What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dir Commercial Development position at Williams?
The Director of Commercial Development leads a group of business professionals who are collectively responsible for all our commercial development activities. This role is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to expand business within our existing basins and operational footprint and takes advantage of new market opportunities with existing and potentially new customers. The ability to negotiate sophisticated business transactions that meet our business and financial objectives, manage commercial aspects of projects from inception through in-service, and interact with top level, c-suite and other executive customers to build long-term relationships and develop business opportunities are keys to success.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities / Expectations :
- Generates revenue through investing in expansion projects
- Directs the development and implementation of sophisticated projects, business ventures and transactions; collaborates with others to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget
- Leads development of franchise-specific commercial strategies, including collaboration internal partners; tracks progress on key strategic commercial efforts and ensures team accountability for achieving encouraged results
- Originates new business within the franchise by evaluating opportunities in coordination with others to build incremental value for Williams via gathering and processing assets or ancillary services for customers
- Leads a team of professional staff to effectively manage existing customer relationships; collaborates with internal support functions to defend the value of contracts during disputes and / or audits
- Establishes and maintains partnerships with customers
- Provides updates to senior leadership
- Develops / manages budgets, plan and forecasts; conducts regular cost analysis
- Coordinates workforce planning and career development for direct employees
- Other duties as assigned
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About Tulsa :
Our corporate headquarters is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma and the 47th most populous in the U.S.
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire . With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
