Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Context:

C-Voyages is the current solution within CMA CGM IS to manage the schedules & fuel consumption of over 680 vessels operated by the Group, as well as those operated by our Partners.​ C-Voyages is a highly business-critical and interconnected application providing dated voyages to multiple applications across various domains​. Despite its central role, C-Voyages is an aging platform ​with performance and scalability limitations, unable to meet evolving business needs and ambitions.

In this context, the Transfo Lines Ops department is launching the New Schedules System project, a strategic initiative aimed to address C-Voyages obsolescence and completely rethink the CMA CGM approach to schedules management.

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead this major organizational transformation initiative and ensure successful delivery and implementation of the target vision.

Mission and key responsibilities :

As the New Schedules System Program Manager, you will lead the framing and execution phases of the project. You will be responsible to define and bring the target vision to life while addressing current challenges and business requirements, within the allocated time and budget.

PROJECT LEADERSHIP & STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

• Oversee the end-to-end program execution, including the framing phase
• Take full ownership and accountability for the quality, consistency and completeness of all project deliverables, ensuring they meet the expected standards, and challenge outputs where necessary
• Ensure alignment between project objectives, strategic priorities, business requirements and organizational challenges
• Act as the central point of contact for all project stakeholders

COORDINATION & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Orchestrate cross-functional teams across multiple business units and external contributors
• Ensure alignment and effective collaboration between business and IT teams throughout the design and execution phases
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and ensure effective coordination across project streams
• Establish clear ways of working, governance principles, with the support of your PMO, and communication channels to foster transparency and collaboration

RESOURCE & BUDGET MANAGEMENT

• Oversee project resources, budget allocation and capacity planning, ensuring optimal utilization of available resources
• Anticipate resources constraints and proactively manage capacity requirements

PROJECT MONITORING

• Define, own and maintain the overall project roadmap, delivery strategy and key milestones
• Establish, with the support of your PMO, relevant KPIs and performance metrics to monitor framing and project progress and delivery effectiveness
• Assess project performance and identify deviations to keep delivery on track

ACTION FOLLOW-UP & RISK MANAGEMENT

• Drive the prioritization and resolution of project actions, ensuring clear ownership, accountability and timely execution
• Proactively identify, assess and manage project risks, issues and delivery blockers. Define appropriate mitigation plans
• Lead escalations and facilitate arbitration and decision-making on critical topics, whenever required

SOLUTION & BUSINESS VALUE

• Challenge proposed solutions to ensure they are fit for purpose, scalable and deliver business value
• Define and monitor value creation throughout the entire transformation lifecycle
• Drive solution delivery, during the execution phase of the project, ensuring alignment with the target vision and business requirements, while addressing key business challenges and delivering expected business value

REPORTING

• Ensure visibility on key deliverables, timelines, resources, dependencies and critical milestones
• With the support of your PMO, produce regular reports and presentations on project status and advancements, providing a consolidated view of the project from the Business & IT sides

CHANGE

• Engage and mobilize key stakeholders and Business leaders throughout the transformation journey
• Support change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of the target operating model, ensuring alignment across organizational structures, processes and solutions
• Monitor adoption and ensure sustainable implementation of transformation outcomes and expected business benefits

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams in a multi-stakeholder environment. Ability to foster a collaborative and positive working environment and to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels
• Ability to challenge established ways of working and drive transformation
• Excellent communication skills in both French and English, ability to convey ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong ability to navigate complex and evolving environments, manage competing priorities and high-pressure situations​
• Analytical mindset with the ability to quickly identify issues, risks and opportunities and drive appropriate actions​
• AI-driven mindset and interest in emerging technologies​
• Agile Methodology knowledge and experience working in Agile environments
• CMA CGM and Shipping Knowledge is a plus​. Knowledge and previous experiences in shipping would be appreciated

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !