Site Manager: Midrand

APM Terminals; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking an experienced operations leader in South Africa (Midrand) to drive profit and loss for the site, manage existing and new customers, and implement the Contract Logistics strategy. The role emphasizes cost optimization, asset utilization, and growth through effective tendering and business development.

You will lead a cross-functional team, develop people, and ensure HSSE compliance while expanding the site footprint in line with corporate governance and customer needs.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years experience in supply chain roles
• Experience with Contract Logistics and warehouse design
• People development and mentoring
• Strong customer-facing and collaboration in a matrix organization

Responsibilities

• Profit and Loss: P&L responsible for all site
• New and existing customer management
• Site performance (cost / utilization)
• Continuous improvement and optimization of assets
• Investment proposals and follow-up on the same
• Product: Execution of Contract Logistics strategy for site in alignment with Cluster Manager
• Business development aligned with strategy
• Develop new customers by liaising with area sales
• Site implementation
• Growth targets
• Tender handling support to area Contract Logistics
• Expand business footprint while ensuring profitable growth
• Customization and localization of the products within the framework
• Operational Excellence
• Manage the operations of the location
• HSSE and compliance adherence
• Manage sub-contractors needs and used at this location for Contract Logistics services
• Drive compliance & regulatory adherence
• Sites operating basis security / IT standards
• Lease administration
• Contract management
• Drive adherence to governance framework
• People
• Facilitate the execution training linked to products, solutions and clients
• All people and safety aspects
• Having the best place to work and taking care for our clients

Skills

Supply chain

Freight forwarding

Warehousing

P&L management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer management

Tools

WMS

Job description

Would you like to be part of a value driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? We are seeking a dynamic leader with solid knowledge and experience in freight forwarding / warehousing.

WHAT WE OFFER

When you join Maersk, you’ll find that the world is your workplace. You’ll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together. Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job – irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Profit and Loss: P&L responsible for all site
• New and existing customer management
• Site performance (cost / utilization)
• Continuous improvement and optimization of assets
• Investment proposals and follow-up on the same
• Product: Execution of Contract Logistics strategy for site in alignment with Cluster Manager
• Business development aligned with strategy
• Develop new customers by leasing with area sales
• Site implementation
• Growth targets
• Product mix
• Tender handling support to area Contract Logistics
• Expand business footprint while ensuring profitable growth
• Customization and localization of the products within the framework
• Operational Excellence
• Manage the operations of the location
• HSSE and compliance adherence
• Manage sub-contractors needs and used at this location for Contract Logistics services
• Drive compliance & regulatory adherence
• Sites operating basis security / IT standards
• Lease administration
• Contract management
• Drive adherence to governance framework
• People
• Facilitate the execution training linked to products, solutions and clients
• All people and safety aspects
• Having the best place to work and taking care for our clients

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Someone with:

• Minimum 5-7 years relevant experience with proven knowledge in supply chain (freight forwarding, warehousing)
• Extensive operational knowledge of Contract Logistics, and warehouse management systems
• Knowledge of intricate design of the warehouse system
• People and talent development experience
• Collaboration and influencing skills
• Understanding of local cultures
• Local market knowledge
• Financial acumen – ability to read, interpret and act on P&L
• Self-directed / entrepreneurial
• Team player
• Stakeholder management & collaboration in a matrix
• Strong dealing with customers
• #LI-LS2

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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A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.