Business Development Manager - Project Logistics

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a seasoned professional to lead project logistics for special cargo in Saudi Arabia. You will collaborate with operations to ensure feasible, cost-efficient projects while building a strong vendor pool and client pipeline.

The role emphasizes end-to-end involvement from procurement to site deployment, with a focus on regulatory compliance and mobilization logistics across Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. A minimum of 5+ years in the field is required.

Qualifications

• End-to-end project logistics experience including special cargo
• Experience selling break-bulk, air freight charters, tankers
• Regulatory compliance and permitting for specialized shipments
• Minimum 5+ years of experience
• Site mobilization/demobilization and commissioning logistics is a plus

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operations to ensure project feasibility and cost efficiency
• Develop vendor relationships/pool to improve costing and operational excellence
• Develop and execute business development strategies for project logistics and build a client pipeline
• Identify and pursue new clients in energy, infrastructure, heavy engineering, oil & gas industries

Skills

Project logistics

Vendor management

Business development

Client acquisition

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Job Description

• Collaborate with operations to ensure project feasibility and cost efficiency.
• Develop vendor relationships/pool to ensure better costing and operational excellence.
• Develop and execute business development strategies for project logistics/special cargo. Building a pipeline for project logistics.
• Identify and pursue new clients in industries such as energy, infrastructure, heavy engineering, Oil & gas.

Requirements/Experience

• Experience managing end-to-end project logistics for special cargo (over-dimensional or heavy lift for example) from procurement to site installation.
• Expertise in selling break-bulk, air freight charters, tankers.
• Expertise in regulatory compliance and permitting for specialized shipments.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience.
• Site mobilization/demobilization and commissioning logistics (staging areas, load-in/load-out sequencing, on-site storage, reverse logistics for decommissioning) is a plus.
• Location is flexible between Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam.

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