A fast growing indigenous company servicing the Upstream Sector of Nigeria's Oil and Gas industry, with offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt is expanding her operations due to business growth. The company requires highly experienced and qualified professionals to fill the position in their Lagos and Port Harcourt offices:
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Ref: #002
Locations: Lagos & Port-Harcourt
Functional Area: Business Development (Oil and Gas, Upstream)
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Overall Purpose of Job
- Managing a team tasked with meeting the company's business targets in the upstream sector of Nigeria's Oil and Gas Industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Business Development team to achieve the company's business target
- Ensuring company's growth objectives are attained.
- Articulating new business development opportunities and identifying, negotiating and managing relationships with technical partners in line with corporate goals.
- Develop and articulate a comprehensive tactical business development plan to accomplish the organization's business goal.
- Identify prospects and develop sales strategies to penetrate and get new accounts. This includes preparation of presentations and tenders.
- Identify, evaluate and develop new business opportunities and feasibility reports supporting growth based on intelligence.
- Lead the formulation, execution and monitoring of company's business development, market penetration strategies and plans for enhancing business growth.
- Monitor company performance against agreed business target.
- Assist in the preparation of bids/proposals.
- Develop and implement a training and development program for team members.
- Interfacing with regulatory agencies and following up with submitted tenders.
- Mentoring team members for improved performance individually and corporately.
- Ensure timely management of the performance of all team members.
Person Specification
- A good university degree. An MBA will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
- In-depth knowledge of up-coming and on-going key projects in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry.
- Robust and high level contacts in the lOCs, Marginal fields and regulatory bodies,
- An eye for fashioning out business opportunities and supporting business growth.
- A role model.
- A thought leader in maximizing business opportunities in the Upstream Sector of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.
- Excellent relationship management skills,
- Proven ability to deliver business targets leading a Business Development team,
- Proven ability to advise and convince clients
- Excellent written, presentation and oral communication skills.
- Excellent intelligence gathering skills.
- Excellent people management skills.
- Integrity.
Application Closing Date
2nd April, 2015.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward a cover letter highlighting why they should be considered for the job and recent copies of their CV's electronically to:
[email protected]
Note:
- Make the reference number of the role you are applying for the subject of your email.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be considered.