DOCUMENT NUMBER:  D001217226

TITLE: OPS.PRDMGT.PROF.IV

 

POSITION TITLE:           Geozone Product Line Champion

POSITION CATEGORY:  Geozone Product Line

REPORTS TO (JOB TITLE):           Geozone Business Manager

DUAL REPORT             

Job Purpose                                       

Analyze, plan, organize, and commercialize assigned Product line products and/or services, based on the needs expressed by the product line, from inception (Research and Development) into implementation, commercialization, training, and

sustaining through product life cycles to optimize profit and meet marketing, financial and corporate growth objectives.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

 

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

·         Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out 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

·         Places 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

·         Seeks 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

·         Supervisors & Managers should 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

 

OPERATIONS

·         Define and direct specific product strategy by gathering input and business needs from customers and then creating a product-based solution to generate revenue and/or create value

·         Direct any research and development projects or efforts required in order to create the products and/or services required as per above. Work with RD&E on all ongoing sustaining efforts to progress Product Line products and/or services quality improvement initiatives forward

·         Evaluates and prioritize requests for new technology changes, enhancements, and new features; participate in product requirements through interviews with stakeholders, collaboration with product designers and other methods as needed

·         Work with the Project Management and Engineering teams to implement feasible solutions that meet the timeline and budget of the stakeholders

·         Continually review progress through the product life cycle to ensure the attainment of objectives

·         Responsible for ensuring publishing and distributing product improvement content including tech alerts, updated field procedures and work instructions.

·         Liaise with SMEs in service lines to generate training materials and deployment plans for commercialization; responsible for effectively communicating product features, value propositions, and roadmaps

·         Work closely with WISE and Engineering team to recommend and prioritize sustaining projects to keep technology current and fit for purpose

·         Work closely with the operations team to highlight technology gaps and prepare business justifications to address those gaps or recommend an alternate approach to address those gaps

·         Analyze Repair & Maintenance data and work with RD&E to drive the improvements (including field trial) required for the effective reduction of cost/circulating hour

 

COMMUNICATION

·         Define and direct specific product strategy by gathering input and business needs from customers and then creating a product-based solution to generate revenue and/or create value

·         Engage with customers and seek feedback on our technology and seek recommendations for improvements

·         Resolves conflicts between competing stakeholders by prioritizing requirements and products for development and commercialization; tracks project issues to completion, such as outstanding questions, decisions or changes

·         Maintain communication and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, marketing, schedule, and sales information for product line

·         Creates clear and thorough acceptance criteria to ensure that the team understands when work is complete; participates in the retrospective

·         Provide direct, high-level support to customers for critical new technology services

·         Promote Weatherford’s new technology within the industry by writing technical papers, attending industry conferences, contributing to the development of technical marketing material, making technical sales presentations to customers, and providing other technical support to sales and operations

·         Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external

·         Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports

 

 

FINANCIAL

·         Define and monitor relevant KPIs to identify areas of improvement and drive operational improvements

·         Prepare business plans for relevant technologies in consultation with the business unit managers. Execute plans and monitor progress internally or via PD&C process

·         Provide input to the tendering process and BSA when involved

·         All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses

·         Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

 

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

·         Provide operational technical support for all globally active operations to ensure tools are ran within specification and following best practices and lessons learned

·         Maintain the Global Product Line’s training requirements in line with competency assessments

·         Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function training to enhance their skills and experience

·         Employees must complete all assigned Compliance & Company Standards training

·         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

·         Supervisors are expected to actively engaging their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities

·         Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce

 

VISION & LEADERSHIP

·         Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times

 

 

Experience & Education

 

REQUIRED

·         Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline or equivalent experience

·         10+ years of oilfield experience

 

PREFERRED

·         Experience in strategic planning and execution. Knowledge of contracting, negotiating, and change management.

·         Experience in sales and marketing

 

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

 

REQUIRED

·         Strong Production Logging, Well Integrity, Ballistics and third-party technology knowledge.

·         Strong organizational and communication skills

·         Familiarity with reading, analyzing, and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents

·         Familiarity with mathematical operations such as frequency distributions, test reliability and validity, variance analysis, correlation techniques, and factor analysis.

·         Skill in examining tenders, market conditions and operational requirements

·         Demonstrated ability to effectively train and mentor personnel in classroom and field environments

·         Complex problem-solving and analytical skills

·         Work effectively across a diverse multicultural multilingual community

·         The physical ability to immediately respond to emergency situations

·         Proficient Microsoft Office and computer skills

 

 

Travel Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to:  10-25%

 

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 organisation, 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 organisations 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.

 

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

CAREER PATH                                                                                  LEVEL

EXECUTIVE                                                                                                                    I - V                      Make Selection

Holds management accountability for a business, division, major geography, corporate function or major corporate sub-function. Develops, establishes & approves long terms strategy for the area managed

MANAGEMENT                                                                                                              I – V                     Make Selection

Achieves goals through the work of others. Responsibilities inc; performance management, merit review, training & development. Focus is on managing others and applying operational or strategic management skills

PROFESSIONAL                                                                                                              I - VII                    Level IV

Applies a theoretical knowledge-base to work in order to achieve goals through own work. Characterised by specific functional expertise, typically gained through formal education. May provide guidance to others using technical expertise

TECHNICAL                                                                                                                    I – V                     Make Selection

Performs technical work, often in support of professional roles. Requires vocational training or the equivalent experience. Performs duties according to established procedures

SUPPORT                                                                                                                      I – V                     Make Selection

Performs clerical or administrative work, requires vocational training or the equivalent experience and performs duties according to established procedures

OPERATIONS                                                                                                                 I – V                     Make Selection

Performs operational, craft or manual tasks. Typically requires vocational training, apprenticeship or equivalent experience. Performs task according to established procedures.

 

GEOZONE ADDENDUMS

The job description template is a generic document designed to improve the quality, consistency and accuracy of the information regarding the Company’s expectations for the position. Individual countries may have some regulatory requirements that are required to be included in the job description. Any specific country requirements are captured in their specific Geozone addendum, which should be issued to the employee with the job description document.