VIE Special Desk Sales Specialist - Abu Dhabi

American President Lines; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 78,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM Group's Abu Dhabi Regional Office seeks a VIE Sales Expert to lead business development for Value Added Services and cross-sell with CEVA across the Middle East region. You will work with General Managers and Commercial Directors on local strategy, sales pipelines and annual targets.

You will train sales teams, coordinate with Product Managers, and provide regular performance updates to Head of VAS Sales. English fluency and presentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree (5–6 years) in Business/Marketing with sales experience preferred.
• Fluent English and strong MS Office skills with excellent presentation abilities.
• Experience or strong interest in shipping is a plus.
• Autonomy and ability to collaborate with HO, RO and subsidiaries.
• Good social and interpersonal skills for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Drive Value Added Services (VAS) commercial development with agencies in the region.
• Coordinate VAS with HO strategy, pricing and priorities, and set annual agency targets.
• Train and support local VAS sales teams and share best practices.
• Collaborate with CEVA cross-sell efforts and monitor performance with regular reports.
• Engage Product Managers to develop proposals and provide market feedback.

Skills

English fluency

MS Office

Presentation skills

Autonomy

Interpersonal skills

Education

Postgraduate degree in Business/Marketing

Tools

MS Office

Job description

VIE Special Desk Sales Specialist - Abu Dhabi

Req ID: 585717 Posting Start Date: 06/07/2026 Abu Dhabi, ARE CMA CGM VIE

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050. Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

YOUR ROLE

Part of the Abu Dhabi Regional Office Commercial Team and reporting to the VAS and Cross-sell Manager, you are in charge of business development for CMA CGM Value Added Services and Cross-sell with CEVA for the region, covering the Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, Indian Ocean Islands.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

As a VIE Sales Expert in the Abu Dhabi Regional Office, you will be responsible for :

Value Added Services Commercial development

• Commercial development of our Value Added Services in the agencies in their respective regions and scope, by working with the General Managers/Commercial Directors on local commercial strategy, sales pipelines and achievement of agreed annual targets.
• Ensure local commercial strategy is in line with HO overall strategy, pricing and priorities agreed with Head of VAS sales.
• Define and implement action plan per country and set annual targets for each agency.
• Ensure that local sales teams are informed of the commercial strategy, their objectives and share with them any best practices & updates.
• Monitor performance of each agency with local VAS sales teams, ensuring objectives are achieved, and provide monthly updates to Head of VAS Sales.
• Coordinate the training, support and animation of the VAS Champions and sales teams in the region, and ensure they have the right knowledge and tools to sell our VAS products and services
• Ensure that VAS is promoted actively during any exhibitions / events organised locally.
• Identify opportunities/leads with the VAS Sales teams and coordinate closely with Product Managers to develop proposals to customers (e.g Serenity, Traxens, Network).
• Participate directly in the commercial effort, and support sales during customer visits and calls when needed.
• Coordinate with Product Lab & Product Managers to bring back feedback from the Sales network, to help improve existing products/processes and develop new ideas.
• Provide feedback to HO of local market conditions and benchmarking of similar services provided by competition

Coordination of the cooperation with CEVA

• Ensure CEVA products and services internal promotion and target setting to Sales
• Creation and follow-up of Leads
• Monitor performance of cross sell and produce regular reportings
• Create new cross sell initiatives

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

• In accordance with the provisions of Article L122-1 of the French National Service Code, only candidates aged between 18 and 28 who are European nationals will be eligible for this VIE assignment.
• You have a postgraduate degree (5/6 years) in Business/Marketing and ideally have previous experiences in Sales.
• You speak English fluently and have a good command of Office. You also have very good presentation skills.
• A first experience or strong interest for the Shipping industry would be an asset.You are autonomous, you will be working closely with different departments in HO, RO and the subsidiaries.
• Good social and inter personal skills will also allow you to fully succeed in this mission.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !