GE Oil and Gas Recruits Commercial Manager

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We recruiting to fill the vacant position

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Job Number: 1832733

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Role Summary/Purpose:
The Commercial Manager plays a key role in driving growth and margin expansion across several regional and global business streams. Primarily responsible for preparing bids and tenders for all ITT’s (invitations to tender), preparation of quotes and orders, contract renewals, handover, contract management and execution.This role requires an ability to work closely with various support function teams to drive on time delivery and customer/business solutions.

Essential Responsibilities:
Review sales enquiries, allocate enquiry to relevant proposal coordinators
Ensure bid/proposal tracking and risk tool processes are instigated and maintained
Manage an effective document control system ensuring material relating to the customer is properly registered, circulated, controlled and easily accessible to the commercial team
Schedule, participate and where appropriate lead kick-off meetings and commercial risk reviews (R0/R1/R2/RRC)
Distribute documents as appropriate and co-ordinate responses within agreed schedule
Issue clarifications to customers and distribute responses
Build cost models to cover all elements of service proposals
Ensure effective communication throughout proposal team and that the commercial manager is aware of any clarifications, qualifications and exceptions
Assist with pricing strategy working with Pricing Leader and Sales
Compile & issue proposals
Provide support to sales and where necessary participate in negotiations
Perform contract review and issue customer order acknowledgement
When applicable, ensure service contracts are recorded in the Commercial Contracts Database
Assist in driving Contract escalations for existing services long term agreements
Prepare and conduct PO handover through the Inquiry to Order and Order to Remittance processes
Provide accurate and timely reporting as required by customer and commercial team
Track and manage variation order requests
Make use of quote and order tracking tools and drive on time delivery
Perform other duties as required to support commercial & operations teams in Region and Globally

Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or relevant business experience
5+ years in a similar role in the Oil & Gas industry
Familiarity with commercial models tools, including cost models and pricing strategies
Basic understanding of manufacturing systems and active site operations
Strong communicator, able to successfully manage multiple priorities for demanding internal and external stakeholders
Excellent computing skills, particularly Microsoft Office, with Oracle knowledge an advantage

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
Desired Characteristics:
Experience with contract management and contractual terms
Global experience in a similar role
Certified 6 Sigma Green Belt (GE employees only)
Familiarity with approaches to product maintenance (e.g. FMECA)
Abillity to deliver a consistently high standard of accurate, timely and customer focused proposals

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
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Application Deadline: 12th September, 2013 - See more at: