Latest Job Recruitment At Shell Petroleum Development Company

By keninfo April 5, 2022 Trending News 0 Comments

Job Vacancies at Shell Petroleum Development Company, one of the world’s leading energy companies Shell plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.

Date posted: April 4, 2022 Deadline: Not specified.

Contents

Open Jobs

Business Development (Trading) Manager
Supply Chain Specialist – RtP

Method of Application

Business Development (Trading) Manager

Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience
Location: Lagos
Job Field: Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development

What’s the role

The role is expected to provide leadership in identifying and implementing third-party trading opportunities together with optimisation of Group value at the upstream/downstream (trading) interface in Nigeria. Third party includes both government and private sector opportunities. The incumbent will play an active role in upstream re-structuring developments that have a cross-business impact and will act as the in situ commercial interface between upstream and trading/downstream in the region.

To sustain and grow Crude Trading business in Nigeria, by originating, structuring and closing out crude oil Business Development projects, the individual is expected to have proven high capacity, commercial mind set, sound understanding of trading, related upstream O&G and structured financing apart from excellent interpersonal skills.

More specific responsibilities:

Develop a sound understanding of all upstream commercial and fiscal issues in the region that impact integrated Group value for crude oil and gas entitlements.
Represent Upstream and Downstream businesses in government and industry discussions/negotiations that impact on hydrocarbon value.
Together with Trading Desks colleagues, identify and support execution of third-party value added trading opportunities that complement Upstream strengths.
Jointly with the Structured Finance team, manage relationships with banks and credit institutions to monitor the debt financing provided by Shell Trading to local producers and further support projects requiring financing and/or de-risking existing debt in the market.
Represent the Upstream/Downstream interface in regional Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) initiatives.
Fulfill local reporting role for Downstream/Trading staff in Nigeria and perform mentoring/development support.
Manage and ‘develop-new’ sustainable relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Create innovative solutions to meet customer requirements whilst maximising the value of tradable options and taking due account of all risks including credit, price risk, HSSE and Group reputation.
Project manage identified development opportunities and lead project teams driving for efficient and successful delivery.

What we need from you

We’re looking for high capacity individuals looking to enter the core trading arena. Knowledge of upstream commercial drivers, refinery economics and structured financing along with a sound understanding of the trading business is desirable. Experience in trading and/or financing is essential. Strong interpersonal skills are required to forge and maintain relations with internal business units, government entities and private producing and marketing companies alike.

We also hope your CV will show as many of the following as possible:

Strong evidence of high level of intelligence, commercial acumen, consistent delivery, able to grasp new concepts very quickly and highly numerate.
Relevant Business Development experience along with proven ability to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders and to use this to sell ideas to customers.
Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
Ability to challenge the status quo hunger for getting deals done and generating value.
Go-getter who has fire in the belly and will turn over every rock.
High sense of ownership and accountability for the deal process.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition. Our commitment and your drive will meet and help unlock your own potential and push forward Shell’s continuous innovation. We look for ways to reduce the environmental impact of our operations: our global pool of experts and the fact that our employees can tap into that diverse pool of expertise will help our commitment to supply Nigeria and beyond with our oil products. The company’s operations are concentrated in the Niger Delta and adjoining shallow offshore areas where it operates in an oil mining lease area of around 30,000 square kilometres.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills and reach your potential…

We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply and we’ll take it from there.
We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.

go to method of application »

Supply Chain Specialist – RtP

Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 2 years
Location: Lagos
Job Field: Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain

Where You Fit In

The Supply Chain Specialist – RtP position is a key member of the Ikeja-based Supply Chain Ops SNBO team supporting Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN).
As an individual contributor, you are responsible to liaise and collaborate with various levels of stakeholders to address inquiries, resolve issues on a timely manner and establish preventive action plans moving forward.

What’s the Role

You will be responsible for the efficient and timely processing of demands / requests to Purchase Requisitions and/or Service Entries in support of the assigned Shell business entities and region.
You will also conduct data analysis and presentation to support the Operations Manager/Line Manager, Operations Excellence (OE) team or other relevant group to conduct deep-dive Key Performance Indicators (KPI) analysis on a regular basis to drive CI (Continuous Improvement) mindset especially in the areas of automation and/or POT (Payment on Time) delivery.

Responsibilities
Your further accountabilities will include:

Position will be performing activities such as creation and amendment of Purchase Requisition and/or Service Entry.
Act as a first point of contact of the end users within the scope.
Work and engage closely with AP (Accounts Payable), business stakeholders, vendors (if applicable) and relevant team member to resolve outstanding issues on invoices.
Support and drive issue analysis to identify gaps and emerging issues in processes and procedures where KPI targets are concern.
Perform assigned ERP/SAP Super User Role. (address “how to” questions, perform training and testing to support the process and IT related change activities in area of responsibility, raise enhancement requests and participate in the review together with the process experts).
Perform other roles within the scope of the process and/or departmental/SNBO initiatives as assigned and agreed with the Line Manager. (ex. CI Projects, Focal in Visual Management Board or KPI Analysis, Emergency Response Team etc.).
Collaborate with end-users to ensure their requisitions are fulfilled in a timely, efficient and accurate manner.
Assist Accounts Payables in the resolution of procurement issues associated with vendor invoices.
Work closely with Business Stakeholders, Accounts Payable and RtP Analysts and ensure vendors are paid timely.
Identify and resolve non-compliant activities through awareness, training and escalation and working with the business stakeholders, Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve POT issues.
Identified Process Experts and first point of contact for complex queries and requests.
Provide back-up support to other team members.

What We Need From You

We’re keen to hear from individuals with preferably minimum of 2 years of working experience in Requisition-to-Pay (RtP) processes.

Alongside this, we’d hope to see the following on your CV:

Knowledge of RtP processes and ERP (SAP) System functionality.
Understand the high-level Requisition-to-Pay (RtP) policies, processes, systems.
Understand the correct procurement system and channel per spend category and advise the business.
Understand the key interfaces and interdependencies between Contracting and Procurement (CP) processes, controls and systems and those of other Shell departments such as Finance, Projects, etc. and external partners.
Awareness of the Manual of Authority, i.e. can describe who can commit money on behalf of Shell and understand Shell’s governance/contract signatory process and where this ties in to the RtP process and systems.
Fluent in spoken and written English.