Global Services – Sales Manager Job at GE Nigeria

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Job Title: Global Services – Sales Manager

Employer: General Electric (GE)

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Number: 1833340

Business: GE Oil & Gas

Business Segment: Oil & Gas

Career Level: Experienced

Function: Sales

Function Segment: Sales Management

Relocation Assistance: No

Role Summary/Purpose: As part of the SSA region, the candidate will be responsible for leading and strategically growing our full scope of Global Services portfolio in Nigeria

The Sales Manager is responsible for the effective and profitable management of assigned customer accounts. In this role he/she will be primarily focused on growing and maintaining existing accounts. He/she will also work with current customers to provide value and meet service needs.

Essential Responsibilities:   

•   Outline, present and sell the value of our products and services that can benefit our customer needs

•   Identification, qualification, pursuit and capture all sales opportunities with the objective of maximizing sales

•   Lead the preparation, submission, tracking and closing of quotations and proposals.

•   Develop and implements strategies for key accounts, tenders and strategic deals

•   Make sales presentations to senior level customers & internal GE management

•   Actively engage in New Product Initiatives and relate this to sales

•   Develop, maintain and nurture relationships with customers

•   Effectively coordinate relationships and interfaces with Commercial Operations, Technical Marketing, Product management and other functions

•   Actively maintain update all electronics sales tools and present result to the periodic team conference calls

•   Manage working time according to business needs and customer/projects requirements or constrain

Qualifications/Requirements:   

•   A proven background in the oil & gas industry and also have had a minimum of 5 years in preferably a similar sales role

•   Proven sales record or show that he/she has the aptitude to succeed in a technical and relationship driven business

•   Technically strong and preferably with an engineering qualification or degree

•   Excellent written and oral skills and confidence with client presentations

•   Effective team contributor and member

•   Ability and willingness to travel within territory

•   Fluent in English

•   Strong work ethics

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:   

Desired Characteristics:    – Ability to communicate at all levels within customer organizations as well as GE  – Strong interpersonal and leadership skills  – International Experience

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