PUMA ENERGY INTERNATIONAL
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BUSINESS SUPPORT MANAGER

• Job ID #: 2672
• Location: Abidjan
• Contract Type: PUMA Payroll Permanent Employee
• Job Category: Business Support
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Education Desirable: Bachelors Degree
• Experience Desirable: 5 - 7 Years

Puma Energy International is a rapidly expanding, midstream and downstream oil company operating in over 35 countries across 5 continents. Headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Geneva (Switzerland), Johannesburg (South Africa), San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Brisbane (Australia), we are a responsible supplier and storage facilitator of high-quality petroleum products.

Our midstream line of business unlocks value with storage capacity of 16 million barrels ("bbls"). This will be increased to approximately 26 million bbls by 2014 in accordance with the capital investment programme currently being implemented and various investment opportunities being originated. It makes Puma Energy one of the largest independent fuel storage operators. The downstream business supplies gasoil, gasoline, jet and niche products (like lubricants and bitumen) to a global network of over 1,300 retail service stations, 28 airports worldwide and the construction industry. This enables infrastructure development in emerging economies.

Puma Energy is a privately owned company with two strategic partners and main shareholders - Trafigura Group and Sonangol Holdings. Although the company operates at arms-length from both, it benefits from their management expertise and market knowledge.
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Main Purpose  
Provide all back office and logistic support to the business by leading supply, scheduling, pricing and customer service activities.

Key Responsibilities  
Supervision.
Responsible for Customer Service Centre, Pricing & Fuel supply, Delivery scheduling.  Ensures processes are executed following appropriate control standards and complying with all company policies.
Customer Service Center.
Manage Customer Service Centre: main contact point for customers, input customer master data, offers, orders, loading orders, BL, invoices by ensuring that support teams understand the end-to-end business process so as to be able to offer quality support to the business.  In addition will communicate to and engage key business stakeholders across functions on a regular basis through formal and informal means.
Pricing & Supply.
Pricing & Supply: in coordination with sales defines pricing strategies to maximize margin and meet volume objectives. Analyzes price change patterns of competitors and continuously adapt to it based on current supply costs. Manages the relationship with Trading, Operations and Taxation teams to identify cost saving opportunities and ensure product availability.   Maintains the price database and ensures effective supply of all products.
Delivery Scheduling.
Delivery scheduling: develops optimized delivery schedules ensuring lowest cost to serve and satisfactory service levels. Search for the proper balance between service quality and fleet efficiency.
Mass Balance monitoring.
Ensures process flow of the individual transactions within the Mass Balance report is smooth and timely. Serves as gatekeeper for other teams to highlight and identify issues that require immediate attention.
People development.
Ensures coordination within the team and an effective interface with the other departments. Ensures that all Business Support roles are properly staffed. Creates a positive environment that promotes and recognizes individual and team efforts. Develops the necessary skills and capabilities within the team to achieve the business goals and objectives.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities  

• Superior degree with experience on managing Sales administration department, logistics, dealing with customers.
• 5 years minimum of experience in distribution business, including supply chain exposure and retail operations.
• Oil Industry experience will be an advantage.

Skills:

• Strong computer and Navision skills required: MS Office Excel in particular, Navision order to Cash or Sales Administration module.
  French and English language are mandatory

Competencies:

• Customer focused and service oriented.
• Strongly organized and structured.
• Innovative.
• Strong team player.
• Leadership skills.
• People Management skills.

Key Relationships

Supply, Sales, Operations and Finance areas

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