Overview

Alkanes Petroleum & Gas Limited is an indigenous Petroleum Marketing Company based in Lagos, Nigeria and operates in the Downstream segment of the Oil & Gas Industry. We intermediate between Petroleum Refineries/Trading Companies and Petroleum Product Users in Sub-Saharan Africa. Alkanes Petroleum & Gas Limited, though incorporated in June 2004, commenced full business operations in 2011.

From Lagos, South-West Nigeria, we have since strategically expanded to Calabar, South-East Nigeria where we have an Ultra-Modern Petroleum Storage Facility licensed by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). This Petroleum Storage Facility has given us access and opportunities to markets in the South-Eastern, North-Central and North-Eastern regions of Nigeria.

Job Position: Retail Business Development Manager

Job Location: Lekki, Lagos

Job Responsibilities
Retail Business:

  1. Drive the internal team in the execution of the plan to establish retail filling stations for the company
  2. Identify suitable stations for lease or outright purchase
  3. Liaising with regulatory Agencies for relevant documentation for proposed retail outlets.

Business Development:

  1. Supervision of the activities of the depot sales team to ensure valuable intelligence on product prices and product availability
  2. Supervise Alkanes operations as it relates to business development
  3. Work with the COO in researching and identifying new business opportunities – including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services – or new ways of reaching existing markets.
  4. Generate leads and cold call prospective customers.
  5. Think and work strategically – seeing the bigger picture, setting and carrying out aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business.

Documentation:

  1. Ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory authorities as it pertains to documentation
  2. Prepare day/ monthly sales report.
  3. Reconcile day sales with all relevant parties.

Job Requirements

  1. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) with 4 – 6 years experience in the oil and gas industry
  2. Knowledge of depot sales or marketing of petroleum products would be an added advantage.
  3. Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  4. Strong interpersonal skills.
  5. Proficiency in MS Office tools.
  6. Resilient and able to work under pressure and time constraints.
  7. Must be detail oriented, possessing the ability to adapt quickly to changing situations.
  8. Good time management and planning skills.
  9. Should have a flair for networking.
  10. Max Age Limit: 32.

Benefits

  1. Fair and Competitive Pay
  2. Health coverage
  3. Working in a progressive organization with a team of great minds.

Application Deadline
11th August, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@alkanespetroleum.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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