Key Account Officer (1 year contract)

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.

Summary
In this role, you will be reporting to the Key Account Manager. You will act as a liaison between the customers, sales and various cross-functional departments on operational issues and providing accurate and timely support to the Key Account Manager and Department Head for a portfolio of customers.

We are looking for someone with good interpersonal and communication skills with good analytical mindset.

Your main responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide support to Key Account Manager in implementing regional strategy and cooperate with all departments to ensure optimal customer service and meet the assigned KPIs, to help grow the sales and profitability of assigned Key Accounts
• Follow up promptly on new business deal, contract fulfilment, forecast and budget.
• Conduct analysis and generate business reports as and when required.
• Assist with processing tender, price quotes and rate negotiations to assigned Key Accounts
• Promote group services such as VAS, X- sell activities to assigned Global Accounts
• Actively participate in team discussion and contribute suggestion for improvement – process improvement, timeline, operation, turnaround time
• Contribute to dispute resolution with trade management team and back-offices.
• Handle off tender request such as quotation to review and liaise with respective trades.

 
To perform well in this role, you should possess good problem-solving mindset with ability to adhere to tight schedules and high degree of initiative and adaptability working in fast paced environment.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least Diploma from a recognized education institution
• 1 – 2 years of related field experience in shipping or logistic industry
• Advance proficiency with MS office suite i.e. powerpoint and excel, particularly with vlookup and pivot table

**This role is opened for local employment only.

**Salary package (local) & job title shall be commensurate with experience.
**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

** By applying for this role, you hereby consent to the CMA CGM Group collecting, processing and using any personal information you submit, for the following purposes: 
(i)    To process the application for the role being applied for; 
(ii)    To process the application for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you; 
(iii)    To conduct necessary reference checks; and 
(iv)    Any other purpose related to one or more of the above.
You further consent to the CMA CGM Group retaining such personal information for a period of two years following your submission thereof, so that we may consider you for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you in the event that you are not selected for this role. 

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:  Please note that CMA CGM Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, CMA CGM Group will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, CMA CGM Group explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of CMA CGM Group.

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