MPL Project Director

Job Description

Would you like to be part of a value-driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? We have an opportunity for a Project Director to join our Maersk Project Logistics (MPL) team in Kigali, Rwanda on a contract basis.

The MPL Project Director will be the primary point of contact for own customers and ensure smooth execution of the end-to-end shipment lifecycle, including the inland delivery, by working closely with the customer as well as internal stakeholders. You will be fully responsible for customer satisfaction across Maersk Project Logistics (MPL) product offering (own customers). Additionally, you be responsible for managing people and processes to execute designed project solutions.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join Maersk, you’ll find that the world is your workplace. You’ll 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:

• Responsible for operational excellence across MPL product family and transport modes to meet customer deliverables.

• Partner with commercial, growth enablement, QHSE and procurement to aid in the strategic development of the customer.

• Establish and track goals, metrics, and indicators for success for the MPL project.

• Demonstrate adaptability for market fluctuations, supply chain disruptions and customer timelines to meet contractual terms.

• Establish and foster data driven relationships with clients focusing on joint strategic vision and initiatives aligned to global MPL growth strategies.

• Accountable for the internal implementation of the customer solution, ensuring reporting structure, QHSE requirements and continuous improvement loops embedded in organization.

• Effective independent judgment to set priorities and work independently.

• Drive operational excellence across teams.

• Identify and hold operational leadership accountable to customer program deliverables.

• Identify value added solutions for the customer and Maersk.

• Represent the account(s) during business implementation and execution, including onboarding of new Maersk product portfolio, collaborating with internal project owners accordingly.

• Responsible for identifying and reducing program operating costs.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Someone with:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or logistics or related field

• Extensive executional experience across all transport modes; ocean/air/rail/truck/barge to include OOG cargo.

• Proven project management experience

• Skilled in customer facing engagements and presentations

• Strong ability to facilitate cross-functional decision-making across regions, product(s), and internal stakeholders

• Strong communication skills

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