Sr Expert Commercial

Main tasks

• Define and optimize entire value chain from wellhead to customer, internal and/or external.
• Identify, assess, present and implement optimization opportunities
• Develop and implement capacity booking strategies and product sales strategies
• Ensure the commercial operations administration, internal and external reporting, risk management and value tracking
• Prepare and validate invoicing with the Finance department
• Provide commercial input for medium and long term planning/forecasting
• Hold Company main responsibility for resolving operational issues and preserving the value of daily sales
• Uses industry network in Norway to find solutions and negotiate deals to resolve these operational issues
• Hold overall responsibility for the gas dispatching contract and ensure the contract is benchmarked, updated and renewed, as required
• Act as local integration interface with Company trading entities for specific tasks and activities
• Provide quality commercial support to other Company departments
• Negotiate and supervise agreements necessary to implement the above (including gas sales agreements and sales agency agreements)
• Participate in license committees and all other relevant business fora as agreed with the Commercial Lead
• Deliver presentations and participate in miscellaneous project reviews and analysis
• Be instrumental in securing project deadlines and ensuring that schedules are being met
• Develop and maintain a Norwegian business network covering all aspects of the job
• Secure compliance with all relevant regulations (Norwegian state, Field and Infrastructure Operators as well as and Company’s internal regulations)

Qualifications

• Education – University degree Bachelor within Engineer/ Business/ Economics
• Relevant professional experience minimum 5 years
• Good knowledge of and insight to the Norwegian upstream segment and gas transportation system
• Experience from administration/operation of gas and/or oil sales
• Robust capacity to manage specific IT interfaces with external providers and internal reporting tools
• Ability to analyse complex projects that interface with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Comfortable in making independent sound business decisions on short notice with the ability to follow-up and implement
• Negotiation skills in English (written & spoken)
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent inter-personal, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to engage effectively with both internal & external stakeholders
• Self-driven, positive and committed attitude, highly organised and resilient
• Ability to work well in a team
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI)