Great people make Schneider Electric a great company. Schneider Electric is aggressively tackling the issue of climate change by making bold commitments to make its operations carbon neutral by 2025 and net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Not only are we making bold commitments ourselves, but our Sustainability Business team is leading the charge in advising global companies in developing their own bold commitments to curb climate change and maintain less than 1.5ºC temperature rise. This position will be at the core of this global, all-hands effort for our planet and generations to come. Within our Sustainability Business, we are seeking highly motivated, collaborative, forward thinking graduates with an enthusiasm for sustainability to join our new graduate rotational program.

As part of an ongoing initiative to develop and retain a highly talented workforce, our goal is to provide exposure in 3 main business areas over a 2-year period. In our program, you will become a permanent employee who will rotate in different roles and gain valuable experience in the sustainability consulting space across 3 main areas (in no particular order) Operations, Business Development & Client / Project Management.

About you

• Bachelor degree in Economics / Business / Engineering / Sciences / (Energy, Maths, Environmental, etc…) Data Science or Data Analytics
• No previous professional experience required.
• Fluency in Spanish & English + additional language is a must! (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese)
• Knowledge of MS Office suite is a must
• Strong analytical and logical skills with excellent customer focus
• Ability to manage routine tasks as well as prioritize and execute tasks in a pressured environment
• Precise, has an attention to detail and an excellent quality focus
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external parties within an international environment
• Desired: knowledge / interest in Sustainability, Energy, Climate Change.

Department/ Roles to rotate in

1) Operations

• Energy Analyst (Sourcing Team)

The position holder will support the management of RFP processes, analyzing the resulting energy supply contract prices and terms and negotiating with Spanish, Portuguese and/or Italian energy suppliers to ensure optimal supply contracts are secured on behalf of Schneider Electric’s clients and will develop and maintain a deep understanding of the energy markets/legislation.

Position responsibilities:

• Support the tendering, analysis and subsequent contract award and placement processes relating to energy supply contracts.
• Negotiate and utilize quantitative and qualitative techniques to deliver optimal energy supply contract terms and prices for our clients through regular interaction with energy suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships through excellent formal and informal communication.
• Work closely with Client Management and other internal teams to deliver an exceptional level of service to our clients.
• Effectively create/communicate regional market opinions and knowledge to internal/external clients.
• Collaborate with Sourcing leadership to identify, evaluate, and incorporate process efficiencies, new services, and innovative ideas/concepts.
• Investigate, identify, and provide impact assessments of pertinent market information.

• Renewable Energy & Carbon Advisory (Cleantech Team)

The Renewable Energy & Carbon Advisory position joins a team of experienced professionals in energy management, procurement and advisory services supporting many of the largest organizations in the world with global procurement of off-site and on-site renewable plus efficient forms generation.

Schneider Electric is seeking candidates with experience, skills or aptitude in the below responsibility areas. Overall, the Renewable Energy & Carbon Advisory Associate will have a disciplined focus on providing client services and solutions for renewable energy solutions, as well as other evolving energy management opportunities.

Position responsibilities:

• Learn and demonstrate increasing knowledge of industry concepts regarding energy and renewable energy management, reporting, and procurement across a broad spectrum of markets and available tactics and contract structures.
• Supporting renewable energy market research, market reports creation, on-site and off-site renewable generation offer solicitations and analysis, as well as similar initiatives related to clean technology; including energy storage and fuel cell technology.
• Research, filter, warehouse and document emerging information and trends relating to global sustainability and clean technology initiatives such as environmental and carbon legislation, renewable and efficiency incentives, vendor advancements, and energy technology evolution.
• Provide tactical support in the analysis of evaluations and assessments of clean and renewable technology opportunities including solicitation of Requests for Proposal (RFP) and in-depth proposal review of alternative clean technology options for supervisor review and eventual submittal to client(s).
• Assist in the production and administration of site and client specific feasibility studies and related analysis(es) using common financial analysis techniques.

• Sustainability Analyst (Sustainability Operations)

A Sustainability Analyst supports clients in meeting their mandatory and voluntary compliance obligations and targets across Europe in a timely manner, proactively supports development of new products in connection to environmental compliance and sustainability and works with internal tools and platforms. Sustainability analyst is an effective communicator and represents the company in front of clients and other stakeholders (governmental agencies, leading industry standard...) Sustainability Analyst is able to analyze and summarize, question and challenge data and other information. He or she feels comfortable working with numbers and has great digital skills as well as good knowledge of Excel.

Position responsibilities:

• Drive client relationships through excellent formal and informal communication, which includes regular calls, maximum 48h email turnaround, the use of high level of English and the ability to advise on complex matters.
• Manage and deliver projects involving technical calculations (e.g. tCO2e or kgC)
• Participate in consultancy projects for Schneider Electric international blue chip client base.
• Monitoring of carbon accounting standards and practices
• Produce and analyze reports for a variety of legislative and voluntary schemes, which includes but is not restricted to collect and interpret clients data, discover discrepancies, Produce timely reports, ability to advise on the report and connected action, ability to identify further business opportunities
• Ensure compliance by participating in the full circle of preparation for data submission, which includes but is not restricted to carry out internal and external audits, ensure relevant data is collected, discover discrepancies, communicate final results to clients and on time delivery of assigned work.
• Respect and follow the internal communication channels, process and line of reporting

2)Business Development

• Client Development Analyst

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Client Development Analyst to help us engage with new clients and build partnerships that will drive digitization of their decarbonization journey and support green transition of energy procurement, integrating sustainability whilst maintaining profitable growth & controls on energy price volatility & risk.

Your role will be to identify and approach prospects that match the profile of Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Business’ solutions and to recognize and articulate appropriate solutions to address gaps and enhance and communicate strengths in a way that meets future customer needs and differentiate us from the competition.

Position responsibilities:

• Generation of business leads and new opportunities through qualification and identification of prospects that match the profile of Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Business’ solutions
• Coordinating targeted lead generation initiatives in collaboration with marketing
• Development of a comprehensive understanding of customer needs and our global recurring services and software portfolio
• Providing support in developing standardized and bespoke proposals and RFP responses

3) Client / Project Management

• Client Associate

The position holder will be part of a high-performance team delivering energy management services to national and international clients. If you are interested in learning about energy procurement and understanding of European energy markets, we would like to hear from you.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support the team managing client relationships through excellent formal and informal communication.
• Work closely with Data Management and Operations teams to deliver an exceptional level of service to our clients.
• Support the growth of the team’s client portfolio by identifying cross-selling opportunities for additional services
• Effectively understand and communicate regional market opinions and knowledge to internal/external clients.
• Collaborate with the Client Management team to identify, evaluate, and incorporate process efficiencies, new services, and innovative ideas/concepts.