Resource Planning Coordinator

Key Responsibilities

• Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.
• Maintain the master Resource Planning schedule aligning IRP, MISO, LPSC, and internal workstreams.
• Establish and enforce Resource Planning processes, controls, and governance, including clear roles, handoffs, and accountability.
• Develop and maintain the Resource Planning playbook documenting workflows, procedures, and decision checkpoints.
• Cross-functionally coordinate activities to ensure alignment, timely execution, and consistent inputs across all stakeholders.
• Track milestones and deliverables to ensure all planning, regulatory, and submission deadlines are met.
• Identify and remove process bottlenecks to improve workflow efficiency and execution reliability.
• Ensure consistency, traceability, and documentation of planning inputs, outputs, and decisions.
• Serve as the central coordination point for Resource Planning activities, maintaining a single aligned process and schedule across the organization.

Qualifications

• Required Education, Skills & Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or related field and/or 5+ years of related experience.
  • 5+ years’ experience in utility industry preferred including one or more areas of expertise: project management, finance, accounting, analytics, deal structure, IT, supply chain, operations.
  • Prior experience in one or more preferred including: implementing change management, process development and execution, process governance, or committee leadership.
  • Ability to negotiate and influence with a consultative approach, preferred experience successfully establishing and supporting cross-functional collaboration within a company.
  • Critical contributor to Cleco’s IRP development and alignment with existing and future portfolio strategies.
  • Day to day manager of workstreams team in maintaining schedules, tracking deliverables, and seeking clarification from SMEs and leaders within Cleco.
  • Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner.
  • Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data.