Noemdek  partners with investors and companies to deliver investments that drive significant value and establish companies with a lasting competitive advantage. 

POSITION : Business Development Associate

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the value of individual contracts up to $100m and solely responsible for pursuing several strategically important customers.  
• Perform market research and competitive analysis
• Respond to RFP’s in a timely manner and make recommendations on RFP’s
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, prices and quantities ordered
• Maintain suppliers database including suppliers’ qualifications, delivery times, potential development and products
• Ensure that the performance of suppliers is monitored and managed in accordance with supplier management and segmentation policies and supplier strategies whilst ensuring that operational and contractual risk is mitigated
• Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities
• Leverages existing relationships in the Nigerian Oil/Gas industry to source leads
• Able to handle NipeX tenders
• Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations
• Manage the commercial aspects of contract start and exit during the transition phases
• Analyze and review product options ensuring all products and services purchased are of the highest quality regardless of highly competitive price
• Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

Structure: 

• Full-time role reporting directly to the General Manager of the Oil and Gas division. The Business Development Associate will primarily be required to operate independently

Qualifications

• Experience in negotiation that achieved cost savings results and a minimum of 3 years in a related procurement role.
• Strong organizational skills required. Ability to organize, prioritize, and meet competing deadlines with available resources
• Outstanding communication, leadership and analytic skills
• College degree from leading 4 year institution
• Graduate degree from leading institution (MBA preferred) with  3-5 years of experience in a retail/merchandising, finance or marketing environment
• Previous work experience with Oil and Gas services firms preferred
• Leadership, process management, relationship development, negotiations, communication, customer service, analysis and Excel. Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint required