Origination Manager - Europe (M/F)

Job DescriptionMission Neoen is expanding its project pipeline in Europe and needs to secure long-term electricity offtakes. To achieve this, Neoen is forming an origination team to market and sell innovative products, especially from its battery portfolio, targeting large electricity consumers and utilities. Your role is to lead the commercial strategy for these projects, generate opportunities, and collaborate with Energy Management, Finance, Legal, Development, and Operations teams. You will connect with customers and their advisers, identify requirements, raise awareness, and develop strategies to strengthen Neoen’s market presence. Main missions:Identify, originate and develop long term offtake and flexibility agreement for Neoen’s assets  with a focus on Storage product

Build and maintain long term relationships with potential counterparts (utilities, brokers, traders, corporate…) and support successful delivery

Lead and coordinate Neoen’s tender for innovative products in close collaboration with Structuring, Legal and other internal stakeholders

Proactively identify and assess third-party tenders across Europe, prioritizing the most strategic opportunities

Negotiate commercial and legal terms of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), Tollings and other structured contracts

Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of potential buyers and counterparties ensuring continuous market coverage and anticipation of demand, product evolution and competitive dynamics

Contribute to Neoen’s go-to-market strategy for innovative products by integrating market feedback, client insight and counterparty intelligence into product development and commercialization priorities

Key stakeholder relationships:Energy market players (utilities, brokers, traders)

Governments

Corporates with significant consumptions (Giants)

Neoen teams: Energy management, Development, Finance, Operation, Construction and legal.

External legal advisors and consultants Profil The candidate will need the following skills and experience to succeed in this role: Graduate or post graduate degree in engineering5 year experience in the power origination with a strong understanding of electricity markets. An experience in a tolling agreement would be a plus.

Demonstrated sales and business development skills

Strong negotiation capabilities

Autonomy: you will be responsible for leading commercial negotiations

Strong drive to conclude deals and proactive attitude Fluent in English, French is a plus On the soft skills side, we are looking for someone:Proactive, creative, curious with a strong appetite for proposing and exploring new ideas

Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a transversal organization A propos de Neoen Créée en 2008, et détenue depuis avril 2024 par Brookfield, Neoen est l’un des principaux producteurs indépendants d’énergie exclusivement renouvelable. Son savoir-faire dans les domaines du solaire, de l’éolien terrestre et du stockage lui permet d’accélérer la transition énergétique des pays dans lesquels Neoen produit une énergie verte, locale et compétitive. Société en forte croissance, Neoen a quadruplé ses capacités en opération ou en construction en six ans : celles-ci s’élèvent désormais à 8,3 GW. Neoen a pour ambition de déployer 10 GW additionnels d’ici 2030.

Neoen opère près de 200 actifs répartis sur trois continents. Parmi ses réalisations les plus emblématiques, elle compte : Western Downs Green Power Hub en Australie, qui comprend la plus grande centrale solaire du pays (460 MWc) ainsi que Western Downs Battery (212 MW / 424 MWh) ; Collie Battery (219 MW / 877 MWh), l’une des plus grandes centrales de stockage au monde ; Cestas, le plus puissant parc solaire de France (300 MWc) ; et Mutkalampi, le plus grand parc éolien de Finlande (404 MW). Pour en savoir plus : Nous valorisons la diversité

Nos projets sont complexes et bénéficient donc vivement de la pluralité des origines, des points de vue et des compétences. Nous encourageons toutes les candidatures, notamment celles de personnes en situation de handicap, dès lors qu’elles partagent nos valeurs et souhaitent, à nos côtés, accélérer la transition énergétique.

Julie Duchesne

DRH Groupe