Area Manager - Regional External Affairs - Columbus, GA

Southern Company • Columbus, GA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The Columbus Area Manager is responsible for establishing and maintaining Georgia Power’s influence and presence, advancing its business interests, and providing exceptional community leadership within Muscogee, Marion, and Chattahoochee counties.

This position will be responsible for building relationships of influence with government officials at all levels, as well as business and community leaders to ensure positive legislation, regulations, local ordinances, policies and other items that impact the company, our external relationships, and our ability to provide the highest level of customer value, are in place. They will be innovative and strategic in leading community initiatives and organizations that grow the community through economic development, establishing Georgia Power as a recognized leader in this geographic area.

This position will partner closely with the other West Region Area Managers as well as the West Region Operations Coordinator to maximize our relationships throughout West Region.

The Area Manager will help coordinate operations activities across all Georgia Power functional areas within the assigned geographic territory to provide excellent service to our customers and communities. This includes Power Delivery, Sales & Customer Choice, Customer Service, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Community & Economic Development, Land, and Hydro Generation. They will lead external affairs efforts for their territory during storm restoration efforts. Their office will be located at the Columbus Operating Headquarters.

This position will assist with strategic budget management for the West Region External team. This includes ensuring that our team is maximizing support to various external community organizations throughout the West Region territory while successfully managing to our budget targets.

In addition, this position will have accountability to actively support a culture within the Company that is inclusive, builds trust and is continuously improving.

Requirements

• Knowledge of various functional areas, including Customer Service, Community and Economic Development, Sales, Power Delivery, External Affairs, Hydro Generation, Finance & Accounting.
• An innovative, self-motivated, and bold leader who can develop strategic plans, which translate into actionable objectives; able to think strategically, implement strategy and make decisions.
• Ability to utilize resources, such as charitable giving budgets and volunteers to maximize influence and drive community & economic development, workforce development, and social justice.
• Collaborative leader with strong cross-functional partnerships which help expedite service to our customers and other external stakeholders.
• Ability to balance serving on multiple boards and committees simultaneously in different counties (e.g., Development Authority, Chamber Board, Rotary, Kiwanis, other Charitable and Educational organizations).
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with government officials and community leaders; navigate complex issues and find common ground with multiple stakeholders with differing perspectives.
• Highly developed skills in communication (verbal and written), interpersonal relations and the ability to communicate with and gain the confidence of people from a variety of sectors and settings.
• Understanding of company issues and the ability to communicate these issues to others.
• Demonstrated organizational and process management skills.
• Takes initiative for personal development and the development of others.
• Demonstrates safe work behaviors and supports Safety Excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience in the external community environment, including service on community boards and committees is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• Preferred that Area Manager live within their assigned territory.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining Georgia Power’s influence and presence
• Advancing its business interests
• Providing exceptional community leadership within Muscogee, Marion, and Chattahoochee counties
• Building relationships of influence with government officials at all levels, as well as business and community leaders
• Leading community initiatives and organizations that grow the community through economic development
• Partnering closely with the other West Region Area Managers as well as the West Region Operations Coordinator to maximize our relationships throughout West Region
• Coordinating operations activities across all Georgia Power functional areas within the assigned geographic territory to provide excellent service to our customers and communities
• Leading external affairs efforts for their territory during storm restoration efforts
• Assisting with strategic budget management for the West Region External team
• Actively support a culture within the Company that is inclusive, builds trust and is continuously improving

Benefits

• Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s).
• A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level