(Sole) Managing Director of GVG Rhein-Erft (m/f/d)
Overall managerial responsibility for a municipal energy utility undergoing transformation. The ability to shape the regional energy and heating transition.
GVG Rhein-Erft GmbH, headquartered in Hürth, is a municipally owned company and regional energy provider for the Rhein-Erft district as well as parts of the Cologne metropolitan area. Since 1956, GVG has been committed to ensuring a reliable energy supply in the region. With approximately 120 employees, the company supplies energy to about 80,000 customers from private households, commerce, industry, and public institutions. GVG is backed by a strong shareholder structure comprising municipal and energy industry partners, combining regional roots, business stability, and operational flexibility. GVG’s shareholders are rhenag Rheinische Energie AG, Stadtwerke Hürth AöR, the City of Frechen, Stadtwerke Wesseling GmbH, the Rhein-Erft District, the City of Pulheim, and Stadtwerke Erftstadt.
GVG is more than a traditional energy supplier: GVG sees itself as a reliable local energy partner that plays a key role in shaping the region. Fair prices, sustainable products, and personalized service define its operations, as does its commitment to increasing energy efficiency and further expanding sustainable energy generation. Beyond the traditional distribution of natural gas and electricity, GVG is continuously expanding its service portfolio and offers future-oriented energy solutions such as photovoltaic systems and wall boxes. In doing so, it combines a commitment to the region with innovation and actively contributes to the sustainable energy transition.
We are seeking an entrepreneurial and visionary leader (f/m/d) to join the management team as soon as possible, who will further advance GVG as a key player in the region’s energy transition.
Your Responsibilities
- You will lead GVG Rhein-Erft with overall strategic, financial, and organizational responsibility and shape the future of the company.
- You will consistently develop the company’s strategy and business model in light of the energy transition, the heating transition, regulation, and competition.
- You will ensure GVG Rhein-Erft’s financial performance through accountability for results, forward-looking investment decisions, effective risk management, and sustainable resource allocation.
- You will further develop the organization, processes, and leadership culture, and create the conditions necessary for employees to actively support the transformation of the energy industry.
- You will drive the digitalization of customer interfaces and infrastructure and position GVG Rhein-Erft as a modern, efficient, and customer-oriented utility.
- You will work in a spirit of trust with the Supervisory Board and shareholders and represent GVG Rhein-Erft with confidence in dealings with municipalities, partners, government agencies, associations, customers, and the public.
Your Qualifications
- You hold a college degree, for example in economics, engineering, or law, ideally supplemented by an additional qualification in the energy sector.
- You have several years of leadership experience and a track record of delivering results in the energy sector, preferably at a municipal energy utility, public utility, grid operator, or a comparable energy company.
- You have a broad understanding of value creation in the energy sector and can assess the significance of market, infrastructure, and regulatory issues for the strategic direction of an energy supplier.
- You manage companies with sound business acumen and make well-informed decisions regarding profit performance, investments, resource allocation, and opportunities and risks.
- You are familiar with working within municipal structures, committees, and shareholder groups, and you navigate the interplay of business, political, and public interests with confidence.
- You inspire confidence through your integrity, decisiveness, negotiation skills, and clear communication. As a leader, you provide direction, build trust, and rally people around shared goals.
We offer you
- Overall responsibility with genuine entrepreneurial freedom—in a financially sound, municipally anchored company with clear regional significance.
- A key role in shaping the regional energy and heating transition—with high social relevance and a visible impact on approximately 80,000 people in the Rhein-Erft district.
- Short decision-making paths and a trusting, collaborative relationship with the supervisory board and shareholders, as well as a dedicated team of approximately 120 employees.
Are you interested?
Would you like to actively help shape the local energy transition with entrepreneurial responsibility and genuine creative freedom? Then we look forward to getting to know you.
The application process is being managed by rhenag Rheinische Energie AG on behalf of the GVG Supervisory Board. The final selection decision will be made by the relevant governing bodies of GVG Rhein-Erft GmbH.
We look forward to receiving your detailed application materials, including your salary expectations, via email at bewerbung@rhenag.de. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Fabian Dawin (Email: fabian.dawin@rhenag.de, cell: 0151 1552 1803).
We guarantee that your application will be treated confidentially throughout the entire process.
We look forward to receiving your application!