IT Transformation Lead Senior Manager

CMA CGM; France; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CEVA Logistics is seeking an IT Transformation Lead Senior Manager to drive the group’s IT and business transformation. You will align roadmaps with CMA CGM’s synergy Activation plan, lead AI-driven initiatives, and standardize processes across the organization.

This role demands seniority in IT transformation and cross-functional leadership. You will collaborate with stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, Legal and IT, and oversee ERP/ITSM/tool implementations, ensuring measurable value and

Qualifications

• As a bachelor or master educated IT leader, you will bring 10–15 years of IT transformation, synergy activation, or M&A integration experience.
• You should have deep knowledge of ITSM tools, ERP systems, and AI/automation capabilities.
• Strong change management and stakeholder alignment skills are essential.
• Experience in logistics, shipping, or supply chain is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a comprehensive IT transformation roadmap aligned with strategic plans.
• Coordinate synergy activation, contract consolidation, and tool standardization.
• Lead AI augmentation strategy and driving adoption across the group.
• Manage stakeholders across IT and business units to ensure value delivery.
• Oversee tool implementation (ERP, ITSM, contract management) to support transformation.
• Collaborate with synergy and innovation teams on group-wide initiatives.
• Drive delivery optimization with Agile/DevOps and process automation.
• Lead change management initiatives for new processes and structures.
• Support M&A integrations including AMS takeovers and standardization efforts.

Skills

IT transformation

Synergy activation

M&A integration

ITSM tools

ERP systems

AI/automation

Contract management

Agile/DevOps

Change management

Leadership

Communication

Multicultural teamwork

English

French

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in IT, Business Administration, or related fields

Tools

ServiceNow

BMC

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Courbevoie_FRA, Marseille, FRA

• Location: Marseille or Paris, France.

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IT Transformation Lead Senior Manager

Req ID: 591791 Posting Start Date: 30/09/2026 Courbevoie_FRA, Marseille, FRA CEVALogistics Information Technology Permanent contract Full Time

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

At CEVA Logistics, weRise inMotion. Your career is always on the move,growingas fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team ofnearly 200nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job.It’s a journey on which you rise.

Mission Overview:

As the IT Transformation Lead Senior Manager within the Group Corporate Applications Department, you will drive CEVA’s IT and business transformation in alignment with CMA CGM’s global synergy activation plan. Your mission is to establish and execute a transformation roadmap that leverages synergies, AI augmentation, and process standardization to optimize costs and enhance efficiency.
You will work closely with IT and business stakeholders to ensure that transformation initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives and provide measurable value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Transformation Roadmap Establishment: Develop and maintain a comprehensive IT transformation roadmap for the group, aligned with CMA CGM’s synergy activation plan.
• Synergy Integration: Ensure group’s IT transformation initiatives are fully aligned with the group’s synergy plan, including contract consolidation, tool standardization, and CoE transitions.
• AI Augmentation Strategy: Lead the strategy for augmenting teams and delivery with AI, including identifying use cases, piloting solutions, and scaling adoption across the group.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with IT and business stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Procurement, Legal) to ensure alignment and adoption of transformation initiatives.
• Tool Implementation Projects: Lead the implementation of necessary tools (e.g., ERP, ITSM, contract management) to support group’s transformation.
• Synchronization with Synergy & Innovation Teams: Collaborate with the Group Synergy Activation and Innovation teams to ensure group’s transformation initiatives are cohesive with group-wide efforts, including M&A integrations and AMS takeovers.
• Delivery Optimization: Improve the efficiency and scalability of IT delivery by implementing Agile/DevOps methodologies and automating workflows.
• Change Managemen: Lead change management initiatives to support the adoption of new processes, tools, and organizational structures.
• M&A Integration Support: Support the onboarding and integration of newly acquired entities into group’s IT landscape, including AMS takeovers and tool/process standardization.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor or Master degree in IT, Business Administration, or related fields.
• Experience: 10–15 years in IT transformation, synergy activation, or M&A integration, preferably in logistics, shipping, or supply chain industries.
• Technical Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, BMC).
  • Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
  • Familiarity with AI/automation tools.
  • Understanding of contract management and procurement processes.
  • Experience with Agile/DevOps methodologies.
• Soft Skills:
  • Change management and stakeholder alignment.
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
  • Project management (Agile, Waterfall).
  • Leadership and team motivation.
  • Communication and collaboration across multicultural teams.
• Languages:
  • Fluent in English (mandatory).
  • Fluent in French (mandatory).
• Industry Knowledge:
  • Deep understanding of logistics, shipping, or supply chain industries.
  • Experience with M&A integrations is a strong plus.

Work Environment:

• Location: Marseille or Paris, France.
• Travel: Occasional travel may be required for stakeholder meetings, M&A integrations, or training sessions (up to 20%).
• Team: Dynamic, multicultural environment with a focus on innovation, efficiency, and collaboration.
• Reporting Line: Reports to the Group Corporate Applications Lead.

As a global organization, and as part of the CMA CGM Group, diversity is critical to our business success; only when we can reflect the cultures, languages, behaviors and local knowledge of our customers, we can succeed. By employing people with different experiences and abilities, we expand our knowledge and increase our creativity and innovation.

Information at a Glance

Rise in motion with CMA CGM Group: where ambition meets opportunity.

Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging newpaths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world.

The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and thechance to make a meaningful impact. Thisis more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise.