Inventory and Equipment Professional - Africa Regional Office

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.

YOUR ROLE

As Regional Logistics Coordinator, you play a key role in ensuring the right equipment is available in the right place, at the right time, and at the lowest possible cost. Acting as the link between depots, terminals, agencies, and central teams, you oversee stock levels, container flows, and regional performance. You drive operational efficiency by coordinating repositioning, monitoring service levels and costs, and supporting agencies with training and guidance. Beyond daily operations, you proactively contribute to process improvements, cost savings, and strategic projects, while keeping a global view of the business and supporting the regional network with problem-solving and operational expertise.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

You monitor daily the stocks (depot allocation strategy) and idles (all iso types) on terminals and Depots to ensure stocks are sufficient (for export bookings or mty backload) at the right time at lowest costs
You monitor Regional performances (Monitor Regional Equipment Tracking Performance and Tracking Quality)
You coordinate and monitor regional container sales, on hire and off hire as per Head Office LOG strategy
You provide training and documentation to agencies
You monitor recovery and logistics fees performances
You monitor Logistics savings and CIP in view of OPEX committees and as per budget
You monitor depot service levels (determination of SLA, audits, market intelligence)
You ensure Exports forecasts in the Region are accurate and coordinate with Regional Office Sales team
You coordinate with the Maintenance & Repair department
You strive in the complete package of tasks, pro-active to keep the costs low
You manage projects on the instructions of your manager
You can see the bigger picture, think out of the box
You can work together with a big network of depots, terminals and transportation company’s
You are able to perform tasks quickly and with operational sensitivity
You position yourself as support to ILS teams in the Region and able to help them in a problem-solving way
You support the network operationally on daily tasks if necessary
You report to your manager on a daily basis and you are constantly looking for improvement of our department

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

Graduated with a Masters in Business, Logistics, you have gained a first experience in shipping, logistics, intermodal and / or transportation field.
You are fluent in French and English and are used to work in an international environment.
You have a good knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, IT tools.
Your interpersonal skills, good communication skills and your qualities of self-reliance, organization and coordination are key assets to carry out the tasks of this position.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !