Central Africa Cluster -Cluster Commercial Officer at Damco Central Africa Cluster

Posted on Fri 12th Jul, 2013 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

Damco is one of the world’s leading third party logistics providers specializing in customized freight forwarding and supply chain solutions. The company has 10,800 employees in over 300 offices across 90 countries and representation in a further 30 countries. In 2011, the company had a net turnover of USD 2.8 billion, managed more than 2.5 million TEU of ocean freight and supply chain management volumes and air freighted more than 110,000 tones.

Damco Central Africa Cluster is looking for an experienced and commercially savvy colleague to take the position of Cluster Commercial Officer to spearhead our expansion in the countries covered by Central Africa. The job entails as well direct ownership of all the Commercial activities in which the Cluster CCO is based, i.e. Lagos, Nigeria. The job will be an exciting opportunity to innovate & drive a sound commercial strategy and management of same to achieve success in a combination of developed and emerging markets. Strong emphasis is put on emerging Supply Chain Management opportunities and the candidate should have experience from selling and implementing SCM.

The Cluster CCO reports to the cluster Director in Douala, Cameroon and to the country manager for Nigeria related matters and will be a part of the cluster leadership team

We are recruiting for the for the position of:

Job Title: Central Africa Cluster -Cluster Commercial Officer

Ref.: DC-026603
Location: Lagos

We Offer
An impacful role in the growth based strategy for the cluster with a pipeline that covers a full range of logistics services and the package to match your experience. We also offer an attractive incentive scheme. The job entails a strong contribution to the leadership role in the cluster with good opportunities to develop leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities

To drive and implement the regional commercial strategy as well as take active part in the regional commercial management team
To lead the cluster commercial strategy partly cascaded from region
To drive sales excellence in the cluster
To achieve the growth targets as per Operating Plans
To lead Nigeria sales team
Be funtionally responsible for sales management of the sales force within the Cluster (dotted line)
Be directly responsible for owning a portfolio of top customers within the cluster to drive growth strategically
To drive our ambitious OCE and Tradelane growth in the cluster through a hands-on approach to achieve set targets in collabation with partner cluster CCOs
To drive business development initiatives in the cluster
To assist the Cluster Director in successful implementation of projects and setting up a new offices across the cluster
To ensure high quality weekly follow-up and monthly management reporting including management of the Clustr sales pipeline
To drive customer intimacy within the cluster
To be part ofthe cluster management team with involvement in cluster strategy, HR and change management

Requirements
Who we are looking for

Experience from selling and implementing Supply Chain Management
Sound Knowledge and understanding of the shipping and Freight Forwarding industry
Strong leadership skills and staff management experience
Sound sales background and structured sales approach
Africa experience or market knowledge is a plus
Ability to lead a team in a structured manner within the strategic goals of the company (setting up and execution)
Ambitious and self-starter with good interpersonal skills
Result oriented while being a role model and living our company values
French language would be a plus

Key Performance Indicators

Overall regional sales target
Cluster sales target
Cluster CM1 net growth

Application Closing Date

31st July, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Sorry, this listing is no longer open.

Share this job:

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Massive Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment for 2026 F.C.T Area Council Elections

Federal Government of Nigeria Nationwide Engineering Mentorship Programme (Graduate Engineers & Skilled Artisans) - 11 Positions

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Massive Job Recruitment (29 Positions)

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Massive Graduate and Exp. Academic and Non-academic Job Recruitment (286 Positions)

University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Job Recruitment (34 Positions)

Erisco Foods Limited Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Massive Job Recruitment (29 Positions)

David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) Massive Academic and Non-academic Job Recruitment (129 Positions)

University of Uyo (UNIUYO) Massive Graduate and Exp. Academic and Non-Academic Job Recruitment (49 Positions)

University of Ibadan (UI) Massive Academic and Non-academic Job Recruitment (372 Positions)

Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO) Massive Academic and Non-academic Job Recruitment (384 Positions)

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Basic Military Training Course 46 / 2025 (Airmen and Airwomen) - 38 Positions

Access Bank Plc Entry Level Training Program 2025

Ecobank Nigeria Entry Level Development Programme (ELDP) 2025

Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 38 Job Recruitment (45 Positions)

Comments (0)

Post a Comment

Name: *
Email: *
Comment: *