Sales Lead - Account Management
Baker Hughes
Role:Are you passionate about building strong customer partnerships and driving commercial excellence?
Do you enjoy leading teams to deliver innovative technical solutions that create value?
Partnering with the Best
Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company operating in more than 120 countries. We provide advanced oilfield equipment, services, and digital solutions that support upstream oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), from reservoir evaluation and drilling to well construction, completions, and production optimization. We collaborate closely with upstream customers to improve drilling efficiency, enhance well productivity, and maximize asset performance through innovative technologies and safe, reliable service delivery.
As a Sales Lead – Account Management, you will drive long-term customer success and profitable growth as an individual contributor managing key upstream oil and gas accounts, with no direct people-management responsibilities. You will build strategic customer relationships, develop account plans aligned with exploration, drilling, completions, and production priorities, and identify opportunities across the upstream portfolio. Working closely with product line, technical, and operations teams, you will coordinate integrated technical and commercial solutions, lead opportunity pursuits, and align customer commitments with safe, reliable service delivery and measurable customer value.
As a Sales Lead – Account Management, you will be responsible for:
Building strategic relationships with upstream customer stakeholders across asset management, subsurface, drilling, completions, production, procurement, and executive leadership.
Developing and executing account plans informed by customer investment priorities, field development programs, rig and well activity, production challenges, and the competitive landscape.
Identifying and qualifying opportunities across relevant OFSE offerings, including drilling and evaluation, completions, well intervention, artificial lift, production chemicals, wellhead and subsea equipment, and digital solutions.
Bringing together product line and technical specialists to develop fit-for-purpose, integrated proposals that improve drilling efficiency, reduce nonproductive time, optimize production, and extend asset life.
Leading opportunity pursuits from early customer engagement and tender positioning through proposal development, commercial negotiation, award, and structured handover to operations, in partnership with the appropriate functions.
Driving profitable orders and revenue growth, account penetration, contract renewals, and cross-selling while protecting pricing, margins, and contractual value.
Maintaining accurate opportunity pipelines, sales forecasts, account activity, and pursuit actions in the designated customer relationship management system.
Leading customer business and performance reviews, communicating measurable technical and commercial value, and coordinating resolution of service-quality issues with accountable operations teams.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align customer priorities, opportunity pursuit activities, and account growth objectives.
Partnering with operations and service delivery teams to align customer commitments with equipment availability, field resources, execution readiness, and agreed performance measures, while retaining commercial and relationship oversight.
Ensuring sales activities and customer commitments meet applicable health, safety and environment (HSE), quality, ethics, trade compliance, and commercial approval requirements.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role, you will:
Have a minimum of a bachelor's degree
Have 10+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry
Have 5+ years of experience in account sales
Have effective communication and teamwork skills.
Show a commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
Working with us
At Baker Hughes, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We foster a culture of innovation, safety, collaboration, and continuous development. We invest in our employees by providing opportunities to develop technical expertise while contributing to meaningful customer and business outcomes.
Working for you
We offer a competitive benefits package aligned with local market standards, including:
Work‑life balance and wellbeing programs
Comprehensive private medical care options
Life insurance and disability coverage
Competitive financial programs
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Advisor - Account Management
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.
Baker Hughes Company 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.
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