Business Development Manager at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Job Summary

• The Business Development Manager will be responsible for managing a team tasked with generating business in the upstream sector of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

Job Responsibilities

• 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.
• Seeking out and providing update of upcoming and ongoing key projects in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
• 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.
• Mentoring team members for improved performance individually and corporately.
• Ensure timely management of the performance of all team members.

Person Specification

• Qualification: A Degree in related discipline from a good school
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years cognate experience, 3 of which must have been in management
• Technical Sales in the Upstream subsector of the oil and gas industry

Additional Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of up-coming and on-going key projects in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry.
• An eye for fashioning out business opportunities and supporting business growth.
• A good role model.
• A thought leader in maximizing business opportunities in the Upstream Sector of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.
• Robust and high-level contacts in the IOCs, E&P companies and the regulators.
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to advice and convince clients
• Excellent written, presentation and oral communication skills.
• Proven experience of working with minimum supervision
• Excellent intelligence gathering skills.