Job Title: Manager Commercial
Organisation: Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Ltd
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head Commercial & Joint Venture
About US:
The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Ltd was established under the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act and the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream storage) Act, both of 2013 and incorporated under the Companies’ Act, 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNOC is to handle the State’s commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry and ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
Job Summary: The Manager Commercial will steer the design, planning and implementation of the strategic and commercial objectives of UNOC
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic commercial and economic guidance to support the planning, development, and implementation of UNOC’s short, medium and long-term strategic objectives
- Guide and provide support on commercial related issues for all technical, legal and other functional interfaces within UNOC.
- Provide advice and support to the CEO and the Executive management team on all technical and commercial matters across the value chain as required.
- Formulate economic models to support negotiations and commercial decisions. Provide support in the framing of economic evaluations and identification of embedded options, risks and mitigations in commercial ventures
- Identify opportunities for UNOC in the sector and structure options for the development and commercialization of those opportunities and perform executive business/ market strategies to achieve growth and profitability.
- Define marketing and funding strategies to support UNOC’s broader commercial opportunities.
- Negotiate and agree commercial features and arrangements with existing and prospective partners
- Propose and implement a process of selection for Upstream “Joint Operations” partners for UNOC, starting with Exploration, such that UNOC is positioned to actively compete in Uganda’s Oil and Gas Industry
- Carry out market studies for hydrocarbon resources and ensure economic tools for export and domestic related analysis are available
- Provide the financial context for decisions, ensuring strategy alignment, transparency and impact on various financial metrics for UNOC
- Building effective business relationships and networks with industry and other stakeholders
- Build and maintain commercial excellence within UNOC through mentoring and development of commercial skills’ behaviour within the Company junior staff
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in engineering, Economics, Energy, Petroleum Geosciences, or Business Administration
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Energy, Petroleum Geosciences or any relevant degree
- A minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in the oil and gas sector, with experience in economic modelling and including management positions handling commercial negotiations
- Extensive knowledge and experience of company legal, engineering, development and commercial processes across the oil and gas value chain
- Working knowledge and experience of working with Natural Resource/Energy Ministries in developing countries
- Be commercially astute
- Possess sound negotiation and leadership skills
- Excellent communication and personnel management skills,
- High level of discretion and personal integrity.
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join UNOC should send their applications online at the link below.
NOTE:
- Applicants are required to scan and attach CERTIFIED copies of the required academic documents only e.g. Degree, Transcript, Diploma certificates.
- Please forward any enquires regarding this advert to recruitment.unoc@unoc.co.ug
Deadline: Friday 17th February 2023 by 11:59pm.