Business Development Roles at TL First Group

Job Description

• Managing a team tasked with generating business in the upstream sector of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

Responsibilities

• Ensure company’s growth objectives are attained; articulate new business development opportunities and identify, negotiate and manage 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.
• Mentor team members for improved performance individually and corporately.
• Ensure timely management of the performance of all team members.

Person Specification/ Competencies

• A good University degree
• Minimum of 8 years cognate experience, 3 of which must have been in management.
• In-depth knowledge of up-coming and on-going key projects in the upstream sector of the Oil and Gas Sector.
• 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 and E&P companies.
• 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.
• Excellent mentoring and people management skills.
• A team player.

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Job Description

• 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
• Interface 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 4 years’ experience in Technical Sales in the Upstream subsector of the oil and gas industry

Required Competencies:

• 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
• 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