Sales Planner

About the Role

Base Location: Reading, Cardiff or Perth

Salary: £32,600 - £48,800 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

What is the Role?

Are you an experienced Project Manager or Planner who is passionate about sales and delivering against business objectives, then this could be the next role for you?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Energy Customer Solutions team to be responsible for leading on all aspects of planning and analysing across all Sales operational teams to meet customer demands, ensuring we are delivering against service levels with a focus on cost efficiencies. The role will also include business innovation and improvements to ensure that we maximise sales opportunities. As the Sales planner your role will include:

• Developing a short, mid and long-term forecast based on our service delivery strategy using statistical modelling proactively determining risk and opportunities through scenario analysis.

• Explore and provide insight to ensure team managers have sufficient capacity in all operational teams to meet customer demand, making sure we deliver against service levels with a focus on cost efficiencies.

• Ensure a robust process is place, and an appropriate level of model complexity and tooling is in use. Delivering timely and accurate production of a range of key monthly reporting.

• Work with our information governance board through data owner to improve the underlying data architecture to ensure data is robust, accurate and fit for production use. You will implement continuous improvements in the forecast including opportunities to streamline and automate.

• Provide expert knowledge, insight and key information into transformation programmes, regulatory changes and BE strategy that informs the future direction of BE sales and supports the business.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Experience in workforce management (WFM) in a customer service-based environment.

• Strong technical skills covering SQL and Excel and experience working with data visualisation tools for best-in-class reporting.

• Proven planning and project management skills including communication and engagement.

• Previous experience in the Energy industry and understanding of the differing markets would be advantageous but not essential.

• Travel to all the advertised base locations will be required.

About our Business

The race to net zero is intensifying for businesses of all sizes. Sustainable decisions made today can meet customers’ changing needs for tomorrow and bring long-term success for businesses. Part of SSE plc, the UK and Ireland’s largest renewable electricity generator, SSE Energy Solutions is different as all its renewable electricity is sourced from SSE’s own UK wind and hydro assets.

In addition to providing gas and electricity to businesses across the UK, SSE Energy Solutions invests in, builds and connects localised flexible infrastructure to drive the long-term performance of energy assets. SSE Energy Solutions works with its customers to deliver financially robust plans to bring flexibility and diversity to their energy infrastructure - the low-carbon solutions they need to succeed in the race to net zero.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement (including public holidays), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Lynsey on lynsey.macdonald@sse.com or on 01738 340426.

Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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