Business Development Engineer

Job Purpose:

• Scouting and developing investment opportunities, managing strategic agreements, and supporting business growth through technology and market analysis.

Description:

• Scout, identify, and develop commercial business case and feasibility studies for organic and inorganic investment opportunities in the petrochemical and chemical industry (e.g. brownfield, greenfield projects, and merger and acquisitions).
• Scout for technology-based business opportunities and investment for growth, and develop the business opportunities, accordingly.
• Identify synergistic business opportunities between the Company’s affiliates and across the industry for enhanced industrial integrations.
• Identify and evaluate the latest relevant petrochemical technologies and trends which can be adopted by Advanced for Growth Projects and to improve manufacturing productivity.
• Manage communications with external parties to support the development of new business growth ideas.
• Negotiate and manage key strategic agreements such as (joint venture, technology, key raw materials, catalysts, etc.) that could directly impact the Corporate Strategy.
• Provide commercial and project development support to the project execution team of approved investment opportunities, as required.
• Continuously assess the Company’s technological and market position for the current business activities.
• Provide recommendations to the strategic planning process for the Company’s long-term competitive strategy.
• Provide commercial and technical inputs to the strategic planning process on any opportunities and risks based on market trends, contractual agreements, etc.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead internal meetings especially with Technical, Commercial and Supply Chain functions team to discuss and develop potential improvement ideas that support the business growth.
• Support the Corporate functions preparation of techno-commercial analysis on the implementation of the improved, new product, process, or equipment for the outcome discussions to the Senior Management team that support go or no-go decision.
• Support joint venture affairs and partnership relationship management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.

Preferred degrees and certificates:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Engineering Management
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
• Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Minimum Experience:

Minimum 10 Years of experience in the petrochemical industry with good understanding of the petrochemical value chains and applications.

Minimum 5 Years of experience in job functions dealing with strategy, business/project development, merger and acquisitions, and/or market and application development.

Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience in dealing with senior leadership.
• Interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Demonstration of business acumen.
• Basic legal and contractual understanding.
• Superior skills in MS Office Applications, particularly MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel.
• Analytical and strategic thinker.
• Good public speaking and presentation skills.
• Project Management.