Chief Executive Officer at APM Terminals - Badagry

APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world. You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace.

APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group – a Global Fortune 500 company with over 120,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and retail sectors - Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals!

APM Terminals is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer - Badagry, Nigeria

Ref.: AT-056545
Location: Badagry, Lagos

Key Responsibilities

• Manages and guides the port construction and implementation plans and activities in line with set time and budget.
• Negotiates the concessions and interacts frequently with port tenants to share & implement best practices.
• Represents the organization with major customers, shareholders, the financial community, Governmental regulatory authorities, and is the face of the local business in the eyes of the public.
• Define, develop & execute visions & strategies for Badagry Port, including business planning and budgeting.
• Manage the daily business according to the agreed operating principles of the business and relationships with all stakeholders and customers.
• Determining appropriate staffing levels, & managing recruitment, competencies, training, education & career planning, as per legal & company requirements.
• Establishing business priorities to meet the customer requirements while driving continuous improvement in productivity & cost management.
• Select, negotiate & enter into binding agreements with authorities, suppliers & customers & be accountable for execution & maintenance of service levels as agreed.
• Drive, develop & deploy best practices within all port departments, including safety & environmental management, while deploying APM Terminals Global tools, processes and procedures.
• Reinforce APM Terminals culture, values & reputation and ensure compliance with APM Terminals policies.
• Align financial procedures with Regional Finance norms & standards.
• Risk Management:
  • Identify significant risks in operations, commercial, finance, strategy & compliance areas
  • Assess the identified risks on an ongoing basis & identify trigger events and have strategies to deal with & manage the identified risks
  • Ensure that the APM Terminals risk policy is implemented & followed by all levels within the company.
• This position establishes longer term business strategy for the port based on the overall company vision & strategy in alignment with the partners in the conglomerate.
• Meets regularly with other management staff to ensure that operations are being executed in accordance with the organization’s policies.
• The position will drive subordinated positions to efforts of continuous improvements in order to increase productivity or to better manage costs & operational overheads.
• As the incumbent has to constantly manage divergent needs between various functions & is responsible for the delivery of the port business plans, the position will exercise a multi-dimensional role encompassing all areas of the business.

Requirement
Who we are looking for

• A proven track record and managerial experience in larger commercial operations. Requires experience in an international assignment at an operational, marketing or general management level.
• Experience in major constructions of infrastructures assets and developing commercial activities while knowledge of marine port operations, shipping and logistics industry is seen as an advantage.
• Candidates have excellent stakeholders management skills and a proven track record in building up and maintaining good relationships within the shipping industry, the local communities, and the government.
• Candidates should have as a minimum a college degree from an accredited international university. Advanced degree in management, such as an MBA, is highly desirable.
• Candidates need good knowledge and experience in marketing/sales in the business sector.
• Requires extensive managerial and leadership knowledge, applying best practices to all sections of the business, and an in-depth knowledge of corporate and project financing.
• Must be able to demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills and is able to exercise sound business judgment in order to set direction and establish priorities.
• Requires excellent managerial skills, including planning, organizing, and directing work and a collaborative work style, fostering cooperation and teamwork.
• Candidates must have advanced verbal and written communications skills in English, in addition to effective interpersonal and negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Must be able to exercise discretion and good judgment, with an ability to understand the effect of decisions overall in the company.
• Must be able to handle company information with confidentiality and discretion possessing high ethical standards.
• Africa experience is seen as a major advantage.

Application Closing Date:
15th October, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
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