and external stakeholders - therefore, managing occasional projects of various sizes is a natural part of your job.

This opportunity is your entry ticket to the world of energy trading with great development opportunities into even more commercial roles in the company.

Key responsibilities:

- Managing our market access to the Continental European spot exchanges (power)
- Providing access to the capacity platforms in gas and power
- Scheduling the physical positions of Vattenfall and its customers to the market, grid and storage operators
- Continuously improving tools and processes to increase speed and efficiency of our operation
- Facilitate cooperation with internal and external stakeholders to achieve our joint targets and further expand our business
- Continuously improving processes and system landscape to maintain operational excellence and keep control of associated risks
- Influencing and implementing regulatory changes and keeping track of market developments

Location: Hamburg

**Profile**:
Your profile as a Junior Prompt Trade Operator:

- University degree in preferably business, economics, engineering or comparable professional education
- Ideally first professional experience in a relevant environment (energy utilities, trading houses)
- Relevant coding skills (Python/VBA) are beneficial, but not a requirement
- Entrepreneurial mindset in combination with strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to balance your competitive mindset with an empathetic character to meet the needs of your environment
- Result oriented, independent working methodology with high reliability and readiness to take on responsibility
- Willingness to work in a dynamic environment that never stands still (includes working on weekends about once a month)

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

Additional information

**Offer**:
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Maryana Halushko via phone: +49 40 790221053.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

About the company

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.