January 13th, 2020 at 08:14 pm
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for SGS Ghana Recruitment 2020.
SGS is a multinational company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. It has more than 94,000 employees and operates over 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. It ranked on Forbes Global 2000 in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Job Description
- Company: SGS Ghana
- Location: Ghana
- State: Accra
- Job type: Full-Time
Job Title: Oil, Gas & Chemicals (OGC) Sales Executive – Downstream
Primary Responsibility
- Business Development of OGC Downstream Services
Reporting to
Managing Director and dotted line to OGC Regional Business Development (BD) Manager
Specific Responsibilities
- Promote, sell & develop OGC Downstream services in Ghana with Oil Marketing Companies
- Participate in the elaboration of the business development strategy MD & OGC Regional BD Manager
- Implement the business development plan for the various target clients and target services
- Translate locally the applicable business development initiatives developed at corporate level by the OGC business
- Coordinate with the OGC business to obtain the required support locally whether at promotion or implementation stage
- Achieve the target revenues set in accordance with the MD and in line with the defined business development plan
- Key Account Management with strategic clients (including cross-selling with other business lines)
Qualifications
- Education: Engineering or Sales & Marketing degrees
- Experience: 8 to 10 years in the oil & gas distribution sector at sales/marketing/business development positions
Skills
- Able to analyze & understand client needs, identify and propose applicable SGS Solutions
- Sales and marketing (Sales techniques, promotion techniques)
- Business planning and development: quantify market, identify priorities, define market penetration strategy, leverage on competitive advantages, set targets per client
- Communication Skills: interaction with the business to obtain the required support at different stages from promotion to implementation, good communication with affiliate MD and OGC BD Manager to secure their buy-in and guarantee a successful service delivery and hence client satisfaction
- Ability to travel frequently based on exigencies of work
- Able to work in the field for about 3 days a week
- Autonomous
- Able to build trust and confidence with clients.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants should e-mail their applications together with their detailed CVs to gh.sgsghanahr@sgs.com not later than 24th January 2020.
Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.