Field Based Account Manager Power & Industry
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The posting
Job Purpose
- To grow Vivo Energy Guinea business in the highly competitive Power & Industry sectors which offer large opportunities
- To achieve through existing customers and prospects, sales targets including growth of volume and incremental margin
- To manage and develop long terms relationships with key power and industry customers at all levels of their organization, coordinating the activities and CRM with the Vivo Energy central team supporting these accounts
- To develop and monitor the Power & Industry pipelines
- Drive alignment between stakeholders to enforce better customer satisfaction.
Principal Accountabilities
Commercial
- Typically look after and manage accounts in Power and Industry sectors in order to achieve sales target (volume and margins)
- Consistently Vivo Energy business with existing Power and Industry customers and develop profitable new business with identified prospects by defining a pipeline per sector
- Plan and conduct sales negotiations with decision makers in Power & industry companies
- Develop, update and implement accordingly on yearly basis, for each Power & Industry customer, the account plan and communicate to all the relevant stakeholders within Vivo Energy
- Positively manage CRM directly and indirectly at all relevant customers level within the sales CRM framework
- Monitor and analyze own sales performance data by large accounts, taking appropriate action
- Ensure that all the Vivo Energy elements of the credit policy are implemented and managed
- Collect payment timely
- Understand monitor and keep track of fast changing customer needs and business environment to ensure the most appropriate services are provided to fulfil the customer needs
- 1Monitor competitor activities in the Power and Industry sector and coordinate with the Vivo Energy technical advisor an appropriate CVP implementation plan
- Coordinate with the Vivo Energy Marketing Department a marketing grid to be implemented on yearly basis for Power and Industry customers
- Collect consumption forecasts from customers and communicate accurate data for IBP consolidation
- Define a quarterly customers visit plan and share with your line manager the call reports
- C4C usage: weekly update including call report, account plan, SPANCOP
- Manage Power and Industry tenders.
- Troubleshoot and problem solve, developing appropriate solutions.
Supply Chain
- Provide accurate sales forecasts for Power & Industry accounts for effective S&OP process
- Work with S&D to monitor stock level of lubricants for Power and Industry customers
HSSE
- To deliver on HSSE plan, conduct safety walk-about, toolbox meetings, identify and report PI’s and TNT
Key Challenges
- To develop and maintain contact with all relevant stakeholders with a view to tap marketing opportunities and engender and foster goodwill and promote image of Vivo Energy in the Power & Industry sectors
- Continue to develop the lubricants business profitably in the light of increased competitive pressures.
- Spend high share of his/her own time on the field and seek out new market information, opportunities and customers in the Power & Industry sectors.
- Develop relationships with different levels at customer organisation.
- Remote locations make logistics a challenge and shall require initiative and ingenuity to deliver complex CVPs
Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience
An appropriate Engineering qualification plus at least 5 years technical/commercial experience which must include selling / negotiating / business development and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) usage.
- Power & Industry sectors knowledge
- A sound understanding of marketing principles is required.
- Good exposure to fuels and lubricants supply operations and HSE in the industry environment.
- Operations experience, and good understanding of procedures relating to fuel operations.
- A proven track record in influencing ability, strong selling skills and definite analytical and problem solving capabilities.
- Must display strong people management and coaching skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Deep knowledge of Power sector, Products, CVPs (Customer Value Proposition).
- Competence Requirements Level
- Selling & Negotiation Mastery
- Customer Relationship Management Skill
- Customer Value Proposition Skill
- Market Awareness Skill
- Maximise Business Opportunities Skill
- Delivering Results Skill
Closing date: July 31, 2026
Taken from Vivo Energy's own posting, last seen live on 14 Nov 2026.
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The application
Your details and CV, then 3 questions (1 written).
- 1.HeadlineShort answer
- 2.EducationShort answer · optional
- 3.SummaryWritten answer · optional
From Vivo Energy's apply page, checked 4 Nov 2026.
About Vivo Energy
Shell- and Engen-branded service stations, fuels, lubricants and LPG across Africa, the Indian Ocean islands and Jordan, sold to motorists through dealer-run sites and to commercial customers such as power and industrial companies.
Pay schedule: No posting states pay terms; the territory and trainee seats require a valid driving licence and frequent travel across the area covered.
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