Head of MPL IMEA

Maersk; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a Director for its Project Logistics team in Dubai. The ideal candidate will develop best practices in project management and oversee multiple interrelated projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.

As a leader, you’ll be responsible for managing a team, coaching them to drive performance while embracing an inclusive and diverse workplace culture. This role requires significant project management experience, particularly within the logistics sector.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management, particularly in logistics and transport.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage teams and develop talent.
• Ability to monitor and report on project status and financial information.

Responsibilities

• Develop project management best practices and templates.
• Monitor dependencies across multiple projects.
• Gather consolidated project status and financial information.

Job description

Project logistics is a specialized subset of the logistics industry that requires a fully integrated approach to the global orchestration of material flow order management and shipment execution from multiple origins to a defined site location including transportation of regular out of gauge cargo (OOG) and other sensitive cargo across various transport modes (Ocean Air and Land) with the objective to deliver in full complete on time and in the right sequence per the customers project plan and schedule.

At Maersk our Project Logistics product teams combine traditional freight forwarding and transport capabilities with the highly specialized skills and competencies needed for complex project planning transport engineering procurement and Health Safety Security Environment and Quality (HSSEQ) compliance. Our experts are skilled in project transport solution design special cargo transportation specialized transport asset management and project management services including detailed planning orchestration and sequencing of endtoend shipments from suppliers to often remote and austere destination sites.

Portfolio Program & Project Management includes roles focused on delivering organizational projects/programs.

Responsibilities

• Developing program/project management best practices/templates.
• Monitoring dependencies across multiple interrelated projects.
• Gathering and reporting consolidated project status and financial information to leadership.
• May serve as a central governing body to review/audit adherence to methodologies budgets and timing.
• May provide full staffing and management for the organization’s major projects/programs.

Management stream includes those who primarily lead people for whom they have employee lifecycle responsibilities including restructuring decisions coaching/mentoring coordination of tasks appraising performance pay reviews and developing for future assignments. The management responsibilities are in addition to job specific accountabilities for objectives such as setting direction and developing business & operational areas developing policies & practices and implementing business plans. The planning horizon can vary from short to long term dependent on the career stage and goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and/or indirect reports. Progression within this stream reflects acquisition of broad technical expertise business and industry knowledge and process and people leadership capabilities. A colleague at this level contributes to wider decision making including the development of practices processes and procedures. They have knowledge and understanding of the business their own functional area and interdependencies with other functions. They work independently within a broad framework with a clear level of authority and solves complex challenges based on accurate identification of underlying factors/causes. They have awareness of the potential impact a proposed solution might have outside their own immediate area and will work cross functional to mitigate as needed. Leaders at this level develop departmental plans based on the functional strategy and execute through a team of professionals. They develop team members by coaching and mentoring to drive performance and build talent pipelines.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race colour gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy or parental leave veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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Required Experience

Director