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As Energy Trader Early Career you are part of the Portfolio Optimization team, an expert team with professionals in portfolio management, long-term trading and deal structuring. With a high degree of cross-commodity focus, knowledge sharing, and good teamwork, we execute best-in-class commercial energy portfolio management.

Energy Trader

You want a job where you can grow & contribute to making our future more sustainable? By joining our Energy Portfolio Optimization Team as an Energy Trader in ‘s Hertogenbosch, you’ll get the opportunity to do so! What are you waiting for? Apply now.  

Energy moves you

As Energy Trader you are developing risk-reducing strategies based on thorough analysis of data from the energy environment around us and generalizing the findings into strategies and tools.

To do this we will determine which power, gas and certificate products are the best portfolio fit, and we also contract special products such as gas storage and weather derivatives, in coordination with our colleagues in E.ON Energy Markets. 

Taking the next step in energy. It’s something that can only be done by working together and taking ownership. In your position as Energy Trader, together with the team, you work on topics such as:

  • Position management
  • You do analysis and come up with innovative strategies to mitigate the risks within the portfolio as well and cost-efficiently as possible
  • You signal the need to change pricing strategy tools, analyze impact of trends, and then participate in multi-disciplinary projects within the team to improve tools to support trader decisions
  • Working international with colleagues in other countries
You are Essent

You have a strong desire to learn and develop your skills, you are open to feedback and like to work hands-on with our other members and stakeholders. You recognize yourself in the following:

  • Up to 2 years’ experience, on trading, market risk management or similar?
  • Proven commercial attitude 
  • Innovative and creative: dare to question existing processes regularly, challenge the status quo
  • In this role we work 4 days from the office

In this role you have a high commercial drive with a talent to extract opportunities in the international energy markets and spot trends in fundamental market development. Furthermore, you are a strong team player, by sharing knowledge, sparring and challenging on concepts and ideas an interacting in a responsive and encouraging way.

Besides that, you have a strong accountability, being prepared to take timely decisions without all information being available and taking responsibility for positive and negative consequences of your decisions. And finally, you have a change orientation: envision digital developments and solutions and support the digital transformation of processes and structures actively.

We offer you

We appreciate and value the energy and motivation you put into your work so that we can be the best energy partner for our customers. We show this by providing a nice employment package. We offer you:

  • A job in which you can use your expertise to contribute to the sustainability of the Netherlands!
  • A gross monthly salary between € 4.968 and € 7.054 If we believe you’r not quite there yet, but you have the ambition and ‘trading blood by nature’, apply or contact our recruiter.
  • An annual company based bonus of 10% to further express our appreciation.
  • A total of 30 holidays per year
  • IN this specific trading role. you and the team work most of the time at the office 
  • Interested in a workation? You can work 20 days a year from another country within Europe
  • A discount on your energy bill and on all products of our service partners (solar panels, heat pump, maintenance, etc.)
  • A beautiful headquarters within walking distance of Den Bosch Central Station, featuring a great coffee bar, a company restaurant, and free fresh fruit. 
  • An NS Business Card for commuting or a mileage allowance. You decide.
  • You can follow training programs, courses, and education at our expense. Have international ambitions? As part of the E.ON Group, we offer plenty of development opportunities within other E.ON countries.
  • And last but not least: an environment in which you can really be yourself. For us, all that matters is who you are and what you can do. So feel free to leave out your gender, nationality and/or age on your CV. 

This is a great opportunity to get started as a Energy Trader Early Career. Apply before September 27 to become part of the Energy Markets team.  Curious about what’s next? Check out the steps for our application process below. 

About the organization

As an energy provider, we support over 2.5 million customers in both the private and business markets. Through our brands Essent, Energiedirect, Vandebron, and Powerhouse, along with our service partners across the Netherlands, we help our customers take the next step in the energy transition—embracing a more sustainable lifestyle and saving energy. We do this with products such as solar panels, heat pumps, and insulation for energy-efficient homes. Additionally, we invest heavily in innovative solutions that are shaping the energy system of the future, including hydrogen and heating and cooling solutions. Essent is part of the E.ON Group.

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Apply Process

  • Step 1 Resume and motivational letter review
    Within 2 weeks we will send you a response.
  • Step 2 Telephone intake
    The Recruitment Business Partner mentioned in the vacancy will contact you and will verify a some details.
  • Step 3 First interview
    First interview online or at our office.
  • Step 4 Second interview
    Second interview online or at our office.
  • Step 5 Job offer
    You will receive an offer from us, and we will discuss this over the phone. Once you accept the offer, you will receive the final contract. Congratulations on your new job at Essent!
The Essential Match (online assessment) may be part of the selection process. Your competencies are objectively compared to the competencies that are important for this specific position.

Questions about this vacancy?

We are available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thomas Schippers Recruitment Business Partner