Sahara Oil & Gas Recruiting Sales & Distribution Officer (Portharcourt & Lagos)

Sahara Group is recruiting Sales & Distribution Officer to based in Port Harcourt and Lagos.

Job Title:  Sales & Distribution Officer (Portharcourt & Lagos)

Operating Company: So Energy Limited
Job Location: Lagos

Purpose Statements:
To provide support to the Head Retail and Supply & Distribution. Acting As an expert source of advice to the management and staff to ensure understanding of and compliance with So Energy’s Supply & Distribution policy in accordance with relevant Nigerian Legislation.

Key Deliverables

• To ensure timely supplies to all supply locations
• Project supply demand balance and estimates
• Monitor and coordinate with supply locations
• Coordinate with S & D of all the regions
• Monitor inventory of all the supply locations
• Coordinate with C & I and Retail sales
• Monitor truck performance
• Control supply chain cost
• Monitor and improve fleet requirements
• Process transport bills for payment
• Manage and maintain relationships with Regulatory Agencies such as PPPRA, DPR, etc.
• Ensure strict compliance to laid down policies as it affects supply and distribution operations
• Endorse transporter copies and ensure that quantities delivered are accurately captured
• MIS report and analysis

Minimum Qualification / Experience:

• B.Sc. degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 2-3 years working experience in a related capacity.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving products by road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Customer and personal service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strength and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Communication - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Personality Traits:

• Posses strong entrepreneurial skills and capable of achieving any set goals within specified target time.
• Ability to work under serious pressure and exceed expected results without supervision.
• Have good customer relations and poise to interact effectively with all stakeholders in the Oil & Gas field.
• A team player with an international outlook and an ability to communicate effectively across boundaries.
• Posses a diplomatic but persuasive attitude when dealing with colleagues, customers and government agencies.

Application Closing Date
16th May, 2012

How To Apply
Interested candidates should:
Visit http://careers.sahara-group.com
When the page opens selsct Processed User from the user type dropdown and click Find.