VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

COUNTRY MANAGER – BANGLADESH

Damco is the new, combined brand of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group’s logistics activities. Damco offers a broad range of supply chain management and freight forwarding services to customers all over the world, and has 10,500 colleagues in 272 offices, covering over 93 countries in Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America.
Damco has the dynamism and entrepreneur spirit, while still benefiting from the solidity and organizational power which comes from being part of a very solid group with strong traditions.

At Damco, we embrace diversity and recruit the best person for the job- regardless of gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation or religious belief. 

Reporting to Damco IBS area CEO, you will have overall strategic, organizational and financial responsibility for the Damco Bangladesh Country Operations.

The Damco Bangladesh Country Manager offers a fantastic learning opportunity and growth potential. Bangladesh is a truly emerging country with large scope for growth and offers a winning combination with its business friendly environment and skilled, industrious workforce. English is widely spoken, making communication easy. With its population of 160 million and a  consistent economic growth that fuels a strong and growing domestic demand,  Bangladesh is also one of the ‘focus’ countries in the emerging markets within Damco as well as the APMM group.

• Holds direct P&L responsibility for all Damco business activities in Bangladesh
• Accountable to manage, develop and expand the Damco business, providing direction and leadership to ensure profitable growth with satisfactory cash flow
• Establish operations that deliver industry leading service standards that facilitate market leadership in target sectors
• Optimize the utilization of business assets and human resources in accordance with the Damco business strategy and local business environment
• Collaborate effectively with all relevant internal and external parties for the best interests of the DAMCO organization and the APMM group as a whole
• Develop personal relationships with key strategic clients to ensure business retention and growth and to act as a focal point for client escalations if necessary
• Enable and facilitate the provision of services that meet or exceed customer expectations
• Provide leadership and management of the Damco team in Bangladesh  driving strategy execution and product management whilst ensuring high employee morale and motivation
• Work with area and regional stakeholders to agree business targets, discuss performance and understand local market dynamics
• Represent and promote Damco with all necessary local trade associations, government and regulatory bodies
• Lead the annual business planning and budgeting processes to develop aggressive but realistic plans that support the agreed strategies and targets
• Ensure that appropriate operational, commercial and financial KPI’s are employed across the business to provide timely and effective reporting to support day-to-day management of the business
• Actively champion and promote improvements in the organization
• Drive strategic investments in the area to support the continued growth, profitability and sustainability of the business
• Ensure the financial well-being of the company from a legal, statutory and APMM group perspective
• Ensure all area and regional policies and procedures are effectively implemented and adhered to
• Ensure key opportunities are appropriately resourced and positioned with clients for closure.
• Portray a positive culture within the Damco Office which promotes continuous improvement, incorporating the APM Values
• Work with Area Human Resources on talent management and succession planning initiatives
• Focus your efforts on tasks that will ultimately result in improvements to performance in the key priority areas of: Profitability, Employee engagement, Customer satisfaction, Growth, Productivity, DSO and Operational Excellence
• Support and reflect company commitment to quality accreditation, environmental consciousness and a safe work environment.
• Implement KPI’s to monitor productivity in a World Class Forwarding Environment.
• Conduct customer visits as required. Achieve agreed target score in all key priorities. Live and promote our Values to all staff
• Performs other position related duties as specified by management

Experience

• Minimum 15 years Industry experience in international freight forwarding.
• Experience in a commercial and/or operational role (preferably both)

Technical Skills and Competencies required

• Commercially astute with excellent business acumen
• Works on own initiative and sets the organizational agenda
• Facilitation and coaching skills
• Customer-facing and interaction skills with high-level of customer orientation
• Strong communication skills – spoken and written
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills in leading and managing teams
• Analytical, organizational and motivational skills
• People management skills – ability to attract and retain talent in the organization
• Tenacious – not easily deterred when obstacles or delays are encountered
• Committed to excellence – constantly striving for best-in-class
• The ability to influence, drive and implement strategy within a world class organization
• Effective prioritization of business imperatives to maximize success
• Sound negotiation and influencing skills
• Understands key business financial reports and drivers
• Understands international forwarding and domestic Damco business drivers
• Knowledge of Bangladesh business and local freight forwarding market preferred
• Ability to make contacts within the South Asia/Bangladesh   business and regulatory community
• Network/contacts within the international forwarding industry
• Passion for Customers and Customer Intimacy.

External Link:

https://jobsearch.maersk.com/jobposting/index.html?id=DC-163025