Job Title: Damco Country Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- The ideal candidate will be an enterprising and competitive individual, with a proven track record of closing deals.
- The position requires previous people management experience and solid financial understanding.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills for strategic relations management are also required.
- The responsibility includes full company performance (P&L) responsibility for Damco’s business in Nigeria.
- You will be overall responsible for leading the Damco Nigeria team to ensure strong growth in terms of profit and volumes thereby gaining market share from competition.
- Furthermore focus should be on excellent service delivery as well as a relentless focus on delivering the numbers.
- The position is at General Manager Level, reporting to the Cluster Managing Director based in Cameroon.
- The Country Manager will be a key member of the Cluster Management Team. The role will be a ‘Leader of Leaders’ position.
- Lagos is the largest city in West Africa, and as such a buzzing city with good schools and an established expat environment.
The position offers:
Involvement in overall business decisions at a strategic level, as well as specific challenges in a complex finance/ business environment, which will provide the right candidate with an excellent opportunity for both professional and personal development.
Learning opportunities:
- Working experience in an emerging economic environment
- Working experience in a high-growth division
- Leading a diverse team, both functionally and culturally
- Gaining exposure to local clients and suppliers
- Further Develop leadership skills
- Further your network in Logistics business
Essential job tasks:
- Manage business risk on behalf of the shareholders
- Ensure profitability targets are met or exceeded
- Drive the development of the Damco business by pro-actively identifying & developing growth opportunities for the company
- Lead, organize, & develop employees, retaining & maximizing the impact of key high performers
- Set targets & monitor performance, taking corrective action quickly & effectively when necessary
- Develop & maintain key customer relationships
- Manage business risk on behalf of the shareholders
- Country EBT & Net Result
- Cash flow
- Productivity compared to competition
- Business growth compared to competition
- Customer satisfaction
- Talent Retention
- Ocean carrier split
- Business Control
- LI-AFR
Competencies:
- Highly energetic and with high sense of urgency
- Developed sense of responsibility and ability to ‘follow through’
- Enterprising & competitive
- Execution focus (close the deals)
- Demonstrated financial acumen
- Ability to lead, motivate, and coach a team
- Commercial focus with experience in business development or sales
- Service minded and ability to create to forge new, and improve upon existing, strategic relationships
- Consistent application of company values
- Ambition to advance within the Cluster
- English fluency required, fluency in Swahili will be an advantage
- P&L experience with DAMCO/Freight Forwarding preferred
- Business development experience
- People management (at least Leader of Others)
- Previous work experience in Africa is a plus
10th February, 2013
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: When the page opens, at the Country drop down, select Africa-Nigeria, then click Damco Country Manager
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