Baker Hughes

Commercial Advisor - Oilfield Chemicals

Posted 7 Days Ago

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4 Locations

In-Office

Senior level

Energy

The Role

Lead tendering and commercial activities for Oilfield Chemicals across ENSC and SSA. Build commercial models, develop pricing strategies and proposals, assess commercial risk, ensure compliance, support forecasting and tender governance, and partner with sales, product line, and regional teams to drive profitable growth and improve bid win rates.

Summary Generated by Built In

Do you want to work in a dynamic role responsible for sales growth?

Are you a Commercial Expert that is motivated to deliver?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy‑technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future

Fuel your passion
The Oilfield Chemicals Commercial Advisor will support commercial growth across the ENSC and SSA regions by leading tendering, proposal development, commercial modeling, pricing strategy, and commercial execution for the Oilfield Chemicals product line. The role partners closely with Sales, Commercial Operations, Product Line/Segment, and Regional teams to drive profitable growth, improve bid win rates, and ensure commercial compliance throughout the Tender cycle.

As a Commercial Advisor - Oilfield Chemicals, you will be:

Lead and coordinate commercial and tendering activities for Oilfield Chemicals opportunities across ENSC and SSA.
Build and maintain commercial models to support complex tenders, pricing strategies, and profitability assessments.
Develop competitive and innovative commercial proposals, pricing strategies, and contract recommendations.
Provide product line and market expertise to support bid strategies and commercial negotiations.
Conduct commercial risk assessments and ensure compliance with company commercial, legal, and risk management requirements.
Support opportunity pipeline reviews, forecasting, and tender governance processes.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or a related discipline.
A minimum of 5 years of experience within the Oilfield Chemicals industry, preferably supporting ENSC and/or SSA markets.
Strong technical and domain expertise in Oilfield Chemicals applications and product offerings.
Demonstrated commercial, tendering, sales, pricing, or account management experience.
Strong understanding of commercial terms, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and contract negotiation.
Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate across multiple countries and functions.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
Comprehensive private medical care options
Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
Tailored financial programs
Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Advisor - Proposals

Skills Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 5 years of experience within the Oilfield Chemicals industry.
Experience supporting ENSC and/or SSA markets.
Strong technical and domain expertise in Oilfield Chemicals applications and product offerings.
Demonstrated commercial, tendering, sales, pricing, or account management experience.
Strong understanding of commercial terms, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and contract negotiation.
Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills with ability to operate across multiple countries and functions.

Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.

Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.