Senior Commercial Operations Manager

Required

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• University degree in a Business, Finance, Economics, Law or Engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of sales, marketing, proposal management, product line, commercial operations and/or contract management experience in Oil and Gas market.
  
  

Preferred

• Applied Masters degree or MBA.
• Advanced MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint software.
• 10+ years of sales, Marketing, proposal management, Product Line, commercial operations and/or contract management experience in Oil and Gas market.
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Required

• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate and influence all levels within own and client organisations, as well as simultaneously manage multiple projects.
• Results orientated, self-driven, energetic, attention to detail, methodical and meticulous regarding work product
• Demonstrates understanding of the Oil and Gas Industry business environment, its market dynamics and impact to commercial business practices, oil and gas industry products and services application.
• Demonstrated resilience, persistence and creative passion in building trust with all stakeholders, particularly when driving change processes and people.
• Clear understanding of the principles of probability analysis, bidding concepts and financial analysis tools.
• Ability to explain complex issues and solutions to audiences of all levels of knowledge and seniority.
• Effective communicator (written and verbal) of commercial strategy and operational execution.
• Proactive with a desire to succeed and win business, balancing strategic and operational requirements with process rigour to support decision making.
• Market focused analytical decision maker and periodically audits business needs.
• Deep understanding of contracts negotiation and execution.
• Understanding and driving change in an effective manner where needed.
• Excellent IT competence and project management skills.
• Strong ability to lead and influence in a matrix organization to produce results