Senior Demand Strategy Manager

July 18

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South West Water is part of Pennon Group plc$1. .$1

drinking water • sewerage systems • bathing waters • environment

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Description

• Building and lead a high performing team with a clear vision, objectives, and accountabilities. • Leading and managing the Water Demand team, providing leadership direction, setting the people agenda and vision, maximising performance and facilitating a developmental environment. • Planning and managing resources including all operational and capital costs/budgets associated with delivery of the day to day running of the team and delivery of new initiatives. • Ensuring effective long term strategic demand planning to meet statutory requirements across the region. • Overseeing the optimisation and/or adaption of delivery plans through the year and AMP to achieve overall targets. • Own the investment cases for demand delivery. • Engaging, as a key stakeholder, with the smart metering programme inputting strategic advice and guidance on demand related aspects as required. • Working with subject experts to develop and deliver demand inputs to team deliverables such as WRMP, APR, ODIs and Price Review. • Identifying innovative demand practices from industry, assess applicability and reflect in the Demand Strategy as appropriate. • Building and maintaining relationships and credibility with the EA and wider industry regarding demand management aspects. • Driving a culture of continuous improvement, with the right levels of coaching, training, and support for all colleagues.

Requirements

• Scientific/ Environmental/ related Degree • Track record of leading projects, programme or portfolio, preferably water demand planning • Experienced taking ownership, being proactive, and working in collaboration, whilst holding others to account. • Preparing regulatory submissions, such as annual reports and procedures for price control; including preparing the evidence, assurance, and demonstration of regulatory need. • Experience working within an ambiguous and dynamic regulatory environment • Developing and translating strategies and ideas into detailed approaches, options, plans and controls for delivery • Excellent planning and organisational skills to facilitate management of own workload, and workload of direct and indirect teams to deliver to internal and external deadlines and quality expectations. • Understanding of demand forecasting methodologies, demand-side management techniques, and strategies for promoting water efficiency and conservation. • Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to water balance calculation, water loss management, and policies governing water abstraction, distribution, and consumption. • Able and willing to travel throughout the region and to national meetings as needed with regulators and industry bodies

Benefits

• A company car or cash for car allowance • A company bonus • Private Medical Insurance • Competitive Contributory Pension • Invest in Pennon through our employee Sharesave scheme • Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays, with an option to buy / sell leave offering you extra flexibility • Take up to 26 weeks’ additional maternity leave • Shared parental leave • Look after your wellbeing through our Champion Health support platform • Enjoy free eye tests and discounts on frames and lenses at Specsavers • Enjoy access to thousands of deals and discounts on supermarkets, online retailer, travel, eating out, cinema, gyms and more through Perkbox