Customer Solutions Manager

The Opportunity

We have a vision larger than the ocean: to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain. We count on our people to make it happen.

At Maersk we are embarking on an industry-defining transformation, on a bold new direction, expanding our capabilities to become a true end-to-end logistics provider that can deliver intelligent solutions for customers around the world. It’s a big moment for all of us – and we all have our part to play. We’re taking a big step on this journey: building one global organization. Carrying out a vital mission: support our employees, so they can best support our customers.

The Customer Solutions Manager will be responsible for development and evolution of the End-to-End Value Proposition per industry, based on identified customers' needs and supported by insights from market, resulting in market- differentiated customer solutions.

Key responsibilities:

Develop: Understanding and translation of customer and vertical needs (current & emerging), capturing insights to drive Value Proposition development.

• Identify cross vertical value elements when bundling products on area level (both standard & customized)

• Support front-line sales in a customer-driven approach to identify needs and pain points to drive value proposition development

• Work with product teams to develop solutions by providing customer insights, captured from frontline and client-engagements

• Lead, facilitate and project manage value proposition and the corresponding solution development with clear governance and project management.

Scale & Apply solutions: Bundling of global and local value propositions into relevant customer solutions

• Do resource prioritization – Assess customer needs against Maersk capability to develop a solution

• Bundle products, replicate solutions and scale up existing solutions

• Ensure the value proposition is completed and in good standard before submitted to customer

• Support the communication and adoption of scalable value propositions from the CEN Global Customer Solutions team (for product, cross product and verticalized solutions)

Institutionalize: Thought Leadership, Collaboration & Best practice sharing

• Develop customer use cases based on vertical insight to drive growth

• Build a library of successful value propositions and share best practices

• Active participation in the Solutions community, driving best practices and organizational learning across the geographies and verticals . Remains informed about the industry best solution practices.

Coach account owners / sales rep around Logistics & services selling, promote Consultative Selling.

We are looking for:

• Solution design experience, across logistics product portfolio

• Customer-centric approach to identifying customer needs

• Sales skills

• Can work with stakeholders across the globe and ensure their buy-in when driving new ideas. Change management is critical

• Min. Degree in Industrial engineering, International Business, Supply Chain and Logistics

• Design thinking and Project management background

• Logistics and Supply chain expertise, Sales experience

• Analytical and logical mindset to both solve exceptionally complex problems and drive decision making by using qualitative and quantitative insights to achieve the targets

• Comfortable addressing ambiguity, for example, shifting priorities or unfamiliar problems

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability whilst leading by example with a roll-up your sleeves mentality

• Creative, inventive, and have a E2E process mindset.

• Functional management skills & influencing skill, Collaborative Stakeholder management

• Influence without authority

• English Fluency

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