Field Based Account Manager Power & Industry

Vivo Energy Open · verified Sep 24, 2026

On-site Conakry Full-time Manager Account Management

At a glance

Mid-level Account Management role at Vivo Energy. Conakry · full-time.

Pay not stated

RoleAccount Management

SeniorityManager

LocationConakry

WorkplaceOn-site

EmploymentFull-time

PostedJan 15, 2026 · 8mo ago

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Grow Power and Industry accounts by hitting volume and margin targets with existing customers and new prospects
Build sector pipelines, negotiate with customer decision makers, and manage tenders through to suitable solutions
Create customer account plans, coordinate Vivo Energy stakeholders, and maintain CRM updates, call reports, and SPANCOP
Track account performance, customer needs, competitor activity, credit actions, payments, and lubricant stock levels
Provide forecasts for S&OP, conduct customer visits and safety activities, and report identified HSSE issues

What you bring

An engineering qualification plus at least five years of technical or commercial experience in selling, negotiation, business development, and CRM
Knowledge of Power and Industry sectors, including products and customer value propositions
Experience with fuels and lubricants supply operations, fuel procedures, and HSE in an industrial setting
Strong selling, influencing, analytical, problem-solving, people management, and coaching ability

Who this fits

You’ll suit a field-heavy account management role focused on Power and Industry customers, profitable lubricant growth, and complex customer solutions. The job is based onsite in Conakry, Guinea, with remote locations creating logistical challenges. You’ll need to work across customer and internal stakeholders while developing relationships at multiple organizational levels.

From the employer

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

Requirements

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