President Chief Executive Officer CEO

President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Location: Ramsey MN 55303

Salary:$300000 $400000/year

Our client is Minnesotas largest electric cooperative providing electricity and renewable energy alternatives to members. They are seeking to fill the position of President & Chief Executive Officer. They area Minnesotas largest memberowned electric cooperative. Headquartered in Ramsey Minnesota just north of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

What is it for you:

• Be part of a regional leader in smart grid technology and renewable energy.
  
• Join a company that values giving back through community programs scholarships and economic support.
  
• Outstanding benefit packages and a peoplefirst work environment
  
• Stable growing company with tremendous opportunity for career advancement
  
• Competitive compensation and benefits
  

What you will be doing:

• Serve as the strategic leader with the Board developing and implementing business strategies and plans in line with both shortterm and longterm objectives.
  
• Lead and motivate a sixperson executive team responsible for daytoday operations.
  
• Ensure senior leaders meet expectations for high performance growth and continuous improvement across all disciplines.
  
• Report directly to an eightperson Board of Directors administering policies and directives established by the Board.
  
• Champion the development and growth of organizational talent and enhance overall employee engagement.
  
• Keep the Board wellinformed and connected providing insights options and information for assessing risks and opportunities to support confident decisionmaking.
  
• Maintain awareness of the cooperatives overall condition including member relations financial health power supply regulatory issues risk management technology operations safety and employee satisfaction.
  
• Foster a culture of innovation improvement results and success throughout every cooperative function while strengthening the companys vision culture and values.
  
• Directly engage in relations with legislators lobbying groups business partners rating agencies and other external stakeholders.
  
• Lead the cooperative as it adapts to an evolving business model embracing new energy solutions.
  

Experience you will need:

• Masters and bachelors degrees in business administration public administration or a technicalprofessional area such as economics engineering finance etc.
  
• Several years of increasingly responsible administrative management and supervisory experience.
  
• Deep industry knowledge.
  
• Member/customerfocused with the ability to instill that same memberfocused culture throughout all levels of the organization.
  
• Commitment to safety.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in public presentations to diverse audiences.
  
• Relationshipbuilding solid skills to form positive connections with individuals inside and outside the organization.
  
• Emotional intelligence to manage personal emotions and adapt interactions appropriately.
  
• Experience in designing and implementing an organizational strategic plan.
  
• Ability to motivate inspire and energize staff toward achieving the cooperatives goals and strategies.
  
• A working understanding of BoardCEO/Staff relations emphasizing mutual trust and respect.
  
• A long record of acting ethically transparently empathetically and with the highest level of integrity.
  
• Strong work ethic adaptability and resilience in challenging situations and changing priorities.
  
• Commitment to the Seven Cooperative Principles.