Client Manager: Natural Gas & Electricity

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Hiring Remotely in Louisville, KY
Remote
3-5 Years Experience
Energy
The Role
The Client Manager is responsible for managing revenue with larger clients, developing client relationships, promoting various WFS products and services, leading internal teams, and mentoring less experienced staff. They focus on strategic thinking to enhance client value and pursue business development opportunities.
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At World Kinect, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.
 

 

The primary purpose of the Client Manager: Natural Gas & Electricity position is to originate and maintain revenue with our larger clients. These clients hire us under long-term contracts with the Client Manager: Natural Gas & Electricity and supporting staff providing energy expertise and services. The Client Manager: Natural Gas & Electricity manages complex energy issues and develops client relationships while promoting WFS products and services.
Persons in this position work independently and are expected to perform at an expert level in technical knowledge, negotiating skills, and communications. They are also expected to mentor the less experienced Account Managers and occasionally present our services to prospective clients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Originate core agency revenue through existing client relationships.
  • Originate consulting revenue from Advisory Services projects through his/her existing client relationships.
  • Originate revenue from other WFS products: natural gas supply, propane, diesel, #6 fuel oil, card services, new services in Mexico, and global services.
  • Identify and pursue business development opportunities.
  • Enhance the business relationship with our clients
  • 5+ years experience in managing client accounts, particularly in the natural gas and electricity sectors.
  • Lead internal teams to address issues related to business strategies, systems, processes, and/or procedures.
  • Knowledge of interstate pipelines

Leadership Responsibility:

  • The Account Manager does not have official supervisory responsibilities. However, the Account Manager often manages a team of people, such as other account managers, analysts, accounting, credit, contracts, and operations, to meet client needs.
  • The Account Manager position is expected to assist with and, at times, lead several initiatives throughout the year that will enhance revenue. These initiatives may involve system enhancements, procedural changes, training others, business development, etc.
  • The Account Manager position is expected to mentor others in the organization.

Education/ Training / Expertise:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (BS, BA, etc.) Required. Math, business, engineering, economics, or finance are preferred—special consideration for a Master’s/MBA Degree.
  • Six years or more experience in the energy and Gas industry
  • Ability to think strategically about the client to provide additional value, which can translate into increased revenue for the company
  • The following is a list of specialized training that is valuable to the Account Manager position:
  • Professional Engineer certification, CPA, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Energy Auditor, Certified Energy Procurement,
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation, presentation, writing, and price risk management knowledge (gas and electric markets, financial tools) and Windows-based application software such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
  • Regulatory knowledge, energy infrastructure, and sustainability.
  • Problem-solving, mathematical, and organizational skills
  • Communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Team player who excels at performing in a collaborative environment, upbeat
  • Ability to manage multiple highly complex projects
  • Ability to think strategically about the client and find solutions to their issues
  • The ability to drive internal change
  • Strong understanding of natural gas and electricity systems and related industry standards.
  • Ability to look for growth opportunities for the company (customer, sales, revenue, and/or technology

By its nature, this position requires constant availability with frequent global contacts at unusual hours on a 7-day basis. A work schedule is an integral part of successful job performance. Because energy plays a critical role in client businesses, the Account Manager must be accessible to their clients for urgent calls at all hours and all days of the week.

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World Kinect is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Company
Melbourne, Victoria
5,028 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, World Kinect Corporation (NYSE: WKC) is a leading global energy management company, offering a broad suite of solutions across the energy product spectrum. In addition to our core energy and fuel offerings to customers in the transportation sector, we provide advisory services, sustainability and renewable energy solutions, as well as supply fulfillment for natural gas and power. We continue to focus on advancing the energy transition to lower carbon alternatives through expanding our portfolio of energy solutions and providing customers with greater access to sustainably sourced energy. For more information, visit https://corp.worldkinect.com.

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