Global Category Buyer Specialist

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.

THE ROLE :

Your main role will be:

• Initiation, organization and management of industrial projects related to the production of renewable energy.
• Negotiation of long-term offtake contracts of renewable energies with suppliers. 

As part of its energy transition roadmap, CMA CGM is investing and securing long term offtakes of renewable energy. This includes in particular biofuels, biomethane, biomethanol, hydrogen and e-fuels.
Within the framework of its projects, CMA CGM is looking for a business developer who preferably already has experience in these areas, to participate in their management. The candidate will be sourcing renewable energies projects, initiating and prioritizing a pipeline of projects with suppliers, following the progress of the various industrial projects and negotiating long term offtake contracts, in charge of managing CMA CGM's commitments.
   

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

• Development of the portfolio of renewable energy suppliers;
• Development of the portfolio of industrial projects related to the production of renewable energy;
• Negotiating long term offtake contracts with counterparties;
• Supplier relationship management;
• Coordination with all internal and external stakeholders and participation in the various studies required for the completion of these projects;
• Monitoring and collection of information and studies, market intelligence and watch on renewable energies applicable to shipping;
• Case studies, benchmarking and viability calculations for the use of new energies. 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

• Engineer with experience in business development 
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• International culture
• Strong negotiation and organizational skills
• Very good communication skills and ability to work with all levels of interlocutors
• Ability to manage complexity in a demanding environment
• Excellent level of English
• Contacts and teamwork skills

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !