• Job Description

  Req#: 228170

  Overview

  Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

  We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

  Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, word-class team.

  When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

  Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

  Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

  Responsibilities

  Experience & Education

  REQUIRED

  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or Scientific discipline or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years oil & gas industry experience
  • 2+ years as Operations Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Product Line Manager or Technical Sales Manager

  PREFFERED

  • Master's Degree (MBA)

  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  REQUIRED

  • Must possess working knowledge of the product line and products and/or services and their applications/operations.
  • Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Ability to develop financial plans and manage resources. Ability to analyze and interpret financial data. Ability to prepare financial reports, statements, and projections.
  • Must be self-motivated & an effective team manager.
  • Ability to manage, develop, coach and mentor teams across organizational boundaries.
  • Must be able to make decisions and be able to identify and implement appropriate improvements.
  • Excellent leadership, strong interpersonal, negotiating, influencing, and planning skills.
  • Knowledge of communications and public relation techniques. Ability to develop and deliver professional presentations.
  • Strong organizational and effective communication skills
  • Ability to communicate and interact with officials at all levels of government and clients. Work effectively across a diverse multicultural multilingual community
  • Familiarity with reading, analyzing, and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.

  PREFERRED

  • Language of country under assignment

  Travel Requirement:

  This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to 25-50%

  Qualifications

  The Geozone Business Manager is responsible for the Geozone Product Line strategy, Commercial Optimization Options/Implementation for New Technology, Business Development and Customer Engagement in conjunction with the Area to drive top line Product Line growth, assuring Service Quality Standards are met, Technical Guidance, and Resource Allocation by ensuring Product Line demands are being met whilst optimizing across the Geozone (People, Assets, inventory).

  In addition, the role is responsible for field competency development and training.

  The Geozone Business Manager will report to the Geozone Sr. Vice President and interface closely with the Area Vice Presidents and Global Product Line Vice Presidents to determine and assist in the implementation of Product Line strategies. The role will be to ally regularly with all areas of the sales organization to assure the Segment is being represented to meet client expectations and ensure a healthy market share position. In addition, this role will manage the white space between the different Product Lines and capitalize on multi–Product Line relationships and bundling opportunities.

  JOB DESCRIPTION SCOPE

  This job description’s purpose is to offer some details on the scope and depth of the role and its interaction with other roles with the organization, through a focus on key criteria. It cannot capture the entire scope of the role. The document is generic in nature and offers consistency in role content from the early career level to more senior levels. The Company’s expectation is that the holder of the role understands and accepts that its expectations will be potentially greater from those in more senior roles than those at an early stage of their career. Responsibilities may well be greater, and their decisions will have greater impact on the function and organizations performance. The Company reserves the right to amend the content of the job description to better reflect the changing scope of the role with or without notice.

  Roles & Responsibilities

  SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

  • Maintain the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are conducted ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
  • Place Quality, Health & Safety, Security, and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk.
  • Seek continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations.
  • Demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises.

  QUALITY

  • Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System
  • Maintains Service Quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement.

  VISION & LEADERSHIP

  • Define Geozone Product Line strategy in collaboration with Global Product Line, Geozone Leadership and Area Vice Presidents. Ensures all applicable components of the Geozone and Global Product Line strategy are developed into a Geozone Product Line strategy and fully executed across the Geozone.
  • Research and identify opportunities for new and emerging products and new technology.
  • Responsible and accountable for refining the above strategies within the Geozone and supporting the Area Vice Presidents in execution of the strategy.
  • Define Product Line technology specific sales targets for the Geozone, in collaboration with the Geozone Sales Leader, via budgeting and local market strategy.
  • Communicate and drive technology deployment and technology budget priorities through functional reporting lines from Geozone technical Salespeople.
  • Demonstrates leadership, ethical behavior, and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times.

  OPERATIONS

  • Collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, operations, global product line leaders and marketing to develop and provide product definitions, as well as be responsive to customer needs and market opportunities in support of Country Operations managers.
  • Work with manufacturing and operations in order to manage inventory and asset utilization including recurring demand planning.
  • Partner with other Product Lines throughout the Geozone in order to offer clients an integrated solution suite.
  • Drive the Service Delivery process by providing assurance and support for investigating incidents, ensuring root cause analysis and remedial actions are completed and accountability is applied to the appropriate level of the organization (including Geozone Product Line data integrity within WPTS)
  • Contribute to and Review Country Bid Summary Analysis (BSA’s) for applicable projects with justification both strategic and financial.
  • Coordinate teams and resources to ensure technical solutions/designs are delivered to the customer.
  • Share accountability with Sales and Business Development teams for local customer relationships and market share encroachment. Maintain a high profile within the customer community.

  COMMUNICATION

  • Maintain effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external.
  • Clearly communicate expectations, roles, and responsibilities to their reports

  PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

  • Actively engage with employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities
  • Collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personnel and to foster an environment that supports the attraction and retention of a high performing talented workforce.
  • Influence the organization to ensure time is scheduled for team members to participate and to complete training & competency assurance program.
  • Create a reliable organization and succession plan.
  • Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary functions, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives, and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential.
  • Collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to lead NextGen program.

  FINANCIAL

  • All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses.
  • Costs incurred should be within the approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure.
  • Partner with manufacturing, Geozone operations and sales to develop CAPEX needs, planning and tracking.
  • Collaborate with area leadership for opportunities for margin improvement and expansion.

• About the company

  Weatherford International plc, an Irish public limited company, together with its subsidiaries, is a multinational oilfield service Company.

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