Retail Pricing Manager

Company Description

Meridian is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Aotearoa and we strive to deliver clean energy for a fairer and healthier world. We only generate electricity from 100% renewable resources – wind, water and sun, because we believe that’s the best way forward for our planet and our communities. And, we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and support others in our generation communities to do the same. We also retail electricity to more than 365,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand through our Meridian and Powershop brands.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

As Retail Pricing Manager you will take the lead in developing a retail pricing strategy that meets the future needs of our customers as well as maximising margins to Meridian in a way that aligns to Meridians purpose. You will work with other NZ Retail business units to create innovative pricing propositions to enable successful execution of the retail strategy. You will do this whilst leading and developing a highly engaged and capable team.  

You’ll effectively manage a team of analysts and support staff, providing coaching and mentoring to the team and identifying learning and development needs.

As part of your role, you will also determine price change strategy for all mass market customers and ensure pricing in market across all segments is both competitive and profitable. You’ll identify opportunities to support and maximise growth and support product development across both energy solutions and other mass market propositions. As well as ensuring all operational pricing outcomes are met.

Please note - This role can be based in either Christchurch or Wellington.

What you’ll bring

• Finance degree or similar
• 5 years’ experience in Retail or Wholesale electricity roles with strong knowledge of the Retail energy market
• Achievement orientated, with a flexible and adaptable style, capable of modelling exceptional work behaviour
• Strong leadership abilities
• Decisive with the ability to clearly communicate expectations, respond to challenges and follow through on decisions
• Strong analytical capability
• Results-driven focused on achieving financial goals
• Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills

Why Meridian?

At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living and working, because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.

We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.

What we can offer you!

We value work/life balance so our WFH and flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships
• enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
• life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
• enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
• a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!

If you’ve any questions, or would like the full Position Description, please email [email protected] and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.

Advertising closes on 20th April 2023 (please note this is subject to change)