Senior Business Development Executive

Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client, is one of Nigeria's leading Oil and Gas Company. Due to internal expansion and re-structuring, they are looking to hire a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Business Development Executive
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Reports to: Business Development Manager
Job Summary

• The Senior Business Development Executive shall assist with the attainment of company’s business growth objectives
• Articulating new business development opportunities in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas Industry and compiling bids and collecting projects data.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop technical and commercial knowledge of all our product offerings and services.
• Contribute to the attainment of the company’s business development strategies.
• Identify immediate and long-term needs by clients for company’s products and services on such projects.
• Arrange meetings between E& P Companies and our partners.
• Liaise between the company and key agencies in the industry such as NAPIMS, DPR etc.
• Manage day to day relationships with partners and clients and develop a deep understanding of their needs.
• Identify application areas on client sites and make appropriate proposal on the benefits and usage of the products.
• Identify and recommend as most appropriate, technical assistance for key customers
• Prospect for and acquire new and financially viable high-volume customers
• Prepare and make effective product presentations to clients.
• Understand full working of Joint Venture Partners and any new technology.
• Gather new intelligence for the preparation of reports, tenders and presentations that will win the company contracts in on-going and up-coming projects.
• Define strategy for relating with each customer group and create a Customer Relationship Plan per group
• Collate client – specific intelligence and produce weekly reports
• Interfacing with industry regulators and follow up on submitted tenders.
• Generate work orders, Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Purchase Orders (PO)
• Effectively manage each customer account to ensure sales targets are fully achieved
• Collate and communicate business intelligence
• Ensure full payment for all supplies and services
• Reconcile customers’ accounts and ensure proper documentation
• Provide regular updates on plans and progress
• Demonstrate consistent sales development success and target – driven achievement

Person Specification
Qualification:

• A Degree in related discipline from a good school

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years experience
• Technical Sales in the Upstream subsector of the oil and gas industry

Additional Requirements:

• A good knowledge of up-coming and on-going key projects in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas Sector.
• Good working knowledge of the Nigerian Oil Industry (Upstream sector)
• Proven sales contacts in the Upstream sector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry
• Proven track record of winning businesses
• Business intelligence gathering skills
• Proven clients account management experience in the upstream sector of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry.
• Self-motivated
• Good written, presentation and oral communication skills
• Proven experience of working with minimum supervision

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their ;Kindly make the Job Title the subject of the mail.
Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted.