GE Oil & Gas: Area Manager 5 Job

GE Energy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy as well as with renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and alternative fuels. www.ge-energy.com
Wayne, a GE Energy Business www.wayne.com is a global leader in the manufacture, service, and supply of fuel dispensers, dispenser control systems, payment processing terminals, and point-of-sale systems. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Wayne has offices in over 20 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, with sales and service operations in over 145 countries worldwide.

• Develop and achive annual regioanl sales plan
• Mangement all aspects of the sales process from analysis of customers initial sated requirements through formal pro forma quoatation to receip of order and timely fulfillment
• Train and coach regional distributors’ sales staff to ensure the highest level of technical and commercila competence
• aintain close contact with regional distributors and final end usees through regular country visits to ensure close and positive business relationaships
• Ensure that regioanl distributors and customers and fully trained on all techical aspects of the Wayne product range
• Ensure all regional distributor agreements are current
• Co-ordinate relationshoips and interface with Commercial Operations; Technical Marketing, Product Management and other functions

• Minimum 5 years experience in a similiar techical sales role in West Africa
• Fluent English and French (written and spoken)
• Prepared and able to travel throughout region

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• High level of effective drive.
• High level of natural technical comprehension
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Knowledge and understanding of regional culture
• Ability to operate effectively with minimum of close supervision