Area Portfolio Manager

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 76,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.

At Maersk, we strive to enable you to become your best version of yourself by helping you realize your potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment.

At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job – irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

We offer you exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity-focused and award-winning talent development initiatives.

Energizing and pioneering, this is also an environment that keeps you motivated. You’ll be joining a values-led, genuinely diverse, and talented team that is passionate about being there for employees, and for each other. We strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and our customers.

We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees. Our talent policies are recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.

We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job. We’re proud of that and we see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Key responsibilities

TranslateRegionstrategiesintoArearoadmap

Drive area investment plans and own the IP memos.

Understand competitive landscape and business implications; anlyze product competitiveness

Drive the budgeting process for all products together with respective product managers.

Drive and implement initiatives across theArea.

Support&CollaboratewithAreaBusinessplan that alignswithGlobalstrategy&Regional priority.

 Ensure key data on the East African Market is maintained and analyzed

Ensure strategic decisions are backed with data

Data analytics of existing and emerging customer trends and cargo flows.

Cross product initiatives & collaboration.

Project Management: i.e.,workstreams leadership & follow up,ensure collaboration across L&S Products.

Drive area Growth initiatives.

Overall Product Performance Management, PnL protecti Support/TBC:

Networkdevelopment (CENNetworkteam).

oInvestment (Area team, FBP).

oData analytics - product performance (dashboard).

Key Metrics

Shared

Delivering on the product volume and financial targets Ensuring the area direction is aligned with the region Drafting and managing the Area Business Plan

Individual

Delivering on the investment plan Data maintenance, analysis and use in strategic planning Drafting investment proposals and other strategic memos

Accountable For

Area Business Plan Delivering in agreed investment plans OPR / QBR preparing and ensuring there is a clear narrative on area direction Quarterly budgeting process Alignment on area direction with key regional stakeholders Product strategies Vertical strategies Investment plans

Key Interdepencies

Internal stakeholders

·AreaL&SProduct Team

·AreaDelivery,CX&Salesteams

·RegionPortfolioteam

·OtherArea Portfolio Manager

·Regional and centre investment team

Organzational

Directsupervisor

-AreaProductmanager

-Region Portfolio Manager (dotted line)

Direct reports

-Area Project Manager

Critical Competencies

Master’s in business administration Experience in one of the top 4 consulting firms is preferred Experience with writing memos and reports of a strategic nature Results driven, strategic and analytical thinker Self starter and able to work with tight deadlines  Strong aptitude with numbers