Business Development Leader - MidStream

Job Title:             Business Development Leader – Midstream

FLSA Status:      Exempt

Group:                 Regular – Full Time

Department:        Business Development

Location:             Houston or remote

About Cooper Machinery Services:

Cooper Machinery Services provides natural gas compression equipment and services to customers globally in the Oil & Gas, Power, Transportation, and Marine sectors. With a proud heritage dating back to 1833, Cooper Machinery Services is the OEM for legendary product lines including Cooper-Bessemer™, Ajax™, Superior™, Gemini, TSI, CSI, Enterprise, and Joy. Headquartered in Houston, TX, but with commercial and services hubs around the world, Cooper Machinery Services provides world-class services to more than 22,000 units in its installed base.

Our strength is our people. Each employee plays an integral role in our success and growth. With a commitment to our vision that strong relationships drive strong results and better business, our people make Cooper Machinery Services legendary.

Job Overview:

The Business Development Leader plays a key role in developing the right suite of capabilities and strategies to strengthen and grow Cooper’s portfolio of services for our midstream customers. We have a strong OEM portfolio already which constitutes our core business – now we intend to expand our scope by offering aftermarket services for other OEMs in this segment. This role requires subject matter expertise of the market, and the essential compression equipment used, understand customers’ pain points and maintenance challenges, and interact with and coordinate a multi-disciplinary internal team (engineering, sales, marketing, finance, etc.) to deliver on the growth strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build a roadmap and clear strategy to build aftermarket offerings for our midstream customers focusing on other OEMs using Cooper’s existing network and relationships
• Conduct a gap analysis of as-is vs. desired future state of our capabilities, and develop an action plan with a multidisciplinary task force to close the gap
• Identify innovations and technology changes that can enhance our service offerings, and develop business cases to allocate budget and assign resources
• Set annual targets for this segment in collaboration with VP Sales and VP Regions
• Partner with key account managers and regional VPs to engage with their “Top 20” customers; user group meetings, trade shows, lunch-‘n’-learn events, et al., to gather customer insights.
• Act as the voice of the customer leveraging their feedback to inform product development decisions.
• Travel is expected to be 25%-35%; leverage hybrid/online meetings in alignment with the key account managers and customers

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering, product development, and /or sales origination within the midstream compression space.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college preferred; minimum high-school diploma or GED with 5 to 10 years sales experience required
• Strong reciprocating engine and compressor experience
• Ability to develop strong interpersonal relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Commitment to safety, customer service quality and to work in team-oriented    environment

Summary: Join our dynamic and innovative team at Cooper Machinery Services where we value our employees by offering competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits/Health and Wellness:

• All benefits effective on first day of employment
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to lifetime maximum of $50,000
• 401(k) match up to 5%. Employees are 100% vested in the 401(K) on Day 1.
• Company Paid Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term and Long-Term disability.
• Maternity and Parental leave benefits
• Arc Fertility Benefits
• Wellness Programs
• Onsite Fitness Gym at the Houston, TX headquarters

Cooper Machinery Services is an equal opportunity employer and gives all qualified applicants consideration of employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Clarify that product is the aftermarket business – not the material itself