Senior Project Manager/ Operations Leader at GE Nigeria

GE is an advanced technology, services and finance company taking on the world's toughest challenges. Dedicated to innovation in energy, health, transportation and infrastructure, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide.We do business in over 160 countries, giving our employees a world of experience. A career at GE offers you access to some of the most exciting and dynamic challenges of your lifetime.

GE Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of :

Job Tiltle : Senior Project Manager/ Operations Leader - Nigeria Offshore ( Ref No : 1874180)

Job Location: Nigeria


Role Summary/Purpose
Support the ITO (Proposal Phase) to OTR (Order Execution Phase) Handover Process (or RAC Process)

Essential Responsibilities

• Support the ITO (Proposal Phase) to OTR (Order Execution Phase) Handover Process (or RAC Process)
• Manage a team of proposals analysts to prepare proposals and quotations for the North America Region and in support of other global regions. Team will either be country-based or product based.
• This role involves responsibility to produce proposals across all product lines ranging from simple part numbered items to complex multi-system offerings.
• Coordinate and distribute the proposal workload to your proposals team
• Coordinate proposal efforts by working with the Applications Engineering team, contracts, finance, and product support personnel.
• Establish key metrics to measure performance & effectiveness - use output to drive performance improvements.
• Production forecasting and support the development of annual sales plans.
• Work with sales to develop strategies and tactics to grow market penetration and margin expansion.
• Works with sales and application engineering to develop technical and commercial plans to address prospect pipeline.
• Work with global supply chain and manufacturing to ensure the lowest qualified sources are used to develop competitive quotations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with all relevant customer levels.
• Provide commercial support to sales team and OTR project teams.
• Coordinate the review and documentation of all customer contracts prior to acceptance and hand-off to OTR organization.
• Maintain the status of deliverables and convey the bid status internally and to the customer as required.
• Responsible for identifying and implementing efficiency improvements through coordinating internal system changes.
• Foster the development of individual team member skill-sets, and prepare them for bigger, more unique challenges.
• Work to all required Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Policies
• Work to all required Compliance and International Trade Control regulations

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with at least 4 years of experience in a customer service, proposals or sales position)
• High proficiency in the English language

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Desired Characteristics:

• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, leadership, and organizational skills. Ability to speak additional languages, one preferably being Spanish
• High proficiency level in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook). Green / Black belt certified (GE employees only) or equivalent (non-GE employees). Experience with GE systems & tools
• Upstream oil & gas experience.
• Knowledge of Vetco Gray Offshore equipment including Subsea Wellhead, Specialty Connectors and Pipe.
• Knowledge of Oil & Gas products.
• Mechanical and Applicable Industry codes knowledge.
• Sales, manufacturing or installation experience.
• Proven track record working in a Technical / Commercial environment specifying mechanical equipment.
• Proven track record leading a team of similar size and scope
• Proven track record of employee development
• Team player and self-starter with demonstrated problem solving and organization networking capabilities and the ability to operate without detailed work direction. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects with minimal direction. Ability to communicate with all internal levels of the business, and all levels of external customers & suppliers.

Mode of Application
Interested candidates should :
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Application Deadline: 11th Novermber, 2013