Commercial Lead - CES

Date: 26 Jul 2026

Location: Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

Company: Origin Energy Services Ltd

  • 12 month secondment/contract - shape commercial strategy, optimise pricing and portfolio performance 
  • Manager-equivalent role, opportunity to lead through influence rather than direct people leadership 
  • Melbourne based

 

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

 

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

 

 

About the role

Reporting to the Group Manager – Retail Commercial & Credit Portfolio, you'll be the end-to-end commercial owner for Community Energy Services (CES) with over 487k customers & $100m EBITDA. Working closely with senior leaders across the business, you'll shape commercial strategy, optimise pricing and portfolio performance, and use commercial insight to drive sustainable growth, protect value and influence key business decisions.


What you'll be doing

  • Helps steer the commercial strategy for the CES portfolio , translating priorities into clear initiatives and measurable outcomes.
  • Develop and optimise pricing, retention and commercial offer strategies to maximise margins & portfolio performance.
  • Monitor market trends, competitor activity and portfolio risk to identify growth opportunities and protect value.
  • Deliver commercial analysis & translate to practical recommendations that support strategic and executive decision-making.
  • Frames options, trade-offs and recommendations for complex commercial questions requiring senior alignment.
  • Identifies emerging commercial risks and escalates with a clear, evidence-based recommendation and a defined 'so what'.
  • Partners with CES leadership, Finance and key stakeholders to influence decisions and deliver commercial outcomes.


About you

You're a commercially minded professional who enjoys solving complex business challenges and influencing strategic decisions through data and insight.


You'll bring

  • Experience in commercial strategy, pricing, portfolio management or retention within a complex or customer-focused industry.
  • Strong commercial judgement and ability to bring structure, clarity and pace to ambiguous issues.
  • Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple functions.
  • Advanced analytical skills, including experience using modern analytics and AI-enabled tools to support decision-making.
  • A proactive, outcome-focused mindset that moves issues from analysis to decision and action.

 

Origin - Where good change happens

 

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.


We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse. 
 

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you. 


Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

 

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

 

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

 

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.