Maersk Line recruits 01 Regional Head of Warehouse and Distribution

Regional Head of Warehouse and Distribution, Africa

South Africa

Cape Town

Local/International

Supply Chain/Logistics Operations

Last application date: 31/10/2019

Are you a Specialist within the Warehousing and Distribution field able to lead from the front in an exciting and growing sector of the Maersk business in Africa? Reporting to our Regional CEO we are recruiting a senior and well seasoned W&D Manager who will be responsible for all aspects of our W&D Product offering. From designing, costing and development of Warehouses across Africa to the pricing of tenders and development of colleagues; you will be responsible to ultimately support cusotmer opportunites as part of our global supply chain solutions.

We offer

A significant and strategic role in a large and complex Area where you will utilise your W&D and logistics expertise to drive business decisions aimed at maximizing value creation.

Through your day-to-day leadership and work, you will gain an in-depth understanding of Profit & Loss management from a leadership perspective, sharpen your commercial acumen and enhance your stakeholder management skills.

In addition, you will have visibility and exposure in the Area Leadership and Regional and Global Finance community for future career development within Maersk Line or the Maersk Group.

Key responsibilities

W&D Product management

Owner of Regional Profit & Loss for W&D products

Manage local W&D products within Africa

Regional ownership of defined W&D related KPIs

Grow W&D footprint within the Africa Region through constant review in order to enable profitable growth

Regional Customer engagement

Support and ownership of W&D as part of supply chain solution design

Proivde sales support for W&D in the Africa Region

Lead large scale Regional tender response for W&D

Lead local opportunity management

Develop tender pricing within an established framework

Collaboration with multiple Regional Stakeholders

Support JV framework and JV management where applicable

Regional execution and support of transformation progress

Support feedback loop on innovation and support idea generation

Lead Regional Design Thinking workshops and processes

We are looking for

Seasoned W&D Specialist with great depth and breadth of experience in large scale, complex W&D setting.

Customer centric, commerical accumen with very strong stakeholder management skills

Cultural adaptability

Proven business development skills

Out-of-the-box thinking to enable profitable growth

Financially literate and business savvy

Open mind for strategic and tactical thinking

A degreed senior professional with work exposure in other African countries prefered but not a prerequisite.