Senior Specialist, Work Plan Strategy Apply now » Date: Mar 18, 2025 Location: Kansas City, MO, US, 64129 Company: Spire Inc. Summary Spire is looking for a Senior Specialist in the Workplan Strategy department. This role is responsible for the creating, planning, managing, and monitoring of a portfolio of infrastructure expansion and maintenance work required company wide. This person will support utility-wide business planning and performance monitoring processes, including ensuring appropriate integration and support exists between processes and areas, including development of appropriate dashboards, metrics and schedules as requested. They will also serve as a representative on cross functional strategic projects; empowered to provide guidance to VPs/SVPs on Workplan-related topics. Duties and Responsibilities
Coordinate and manage the annual workplan strategy and monthly forecasting processes for allotted reporting departments and assure that plans are integrated, consistent and supportive of the Utility strategic direction.
Manage allotted departmental reporting processes, including collection, preparation, distribution and presentation of monthly workplan strategy reports to business unit presidents and department heads.
Manage the departmental operational forecasting process to ensure all impacted parties are informed of the impacts of workplan variances on future expectations.
Provide necessary support for the preparation and facilitation of the Company’s monthly business reviews and strategic direction meetings.
Identify, analyze, and assess the portfolio of projects to be undertaken to support the utility strategy. Develop business cases by gathering and assessing background and research data; supporting economic, financial, and performance analysis; providing quality assurance, due diligence and review support as appropriate.
Develop, implement, and upgrade systems and processes to support operational standardization and excellence.
Develop and evaluate key performance metrics, productivity statistics, and objectives.
Identify areas of improvement that lead to improved customer satisfaction, operational performance and bottom-line results.
Conduct presentations to the BU Presidents and other senior Executive Leadership, as needed.
All other duties as assigned.
Essential Characteristics and Competencies
Ability to demonstrate the core and job category competencies: customer-focused, results-driven, teamwork, communications, adaptability, initiative, problem solving and quality.
Ability to lead by example in support of the Company’s essential characteristics and values: strong ethics and integrity, dedication to a safe work environment, commitment to a diverse workforce that recognizes and respects every individual’s unique skill and perspective.
Recognize problems and respond, systematically gather information, sort through complex issues, understand consequences of decisions, seeks input from others.
Ability to make difficult decisions and effectively communicate those decisions to others.
Ability to set challenging and productive goals & objectives and effectively monitor performance to consistently meet or surpass goals & objectives.
Ability to independently coordinate with company leadership in the absence of the manager.
Ability to lead by example.
Required Education (certifications, licenses)
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business discipline. May consider candidates that have extensive operational knowledge and experience that are willing to pursue further education.
Master’s degree in business administration (or similar), preferred.
Required knowledge, skill and abilities
8+ years of relevant planning, operational, and/or analytical experience (e.g., working as a planning, financial or budget analyst).
Experience with Tableau, Maximo, and Click strongly, preferred.
Experience must extend beyond tactical operational planning and reviewing of historical results.
Understanding operational requirements and processes and how value is created and strategic and business planning, key operational performance metrics, and managerial performance reporting.
Able to utilize data from a variety of sources to identify relevant operational and market trends, understand implications, develop and assess new improvement opportunities, and evaluate potential strategic scenarios.
Physical demands, environment and schedule
Shared office work environment.
Hybrid work schedule (at least three days in office).
Overtime as needed.
Some travel required (4 to 6 times a year).
Company Overview At Spire, we believe energy exists to help people. To enrich their lives, grow their businesses, advance their communities. It’s a simple idea, but one that’s at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to understanding the needs of the homes and businesses we serve. That's why we're always looking for driven, collaborative people to join our team. Because we believe that offering our customers the best service means bringing together the best people. And we find the best by hiring those who share our values of drive, safety, inclusion and integrity, and demonstrate our four essential behaviors that bring the Spire vision, mission and culture to life: We make it happen: We are a company of go-getters, acting on every opportunity to help our company advance.
We collaborate: We put teamwork first, bringing in everyone’s ideas, because our collective energy makes us stronger.
We seek out perspective: We challenge ourselves to be open to different ways of doing things, because learning from each other leads to breakthroughs.
We care: We treat people how we want to be treated, listening closely and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard.
By living our values and behaviors every day, we strive to create an environment where every employee feels welcome, respected and valued.
Posting Requirements We accept online applications through our career site at jobs.spireenergy.com. Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Spire Inc., and its subsidiaries are an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Job Location: Kansas City Job Segment: Quality Assurance, Technology Apply now » Find similar jobs:
