Vice President, Freight Forwarding - West Africa Region at DP World

Job Function

• Manage and drive the Clearing and Forwarding businesses in the West Africa region, to ensure sustainable business growth and performance.
• The applicant will need to initiate the DP World Freight Forwarding network and footprint expansion strategy across the West Africa Region, to implement Ocean & Air product procurement strategies in key West Africa Region Countries, to implement key Trade Lane strategies, ensuring strategic compliance across the Western African network, and mitigating risk associated to contract liability with network offices/partners.

Key Performance Areas
Network:

• Bolstering Freight Forwarding competence within existing DP World freight forwarding operations in the West Africa Region.
• Maintaining and expanding existing partner agent relationships and opening their services to our global offices.
• Collaborating with partners in key geographies and opening their services to our global offices.
• Partnering, Leveraging, and Acquiring new freight forwarding businesses.
• Collaborating and enhancing business between the global offices.

Operations:

• Ensure that each Business unit sets and meets its budgetary requirements, as set out by the EVP FFSSA.
• Ensure that the Global ERP system and financial systems are implemented and functional in all Business units.
• The People and Culture objectives are set out and achieved.
• Financial performance goals are met.
• To grow Freight Forwarding across the region through.
• Implementation of customs services and compliance thereof.
• Implementation of Air and Ocean operational teams to facilitate the throughput of shipments.
• Collaborating and enhancing business between the DP World business units.

Business Development:

• To develop business within the West Africa Region and other trades.
• Developing marketing strategies internally and externally for alignment and maximum exposure and expansion (new & existing) business.
• Collaborating with Regional Commercial, Sales, Product, Operations and Trade Lane teams to execute strategies for maximum market growth and benefit across the various pillars.
• Analysing market data and KPI’s to adjust to market demands.

Strategy:

• Staying abreast of industry and market developments, proactively responding where required to maintain progress and support.
• Supply guidance on conceptual designs, developments and implementation strategies across the West Africa region.

Requirements
Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or a field related to the position.

Experience and Skills Required:

• 10 – 15 years Freight Forwarding experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a logistics or clearing and forwarding environment.
• 3 years prior experience within the Freight Forwarding industry as a P&L head.
• MD level experience in Freight Forwarding.
• Geographical and geopolitical knowledge, ability to interface and communicate with different cultures is essential.
• Good understanding of Import / Export procedures and Incoterms.
• Prior experience within Commercial / Operations in the industry is preferred.