Supply Chain Development Manager

The Supply Chain Development Regional Manager is part of Maersk’s Global Supply Chain Development (SCD) function within Maersk Sales & Marketing. The role reports to one of the regional heads of SCD and is a key contributor toward logistics solution sales wins for Maersk’s largest customers i.e. Key Clients and Runway.
The role will involve working closely with account managers for the respective customers to identify, qualify and pitch compelling value propositions to new and existing logistics customers. Through high impact customer engagement, thought leadership and in-depth understanding of logistics industry and Maersk services, the supply chain development regional manager creates customized and innovative supply chain solutions for Maersk’s customers. The role will be customer facing and will involve working with commercial pursuit teams for nominated customers – from the Key Client portfolio. The role will also contribute to the continued improvement and innovation in the Supply Chain Development team and the larger commercial organization and thereby be recognized globally as a thought leader.

Focus and grow: Grow Supply Chain solution sales for specific Maersk customer segments:

• Focus on Supply Chain solution sales with the most important customers (Key Clients) by identifying and qualifying opportunities with them (through direct customer engagements)
• Lead the identification of customer’s Supply Chain needs/ pain points and develop tailored Maersk value proposition to fit customer needs – as per the assignment from the Supply Chain Development Leadership team
• Engage effectively with internal stakeholders in respective region (customer account managers, sales leaders, product managers) for SCD to be effective in identifying and winning opportunities
• Enable SCD to be a differentiator for Maersk through high-value engagements

• Enable: Development of team capabilities, toolkits, and culture to set up a scalable model for the future

• Contribute to repeatable frameworks for supply chain solution selling and supporting analyses
• Contribute to a global team culture of Thought Leadership, Collaboration & Best practice sharing
• Support the SCD leadership team in key priority tasks concerning the SCD team
• Owner of Supply Chain Development aspects for assigned customer opportunity
• Owner of specific capability development workstreams as assigned by the Supply Chain Development Leadership team

Required experience & skills

• 5+ years’ experience in supply chain management and logistics preferably within a 3PL, logistics consulting firm, and/or global corporation
• Consultative sales experience in logistics demonstrating a customer-centric mindset in direct customer engagements
• Excellent understanding of logistics solutions and operations covering all modes of international transportation, warehousing, and distribution, e-commerce, 4PL solutions
• Subject matter expertise in supply chains of either one or more major industry verticals like retail, lifestyle/fashion, technology, FMCG, Chemicals, or Automotive is highly desirable
• Competent in creating written business case recommendations, encompassing financial, service, risk, and sustainability factors
• Innovative and creative thinker, with strong problem-solving skills and comfort with managing uncertainties
• Expertise in supply chain modeling and analysis, with good knowledge of supply chain optimization methodologies and tools
• Proficient in stakeholder management with proven capability to build strong networks and influence decision-makers in a matrix organization structure
• Ability to manage cross-functional and remote project teams with well-developed capabilities in project management
• Resilient to change and comfortable with fast-shifting priorities, workload, and responsibilities
• Self-starter, self-motivator, comfortable with a high level of autonomy, while also a team player
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Competent and confident public speaker
• Bachelor’s Degree in business, supply chain, or a similar discipline is required
• Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management & Logistics or MBA is highly desirable
• Fluency in spoken and written English, and local language required. Multilingual is highly desirable.

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