Senior Business Development Executive (Upstream, Oil & Gas) at Bell Oil & Gas

Bell Oil & Gas  – Founded in January 2002, Bell Oil & Gas has witnessed remarkable expansion within the Nigerian oil sector. This independent oil services company, established and fully owned by Nigerians, boasts rapid connectivity to global markets through its geographical presence and technology. The added advantage of accessing international lines of credit further solidifies its position. With extensive expertise spanning various aspects of the industry and affiliations with respected foreign entities, Bell Oil & Gas excels in applying its innate knowledge and experience to effectively and economically meet your ongoing needs.

Title: Senior Business Development Executive (Upstream, Oil & Gas)

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Overall Purpose of the Role

• To 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.

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

• A good University Degree
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Technical Sales in the Upstream subsector of the oil and gas industry.

Required Competencies:

• Ideal candidate should have met at least a USD2.5 million annual sales target
• 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 and meeting targets
• 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
• Charismatic, social, responsible, passionate about the job.

Deadline: Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV as an attachment (not a link) to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Candidate with business development experience in the downstream sector of the oil & gas industry will not be shortlisted.