Business Development Executive at Geoplex Drillteq Limited in Lagos

Explanation

We are seeking a technically skilled and commercially driven Business Development Executive with a strong experience in engineering or site processes inside the petroleum sector sector. The preferred candidate will merge their comprehension of engineering support solutions and project dispatch with customer-facing expertise to recognize avenues, lead business-related growth, and strengthen connections across key accounts for the organization. This position is preferred for former site engineers or service/processes engineers who are committed to operating in a customer-facing capacity or are transitioning into business development.

Primary duties

• Recognize and pursue new commercial opportunities inside the petroleum sector, energy, and associated sectors.
• Leverage domain expertise to comprehend customer pain points and match them with the organization’s solutions/initiatives.
• Carry out site visits, customer sessions, and technical demonstrations to highlight organisation capabilities.
• Address RFQs, formulate business-related proposals, and assist offer entries possessing applicable technical input.
• Build and oversee a robust pipeline of certified potential opportunities, making sure prompt follow-ups and switches.
• Serve as a technical-business-related communication link between customers and internal teams (engineering, processes, stock chain).
• Sustain connections with key decision-makers at customer companies, which includes procurement, engineering, and processes connections.
• Track ongoing projects or customer needs and proactively role the organization to provide aid or value-added initiatives.
• Ensure a high level of client fulfillment through consistent information exchange and issue resolution.
• Observe industry trends, rival offerings, and modifications in industry rules or technical solutions.
• Offer findings to internal teams on customer technical qualifications and customer care optimization or new product development.
• Participate industry exhibitions, professional forums, and customer sites to stay current and build market presence.
• Collaborate with processes and project dispatch teams to guarantee alignment between customer requirements and service dispatch.
• Offer consistent sales projections, pipeline status reports, customer response, and effectiveness documentation.
• Assist the development of promotional assets, case studies, and other sales collateral.

Qualifications & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree or Higher national diploma in any Engineering relevant field
• 3 - 6 years’ expertise in the petroleum sector or energy solutions industry, with a minimum of 2 years in a site, service, or engineering position (e.g., Field service engineer)
• Prior exposure to business-related, customer-facing, or business development initiatives is highly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of upstream/downstream petroleum sector processes, customer requirements, and technical service dispatch.
• Competence in Ms office tools, CRM, SAP.