Housing Coordinator

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

Summary:

The Vivint Housing department is looking for a strategic and financially sound coordinator to join our team. Vivint’s door-to-door sales force is the greatest in the world, and our Housing team plays an integral part in their success. We work in unison with our sales leaders to plan short term housing accommodations for the summer sales season. This includes market research, lease negotiations and working with multiple vendors and hotel chains to seamlessly provide a safe and comfortable place for our employees to live. We work in an extremely fast-paced environment that requires thoughtful planning, quick thinking and creative multitasking to get the job done in an efficient and quality-centered way.

Job Responsibilities:

• Negotiate multiple short-term leases with numerous property managers and leasing agents across the US.
• Manage a multi-million-dollar budget with frugality including monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts and reconciliations.
• Account for each dollar spent by classifying and allocating charges to specific internal orders, cost centers, and GL codes.
• Communicate confidently with sales managers, regionals and VPs in person and over the phone.
• Document crucial data and lease information in internal software programs including Salesforce and Microsoft OneDrive.
• Set and meet expectations, timelines and priorities with coworkers, partners, vendors and our customers with autonomy.
• Maintain a professional relationship with multiple partners and nation-wide vendors.
• Build Vivint’s brand internally and externally as a hard-working, innovative and honest company.
• Manage rooming-lists, tenancy details and commission-related rent and utility deductions for roughly 400 employees at a given time

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Confidence in multitasking
• Adaptability with urgency to last-minute changes and exceptions
• Solution oriented and creative problem solving
• Thrive under pressure and stressful situations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Bonus if proficient in Salesforce and Domo
• Maintain quality and urgency in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable negotiating and problem-solving over the phone
• Make financial and budgetary decisions with a long-term, macro view in mind

Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it’s a great place to grow your career!

Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:

• Free daily lunch and drinks on site
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
• Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
• Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
• Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Employee Resource Groups

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

SAFETY:

Vivint enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each new employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. Additionally, the employee must accept they have responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employee must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standard operations or unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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Official description on file with Talent.