YOUR IMPACT:
The successful candidate will be a well-rounded leader who will focus on developing and executing the business strategy of the cooperative while focused on the best interests of the members of Noble REMC. This position requires a person of high integrity with excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven track record of leadership. The CEO is responsible for ensuring the cooperative delivers high quality service to all stakeholders and serves as a community leader to position the cooperative to be an integral part of the community.
The CEO will be responsible for providing the following:
PROFESSIONALISM
- Consistently behaves and presents themself in a professional and ethical manner consistent with the seven cooperative principles and organizational standards. Offers a near flawless core ethical foundation. Regarded and recognized as a professional selfless leader who faithfully seeks to do what’s right for people first.
- Conveys a deep commitment to serving employees, the board, and external members. This includes listening, building confidence, increasing satisfaction, and responding to needs.
LEADERSHIP AND VISION
- Is a credible leader demonstrating a strong professional presence while conveying trust, rapport, and connection with teams while leading the organization.
- Has been a member of a management team with leadership experience that can naturally adapt to a versatile role. He or she is also equally adept at building a strategic platform for company and member growth opportunities as well as actively and thoughtfully managing and mitigating risk appropriately.
- Communicates expectations, goals, and vision in a way that provides clarity and excites interest.
- Demonstrates a commitment to employee growth and development, mentors employees and ensures all employees within the cooperative function at a high level.
- Promotes and generates cooperation between the board of directors and staff to achieve collective outcomes.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
- With exceptional communications skills, he or she is an effective communicator with high interpersonal, relationship-building skills who can partner effectively with the Board, members of the cooperative, and all other 3rd parties.
- Is a highly innovative, hands-on leader who thinks like an owner of the business. Has an unending passion and quite effectively employs fact-based decision-making process supportable by data and sound decision methodology.
- Will facilitate and build meaningful relationships with regulatory and legislative parties.
BUSINESS ACUMEN
- Is well versed in business acumen and is comfortable with financial metrics and has a detailed understanding of the key financial opportunities as well as financial risk strategies.
- Upholds the safety standards of the cooperative. Proactively identifies and corrects conditions that affect employee safety.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, marketing/communications, engineering, accounting, or a related field with at least 5 plus years of leadership experience preferred or 10 years of increasingly responsible administrative, management, and/or supervisory experience.
- Cooperative and/or electric utility experience, preferred
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
