Business Performance & Optimisation Manager

Here's what you'll be doing

Location: Flexible UK location, hybrid.
Salary: Competitive + Company car/allowance (£6k p/a)

At E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) UK, we're leading the UK's transition to net zero. We design and deliver sustainable energy infrastructure - from innovative heat networks that provide low-carbon heating to smarter, more efficient energy solutions for communities and businesses. EIS Heat Networks is a central part of E.ON's strategy to lead the UK's energy transition - and we're proud to be recognised as one of the leaders in the UK district heating market.

We're now looking for a Business Performance & Optimisation Manager to join our HeatNetwork Operations team. In this key role, you'll use your commercial insight and strategic thinking to drive performance, profitability and continuous improvement across our operations.

You'll identify and deliver opportunities to maximise value in gross margin and operational costs, providing clear insight and challenge to support our growth whilst minimising risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion the commercial optimisation of Heat Networks by using performance insight to identify opportunities for improvement, collaborating closely with engineering and digital teams to deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Manage performance dialogue delivery, influencing EIS Executive level.
• Coordinate operational budgeting and forecasting, ensuring transparency, shared ownership, and alignment to deliver on commercial goals.
• Partner with commercial and energy management experts to effectively manage and optimise Heat Network commodity costs.
• Evolve and maintain clear, supportive operational budgeting models and reporting tools that empower teams to understand and manage performance.
• Foster a shared understanding of operational performance, connecting team actions with financial outcomes and encouraging thoughtful, informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with supply chain and support teams to identify opportunities for efficiency and value creation.
• Provide clear, balanced insight to guide commercial outcomes, such as site-level profitability and partnership opportunities, while managing risks responsibly.
• Work alongside Finance to ensure strong and supportive commercial and financial controls across Operations.
• Evaluate the financial and commercial benefits of new initiatives, working collaboratively with operational leaders to shape business success.
• Partner with the senior operational team to achieve commercial targets, supporting effective decisions, shared accountability, and continuous improvement.

What we need from you

• Proven experience in the energy sector - ideally within district heating, energy networks, utilities or generation operations.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience analysing operational performance and driving improvement.
• Credibility and confidence in presenting complex performance insight to senior and Board-level stakeholders.
• Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and commercial disciplines.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting for complex operational environments.
• Ability to lead, and deliver challenging targets personally, and through others

Here's what you need to know

• Award-Winning Workplace - We're proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16-34-year-olds.
• Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.
• Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We're open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.
• Inclusive & Diverse - We're the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We're also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year-recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.
• Support at Every Stage of Life - We're Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.
• Accessible & Supportive - As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria and will make any adjustments needed during the process.
• Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we'll support your growth every step of the way.

At a glance

Reference no.: 240693 Preferred start: [[custom_PrefStartDate]] Closing date: 11/11/2025 Salary: Competitive

Get in touch

If you have any questions please contact the Recruiter, melissa.newell@eonenergy.com. Please note, CV's emailed directly will not be considered.

About us

E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

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