Business Development Intern at Noemdek Limited

Job Description

Noemdek is seeking a Business Development Intern to grow the firm’s oil/gas division by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships. You will be responsible for the value of individual contracts up to $100m and responsible for pursuing several strategically important customers.  The position is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Job Summary/Purpose

• Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities
• Leverages existing relationships in the Nigerian Oil/Gas industry to source leads
• Handle NipeX tenders
• Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations
• Manage the commercial aspects of contract start and exit during the transition phases
• Analyze and review product options ensuring all products and services purchased are of the highest quality regardless of highly competitive price
• Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Perform market research and competitive analysis
• Respond to RFP’s in a timely manner and make recommendations on RFP’s
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, prices and quantities ordered
• Maintain suppliers database including suppliers’ qualifications, delivery times, potential development and products
• Ensure that the performance of suppliers is monitored and managed in accordance with supplier management and segmentation policies and supplier strategies whilst ensuring that operational and contractual risk is mitigated
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.

Structure:                                                                                                          
The Business Development Intern will primarily be required to operate  and report to the head of the business development department.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree from leading institution with  0-3 years of experience in a retail/merchandising, finance or marketing environment
• Previous work experience with Oil and Gas services firms preferred
• Leadership, process management, relationship development, negotiations, communication, customer service, analysis and Excel. Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint required
• Experience in negotiation that achieved cost savings results in a related procurement role.
• Strong organizational skills required. Ability to organize, prioritize, and meet competing deadlines with available resources
• Outstanding communication, leadership and analytic skills