Head of Cost & Revenue Control, APAC

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 the Head of Cost and Revenue Control, you will lead the APAC cost and revenue control agenda and serve as a strategic finance business partner to regional leadership, agencies, Operations, GBS, and Head Office. You will protect margins, improve cost and revenue accuracy, and enable better business decisions through performance management, operational insight, and transformation initiatives.

You will turn financial analysis into clear, actionable recommendations; challenge cost performance; and support commercial and operational improvement initiatives. The role requires strong leadership, commercial acumen, stakeholder management, analytical rigor, and the ability to drive collaboration and execution across Regional Office, agencies, GBS, and Head Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the regional Efficiency and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) team, building a high-performing and business-oriented function.
• Partner with Regional Management, agencies, GBS, and Head Office to strengthen cost control, operational discipline, and margin performance.
• Define regional cost-control priorities, risks, and improvement objectives aligned with business targets.
• Monitor cost performance across regional sites, agencies, and GBS; provide insights, recommendations, and follow-up actions.
• Ensure consistent implementation of Group cost-control SOPs, guidelines, systems, tools, and reporting standards.
• Drive margin-improvement, efficiency, and optimization initiatives from analysis through implementation, ensuring measurable and sustainable results.
• Ensure accuracy of operational tariffs, databases, dashboards, carrier OPEX, local revenue, and related performance reporting.
• Identify cost deviations, risks, and opportunities; lead corrective actions and mitigation plans with relevant stakeholders.
• Provide senior management with clear analysis and recommendations to support fact-based decisions.
• Conduct regional site and shared-service-center visits, maintain action follow-up, and escalate key issues where needed.

What We're Looking For

• 5–8 years’ experience in the shipping industry, including at least 3 years in Operations and/or Finance.
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence Finance, Operations, agencies, GBS, and Head Office stakeholders.
• Strong analytical ability to interpret complex data, identify key business drivers, and provide clear recommendations.
• Proven problem-solving and execution skills, with the ability to drive solutions through to completion.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to prioritize work, manage performance, and deliver accurate, high-quality results on 
• Adaptable, dependable, and able to manage changing priorities or unexpected issues.
• Strong planning, organization, professional judgment, integrity, and ethics
• Demonstrated leadership experience in motivating and developing diverse regional teams.
• Willingness to travel regularly across the region to support local teams and improvement initiatives.

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 open for local employment only

**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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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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