Business Development 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.

Role Overview

As Business Development Specialist, you will support the Line Management team in reviewing overall operational and business performance. Your role includes coordinating trade operations activities such as vessel costing optimization, ad-hoc vessel deployment, and preparing trade-related reports. Based on your analysis, you will provide actionable insights and recommendations to enhance service efficiency and improve overall trade performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor closely with operation team and cargo flow team for any operational issues and to provide suggestions to minimize operational costing
• Liaise regularly with commercial team and cargo flow team to understand market situation & CMA weekly utilization performance so to adjust the vessel deployment plan best matching the market environments
• Compute & monitor vessel operational cost for existing sailings or any potential new deployment
• New service proforma design / existing service revamp to cater any new business needs with minimizing cost exposure
• Person in charge for operational costing for ad-hoc P&L study, financial result forecasting and budgeting and provide insight to line management for costing improvement
• Analyse and suggest any vessel schedule recovery plan(s) and phase in-out rotation plan(s)
• Monitor and track competitor activities to spot and analyze trends for supply and demand in order to ensure the strategy is aligned with market activities

What We’re Looking For

• Preferably with 3 years of working experience in the shipping industry
• Degree in Maritime Studies / Supply Chain or equivalent
• Experience in Planning function will be advantageous

Why Join CMA CGM?

• Be part of a global leader in shipping and logistics with ambitious growth plans.
• Work in a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive environment.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and regional exposure.

**This role is opened for local employment only.

**Salary package (local) & job title shall 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)

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