Leucipa Sales Leader SSA

Baker Hughes; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy technology company is seeking a Leucipa Sales Leader for the SSA region. The role involves leading digital transformation sales strategies, engaging with senior executives, and building lasting client relationships. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in solution-based sales. The position offers flexibility and comprehensive benefits, including private medical care and well-being activities.

Benefits

Work-life balance policies

Private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional elected benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in solution-based sales.
• Strong commercial acumen and consultative sales process management.
• Demonstrated expertise in solution selling in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the growth of Leucipa across the Geozone.
• Own and drive a sophisticated sales cycle engaging with senior executives.
• Build lasting relationships with clients for long-term success.

Skills

solution-based sales

digital product sales

strong communicator

commercial acumen

solution selling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Overview

Leucipa Sales Leader SSA

Are you an experienced Engineer looking for a new opportunity?
Are you excited by Energy Technologies?

Be part of a successful team! Bringing the most cutting-edge physical and digital technologies together to create oilfield equipment is the beating heart of our work. Devising smarter systems that control and monitor oil and gas extraction, our subsea and flexible pipe capabilities are industry-leading. Our team provides support for customer operations to ensure continuity for production.

Join the Team

The Leucipa Sales Leader SSA is customer facing staff responsible for winning business. Leads the development of business plans for a specific product or product line.

Responsibilities

• Leading the growth of Leucipa, one of the company’s most strategic digital initiatives, across the Geozone, positioning yourself at the forefront of digital transformation in the energy sector.
• Owning and driving a sophisticated sales cycle that allows you to engage directly with senior executives, shape client strategy, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Acting as a trusted advisor by aligning Leucipa’s value to customer challenges, enabling long-term partnerships and repeatable success.
• Taking full ownership of your territory — from pipeline development through deal closure — with the autonomy to create impact while collaborating with technical and product teams worldwide.
• Developing tailored proposals that integrate technical, operational, and financial perspectives, giving you exposure to complex business problem-solving.
• Building lasting relationships with influential clients, opening doors for both short-term wins and long-term account expansion
• Contributing to the evolution of Leucipa by bringing customer feedback into product strategy, helping shape the future of a flagship digital solution.

Qualifications

• Have Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• Have at least 5+ years of experience in solution-based sales with proven success in managing multi-stakeholder, consultative sales processes. 10 years experience in general.
• Have strong commercial acumen and ability to build value-driven business cases.
• Have experience in digital product sales.
• Have strong communicator with the ability to inspire customers and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated expertise in solution selling and creating clarity in complex environments.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• For us flexibility works both ways, we work with global customers and have annual targets, so as long as we can respond and deliver to these we can offer a lot of flexibility in this role. Talk to us about your desired flexible working options when you apply

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.

The Good Stuff

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