Execution Manager at Maersk

Ref.: MA-250155

Job Description

• We are currently looking to hire an Execution Manager to join our team in Lagos.
• He/She will be responsible for the successful execution of local products (excluding Warehouses, depots and Air) business in Nigeria -Customs house brokerage and Landside transport.
• Planning and executing across brands, delivering lowest possible cost, while delivering on the customer promise.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute cost savings plans in line with procurement to deliver a consistently deflationary cost profile while maintaining excellent standards of safety and reliability, including efficient planning and triangulation
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with both established and new suppliers
• Manage team and vendors to help deliver an excellent customer experience through timely and cost-efficient delivery
• In case required, may contact customers
• Legal compliance related to Customs regulations and AEO obligations
• Assure the accomplishment of vendor onboarding, proactive support and end-to-end issue resolution
• Drive collaboration between cross-functional teams in scope of CX
• Apply products direction setting
• Identify process gaps and be actively involved in working on improvements to key processes to improve productivity and service levels to get on time delivery and proactive notification to the customer
• Improve the asset utilization of key transport modes including contracted rail and truck networks
• Drive process optimization for nonphysical products.
• Drive process efficiency, improve complaint resolution timeliness, optimize by challenging business rules/limitations and improve E2E service delivery to customers
• Check for additional business opportunities on satisfactory resolution of issues.
• Empower the team to suggest alternate viable solutions and actively resolve customers complaints within stipulated timeframe
• Share best practice and knowledge within the team

Requirements
We are looking for

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline. An MBA will be an advantage
• 4+ years of transport logistics work experience with proven track record across operations & executions
• Experience in logistics or freight forwarding operations
• Experience of working with wide variety of complex operational challenges and ability to solve problems and take decisions
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Very organized, proactive and dynamic
• Prioritization capabilities
• understanding of the local market landscape
• Proven leadership skills and ability to create followership
• Strong execution mindset
• Solution, analytical and customer oriented
• Team player

We Offer
At Maersk, you’ll be part of a global team motivated by bringing food and commodities to people in every corner of the world. We do this through close partnerships with our valued customers, who trade everything from seafood and fruits, to clothes, electronics and cars! No matter our role in the Region our end goal is to simplify the lives of our customers. This is done through seamless processes, best in class digital solutions, and great customer service! So, we offer:

• Results orientation
• Improved commercial and leadership capabilities
• Interaction within broader Area for best practice sharing
• Creating network within the global organization
• Understand market and customer drivers
• Improve understanding of how best to generate profit for Maersk

Moreover, you will expand your customer network and enrich your market and product knowledge while enhancing the Maersk's leadership position and contributing to the continuous success of the Maersk organization.