Short Term Portfolio Optimization Flex | Vacancy Brussels

Are you passionate about energy markets, optimization and technology? As a Short Term Portfolio Optimization FLEX Analyst, you play a key role in maximizing the value of our gas and power portfolios, assets and flexibility. You combine market insight, analytics and technology to help you make sound decisions in a fast-moving short-term energy environment. **What you’ll do** * You optimize our gas and electricity portfolios across Day-Ahead and Intraday markets, helping maximize value while managing physical balancing, trading activities and our market obligations as Supplier, BRP and Shipper. * Through daily market and performance analysis, you identify opportunities to improve Short Term strategies while considering price developments, weather risks, renewable production, competitors and applicable risk policies. * You contribute to the optimization of thermal assets and ancillary services and help ensure that you meet market and transparency obligations, including REMIT requirements. * Working with the Deputy and your colleagues, you coordinate and contribute to AI/ML solutions that improve Day-Ahead and Intraday decision-making, including price, balancing and ancillary services forecasting. * You drive operational excellence by monitoring results and KPIs, improving procedures and documentation, sharing your expertise and helping Optimizers apply consistent and effective strategies. * In collaboration with Optimization, Generation, Finance and IT stakeholders, you contribute to financial reporting, budgets and IT improvement projects, where you help translate business requirements into analysis, development, testing, go-live and user training. **What you bring** * With a university degree in a technical or economic field, or equivalent experience, you have a strong foundation that allows you to understand complex energy and optimization challenges. * Your 3 to 5 years of experience in energy, utilities or commodities give you a good understanding of gas and electricity markets and their operational dynamics. * You bring 3 to 5 years of relevant IT experience and strong knowledge of development best practices, cybersecurity and application lifecycle management, while your technical toolkit includes Python and AI/ML. * Strong analytical and structured thinking enables you to turn complex market, operational and financial information into clear decisions and recommendations. * Your communication and presentation skills allow you to share knowledge, advise stakeholders and collaborate effectively across Optimization, Generation, Finance and other teams. * With strong autonomy, precision and initiative, you can manage several projects simultaneously, while you are bilingual in French/Dutch and able to work professionally in English. **What you'll get in return?** The energy sector is one of the most rewarding industries in Belgium with a highly rewarding compensation and benefits package: * Competitive compensation: Attractive salary with a