Bringing that feel-good energy.
We're the newest face amongst the E.ON group of companies. E.ON Next is all about creating a sustainable future, now. We're moving our energy in the right direction, one little big step at a time. Join us in our mission to bring feel-good energy.
We’re also here to make this whole energy thing way easier for our customers. Like, really easy. That means providing exceptional service and using state-of-the-art tech to do it.
This role is part of the E.ON Next Planning & Performance Team and offers the successful candidate the opportunity to play their part in helping us create experiences that our customers rave about.
The Performance Partner will join the Planning & Performance Team and will work in partnership with our Senior Operational Leaders and their teams, providing supplementary coaching to Operational Managers and Team Leaders to embed technical, leadership and coaching skills and, in turn, increase performance to enable them to make the best decisions.
As a Performance Partner, you will drive performance with exceptional trend reporting and insight, highlighting where more targeted needs may exist.
The role presents a great opportunity to develop your performance coaching skills further in E.ON Next by working across a number of different operational areas to help deliver the best possible service for our customers. You should already be confident in your ability to develop and embed a culture of open and constructive feedback to enable personal growth and development.
The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment with high levels of empowerment and will be focused on driving impact and business value.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing
- Leverage leadership and coaching skills to build trusted relationships and create a learning environment.
- Collaborate with specialists to design effective coaching and development interventions.
- Work with performance, planning, and data analysts to identify trends and shape impactful development strategies.
- Provide leaders with trend reporting and insights to support decision-making and performance improvement.
- Drive performance by coaching leaders on target setting, implementation, and performance management.
- Foster continuous improvement and role model coaching standards to support positive change across the organization.
Are we the perfect match?
- Inspiring – Motivated by leading and developing people – you’ll strive to create an environment where everyone in your team gives their best.
- Passionate and vibrant– genuinely excited to help customers, drawing energy from having problems to solve - the more complex the better.
- Calm and resilient – challenging work is what keeps you creative and motivated.
- Curious – change feels good. You look for ways to develop yourself and love to explore new ways of doing things.
- Happy to make decisions - fear of failing doesn’t hold you back, it drives you forward, learning all the time.
- Open – you’re passionate about creating an environment where everyone can be themselves, all day, every day.
It would be great I you had
- Experience coaching leaders to improve performance and connect outcomes to commercial results.
- Strong background in working with and influencing senior leaders.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills for clear articulation of ideas and insights.
- Skilled in setting SMART goals to ensure progress and achievement.
- Experience in operational management, Lean Six Sigma, and driving operational excellence.
- Proficient in data analysis tools like Excel/Google Sheets to identify trends and root causes for improvement.
Here’s what else you need to know
- This role is a 6 month secondment
- Role may close earlier due to high applications
- We’ll have regular team socials and lively team chats
- Competitive salary
- Location – Nottingham (Trinity House, 2 Burton St, Nottingham NG1 4BX), Leicester (Granite House, Watermead Business Park, Syston, LE7 1PF) or Bolton (Aspinall House, Aspinall Cl, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6QQ) with travel to our other sites when required.
- Working environment: Flexible hybrid working – a blend of in the office and home working.
- Work life balance – we work Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM to service our customers and make sure they have an unforgettable experience.
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays each year – this includes a guaranteed day off for your birthday if you want it.
- Generous pension scheme (you contribute 5%, we contribute 6%, increasing to 10% after 2 years)
- Excellent parental leave allowance.
- The chance to choose from our award-winning Flexible Benefits package which includes the option to buy up to 10 days holiday a year.
- We’ve exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.
- For all successful candidates. Due to the nature of this role your employment will be subject to a basic DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check being carried out by ourselves via a 3rd party service provider
We’re committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.
We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we’re happy to talk flexible working. We offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time, job share, remote working and variable start and finishing times.