Lead Sustainable Energy

The core mission is to shape and drive TRATON's global energy agenda at a strategic level. Day to day, this likely means establishing and coordinating Energy Hubs across regions and brands, setting common principles, guidelines and strategy for sustainable energy, and managing energy risks with follow-up actions inside those hubs. The role also handles active price hedging for VW Group in the Nordics and for TRATON in West Europe, trades guarantees of origin globally, and reports green certificates and energy-related data. A second layer is systems and advisory work: acting as system owner and super user for TRATON Energy's energy system, and serving as an advisor in complex cross-functional energy business. Because this is a Group function, the Lead is expected to maintain a holistic TRATON perspective and collaborate frequently with the brands, Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and International. Longer term, the objective is to accelerate TRATON's sustainability ambitions while creating business value: embedding sustainable energy into decision-making, aligning energy strategy with decarbonisation goals, and ensuring the most critical energy processes are actually executed across the Group. Success likely looks like common frameworks adopted across brands, well-managed exposure to energy price and origin risks, and measurable progress on renewable sourcing.

This role offers unusually deep exposure to energy markets in practice. The candidate could expect to strengthen skills in energy risk management, price hedging and guarantees-of-origin trading, areas where hands-on experience is rare and highly marketable. Working with green certificates and energy data reporting also builds fluency in the regulatory and accounting side of renewable energy claims. Because the position spans Scania, MAN and the wider Group, there is strong potential to develop cross-brand and cross-geography influencing skills, learning how different regions structure energy procurement and how central functions translate strategy into brand-level execution. Acting as system owner and super user for the energy system adds a digital-tooling and process-ownership dimension. TRATON states it supports professional growth through a structured development plan and a wide range of training opportunities, locally and internationally. Mentorship likely comes from the Chief Sustainability Officer's team and the wider TRATON Sustainability Team of strategists, experts and change makers, with exposure to decarbonisation, circularity and human-rights agendas beyond energy alone.

The ideal candidate likely holds a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, with a genuine interest in energy and energy markets. Scania/TRATON asks for at least five years of experience within energy risk management, advisory, price hedging activities, sustainability, and related strategic areas such as Energy, Real Estate, Treasury, Purchasing, R&D or Strategy, so a finance-adjacent or procurement-adjacent energy background is a strong signal. Equally important is demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across brands, functions and geographies in a global environment. The role demands excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high accountability and quality awareness, plus a curious, proactive, self-driven mindset able to spot opportunities in evolving market environments. Fluency in English, written and spoken, is required. On the softer side, TRATON describes the ideal person as a trusted expert who challenges constructively and drives progress. Someone comfortable in international settings and close to business operations, rather than purely theoretical, would fit the Energy Hub coordination model best.

The most distinctive instruction here is procedural: TRATON asks for a CV in English and explicitly requests that you do not send a cover letter, to support an efficient and unbiased process. Respecting that will itself signal that you read the posting carefully. Instead, invest in making the CV self-explanatory: quantify energy volumes hedged, markets covered, guarantees of origin traded, or cross-brand initiatives led. Because the hiring manager is the Chief Sustainability Officer and the process is handled by Scania for TRATON, tailoring matters. Map your experience onto their exact vocabulary: energy risk management, price hedging, Energy Hubs, common principles and guidelines, system ownership, green certificates. If your background is in Treasury, Purchasing or Strategy rather than a classic sustainability team, frame it as directly relevant, the posting explicitly lists those adjacent areas. Expect logical and personality tests and possibly a background check. Interview preparation should include a view on how a Group function harmonises energy strategy across brands with different regional markets, and a concrete example of constructively challenging senior stakeholders. Applying early is wise, since screening happens on an ongoing basis during the application period.

Energy sits at the centre of this role, and energy is where much of TRATON's decarbonisation leverage lies. The Lead Sustainable Energy would likely focus on renewable energy sourcing and guarantees of origin, ensuring the Group's electricity and energy claims are credible and traceable through green certificate reporting. That places the role squarely in the environmental pillar of ESG, with real market exposure rather than purely reporting duties. Beyond procurement, the position intersects with TRATON's broader sustainability framework, which the company describes as covering decarbonisation, circularity and human rights, with sustainability embedded in decision-making and long-term value creation. The Energy Hubs model suggests the focus is on translating Group ambition into common principles and guidelines that brands like Scania and MAN can execute regionally, while managing price and origin risks. The role also connects to the stated purpose, Transforming Transportation Together. For a commercial vehicle manufacturer, energy strategy underpins both operational emissions and the business case for electrification, so this person could shape how affordability and sustainability are balanced across the Group's global footprint.

A central challenge is coordination without direct authority. The role establishes and leads Energy Hubs across regions and brands, but Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and International each have their own priorities, markets and internal stakeholders. Driving common principles and guidelines in that setup requires strong persuasion and a genuinely holistic TRATON perspective, plus tolerance for slow consensus-building. Market volatility is another likely difficulty. Active price hedging for VW Group in the Nordics and TRATON in West Europe, together with global trading of guarantees of origin, exposes the holder to shifting energy prices, regulatory changes and differing national certificate regimes. Managing energy risks and following up actions across hubs means being accountable for outcomes that are only partly within the Group's control. The breadth of the role is itself a challenge: system ownership, data reporting, advisory work and strategic leadership in one position. A candidate could struggle if they prefer depth in a single domain over switching between hands-on hedging detail and senior-level strategy. Balancing the CSO's strategic expectations with operational brand realities will be a constant tension.

A typical day probably blends analysis, coordination and senior engagement. Mornings might involve reviewing energy price movements and hedging positions for the Nordic and West European portfolios, checking guarantees-of-origin trades or green certificate data, and updating the energy system as its owner and super user. There would also be regular follow-ups on energy risks flagged within the Energy Hubs. Much of the week likely involves meetings, with brand representatives across regions, with the TRATON Sustainability Team, and with senior stakeholders including the Chief Sustainability Officer. As a Group function, the role requires frequent cross-functional dialogue with areas such as Treasury, Purchasing, Real Estate, R&D and Strategy to align principles, guidelines and execution. Variability comes from the market environment and project cycles: intense periods around strategic decisions, hedging actions or reporting deadlines, and quieter stretches for developing frameworks and long-term energy strategy. International collaboration means calendars spanning multiple time zones, and travel within the Group could occur occasionally.

This is a Group-level, high-visibility role reporting to the Chief Sustainability Officer, which naturally positions the holder close to strategic decision-making at TRATON. Strong performance could open paths into broader sustainability leadership, energy or procurement director roles, or central strategy positions across the Group's brands. The cross-brand scope means achievements are seen by stakeholders well beyond one function. Skill improvement is built into the work itself: energy risk and hedging expertise, guarantees-of-origin trading and certificate reporting are specialist capabilities that translate across industries and geographies. Leading Energy Hubs also builds a track record of influencing without authority, a credential for any future Group-wide mandate. TRATON mentions a structured development plan and a wide range of training opportunities both locally and internationally. Lateral moves could be equally plausible (into Treasury, Purchasing, R&D or brand-level sustainability functions) given how many adjacent areas the posting names. For someone aiming at a CSO-track career in transport or manufacturing, this role likely provides both the technical depth and the executive exposure such progression requires.

The most immediate stakeholder is the Chief Sustainability Officer, to whom the role reports, together with the Lead TRATON Energy and the wider TRATON Sustainability Team of strategists, experts and change makers. These relationships are likely collaborative and strategic, focused on translating ambition into measurable energy results and on the Group's decarbonisation agenda. Externally to the team but internal to the Group, the holder would interact constantly with brand representatives in the Energy Hubs across Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and International, as well as with colleagues in Treasury, Purchasing, Real Estate, R&D and Strategy. These interactions often involve aligning principles, negotiating hedging and sourcing approaches, and resolving cross-functional energy business questions, so influence and diplomacy matter as much as technical input. Further stakeholders include energy suppliers and market counterparties involved in price hedging and guarantees-of-origin trading, and potentially reporting or regulatory contacts tied to green certificates. The TRATON AB office in Södertälje, with colleagues of many nationalities, suggests a strongly international stakeholder map spanning regions and time zones.