Renaissance African Energy Company (RENAISSANCE) is on a dynamic journey to evolve into a world-class energy powerhouse, unleashing the entirety of our growth potential through collaborative efforts. Seamlessly weaving through the midstream value chain and fortifying our core capabilities, we stand ready to be the cornerstone of national development and industrialization, signaling a new era of unparalleled progress.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Commercial Adviser, Gas
Location: Lagos Employment type: Full-time
Job Purpose
The Commercial Adviser, Gas role is part of the Agreements and Gas Market Development Team within the Gas and Commercial function.
As Renaissance pursue the vision to be Africa’s leading energy company, gas will play a key role in enabling energy security and industrialization in a sustainable manner.
The Commercial Advisor/Market Development Advisor will be assisting in the development of Renaissance’s domestic gas footprint with focus on origination/NBD but will also be involved in negotiation of gas contracts.
This is a key role, with a high external and internal profile focused on designing and developing new opportunities to enable meeting the Domestic Gas Delivery Obligations (DGDO) aspiration and target. Successful candidate will support negotiations and delivery of commercial agreements for Renaissance JV to harvest value in the domestic and export market, from its oil and gas development project and operations in Nigeria
The domestic gas market is fast-growing and holds a significant opportunity for Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited.
Responsibilities
Support and lead gas sales negotiations and work with cross-functional teams from Technical, Finance, Legal, Production, Economics and Commercial to execute the required commercial agreements (e.g., gas sales, transportation, liquid sales, balancing).
Design and develop new gas opportunities for domestic gas growth leveraging on expertise and interpersonal relationship with the major industry gas players to synergize their customer gas utilization plan with Renaissance gas project development.
Lead origination of new domestic gas customers, and accountable for maintaining and improving tools for active consumer funnel management.
Focal point for Competitive Intelligence (CI) gathering and dissemination for gas matters.
Build strong relationships with potential gas customers, Renaissance JV partners, government officials and other industry players.
Prepare commercial inputs and hold the pen for PCNs and GIPs, securing mandates to investigate, negotiate and execute various business opportunities relating to the implementation of Renaissance’s gas strategy.
Interfaces: The role interfaces with both internal and external stakeholders which include: Key Internal Interfaces:
Commercial Operations
Economics
Legal
Petroleum Engineering
Asset Teams
Finance
Local Content
External Interfaces:
JV Partners
Regulators
Gas Offtakers
Gas Aggregators
Rengas
Requirements
A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Geosciences or Engineering or equivalent
Minimum of 10 years’ relevant industry experience with a track record of delivery over the years. Commercial experience will be a plus.
Skills & Competencies:
Awareness of NBD/origination processes for delivery of gas agreements
Understanding of the gas industry and gas contracts in Nigeria with experience dealing with Government agencies.
Awareness of the Regulatory framework underpinning the gas monetization space under the PIA
Economics awareness and strong value chain understanding to support commercial structuring work.
Good interpersonal and leadership skills with a flexible yet result-oriented style.
Demonstrated ability to manage a variety of tasks and meet deadlines with minimum supervision.
Demonstrable ability to successfully collaborate across functional teams.