Martin West

Storage optimization across three storage facilities in NCG and VTP Austria, prop trading, time and locational spread trading on Austrian and German gas hubs – both prompt and curve trading. Structured products (Swing) and pricing of gas products for Industrial customers. Portfolio management. Trading of locational, time spreads. Purchasing of Oil swaps and options. Capacity optimization between Germany and Austria.

Management of Gas/Power Portfolio of European I&C clients (Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Packaging, Glass). in all major European and CCE countries. Following purchasing and selling strategies and effecting trades through supply contracts on EEX, NBP, APXEndex, ICE, Powernext, OMIP and CEGH. Risk Management strategies and their adherence Customer presentations and market briefs on market drivers and fundamentals. Use of tools Reuters, Bloomberg to conduct and follow trends (Technical analysis).

Preparation of RFPs. Tendering of power and gas supply contracts for large industrial and small multi-site clients in Spain, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg. Extensive knowledge of regulatory environment (taxes, renewable energy legislation, wholesale markets regulations) in Germany, Austria, Spain, Luxembourg and Ireland. Energy budgeting Preparing market analysis of fundamentals and drivers.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of markets and customer behaviour Creation of Business plans and commercial strategies for organizations. Extensive work in different European commercial sectors, e.g. Retail (Karstadt), automotive VW. Creation of specific excel-based tools for customers.

creating collateral, organizing events to promote SAP Retail solutions customer software solutions in the areas of CRM, SCM, SAP R3 etc.

International Trade and tax law, International Marketing, Economics, European Economic and Financial Context, European Industries Strategies, Multinational Corporate Finance etc.

Accounting, Marketing, HR, Strategy, Finance, Statistics.

Translation English French and Intercultural communication studies