KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Establish relationships with project managers, operations leaders, and executives at offshore customers to discover their true needs and sources of value.

· Deliver a re-invigorated offering to the Sales team capable of countering Tenaris and growing market share.

· Manage the tempo and priorities for R&D development and qualification.

· Drive discussions to improve value proposition, including partnerships, joint ventures, and M&A.

· Accelerate the implementation of Cleanwell production in NA.

· Work closely with internal stakeholders and customers to identify elements of our offering that need to be improved, lead improvement efforts, and interface with stakeholders to deliver improvements to the market. Internal interfaces include OCTG Sales, D&I, NA marketing, and others.

· Utilize project management, value proposition, and customer experience methods to analyze, track, manage, and communicate progress.

· Perform other tasks to improve Vallourec’s position in the market as necessary.

· Design, coordinate, and execute new projects aiming to increase revenue

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATIONS

· Degree in technical and/or commercial field required

· Minimum of 10 years of experience in management/technical/commercial capacity

· Commercial, corporate strategy, and/or marketing experience in the energy industry preferred

· Pipe, thread manufacturing, or quality experience preferred

· Lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma, continuous improvement experience & knowledge preferred

· Project Management experience preferred

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

· Ability to professionally represent Vallourec at the highest levels inside customers’ organizations.

· Must have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

· Must be able to handle multiple tasks efficiently and effectively.

· Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

· Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

· Ability to organize and prioritize workload and meet deadlines

· Must possess intermediate Microsoft Office application skills

· Excellent communication and customer relations skills

· Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

· Ability to generate new ideas beneficial to Vallourec

· Capable of implementing/executing new projects

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CRITICAL COMPETENCIES & CAPABILITIES:

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and should demonstrate the following competencies:

· Comfort and capacity to work on big picture strategy as well as detailed analysis.

· Strong problem-solving skills as applied to concrete problems as well as political and leadership issues.

· Deep understanding of Vallourec products, people, and processes, and the ability to translate that understanding to customer solutions.

· Creative thinking and the ability to implement innovation tools.

· Aptitude for developing alternative solutions.

· Use of reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

· Communication of thoughts and reasoning in a technically sound manner that is understandable by multinational personnel in written and verbal forms.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee will work in a business office environment.

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