Distribution Manager

Would you like to be part of a value driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? The Distribution Manager is a commercial customer-facing role that has overall responsibility for the growth and management of the Maersk Middle Mile Transport Product. This role has responsibility for the overall performance of the product. Plans, organizes staff, directs, and controls all office and transport activities. Assists senior management in establishing transport performance objectives and standards. The role has accountability for achieving prescribed company objectives about cost, productivity, accuracy, and customer service.

What We Offer:

When you join Maersk, youll find that the world is your workplace. Youll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together. Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

Key Responsibilities:

Profit and Loss:

• P&L responsibility for the transportation product
• Vendor management and job level GP recovery
• Continuous improvement and optimization initiatives
• Investment proposals and follow-up on the same

Operations:

• Ensures the development of systems and procedures for operating and managing transport, human resources, and equipment in a profitable manner.
• Plans, directs and implements new transportation contracts, procedures and support to meet prescribed service levels.

Vendor Management:

• Manages vendors to achieve prescribed objectives and standards.
• Creates programs to ensure sustainable contract management by working with vendors to ensure network load balances
• Provides timely and appropriate performance reviews with all vendors and ensures the same is done for all associates.

Customer Service:

• Directly manage the growing customer service team of load planners
• Maintains a professional and courteous relationship with all customers (internal and external).
• Establishes programs to improve customer awareness at all levels in the organization.
• Maintains records and reports to ensure customer service levels are being met.
• Develops and maintains strong partnership with customers and vendors to achieve financial results.

Other Duties/ Responsibilities:

Product Growth:

• Ensures all support in pricing new transport opportunities by working with new and existing vendors to ensure we are procuring at the right rate
• Where necessary, supporting the sale process by engaging prospective customers on our service offering

TMS Implementation:

• Support on the implementation of a Maersk global TMS
• Working with the global SysOPS team to ensure the system is correctly scoped and setup for each new customer contract

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelors degree advantageous (Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management)
• 10+ years in a Transport / Distribution Centre management role passionate about engaging and serving customers
• At least 5 years leadership experience especially with growth mindset
• Strong ability to translate commercial strategy into execution plan
• Understands the competitive landscape, and can adjust approaches to customers as a result
• Proven track record of strong performance delivery
• Confront contradictions with mature communication and problem-solving skill
• Well-developed, confident communication, persuasiveness, influencing, presentation and negotiating skills
• Self-motivated and performance-driven; strategic thinking with both short- and long-term planning skills; strengths in time management with regards to managing multiple objectives and priorities
• Able to achieve results through close cross-functional collaboration.
• Coaching for team performance

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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