Trade Manager, Transpacific

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 also 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 130,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Summary

The Trade Manager will be tasked to manage a team for pricing and customer contracting related matters for the assigned trade team as well as other supporting functions such as customer advisory on behalf of the Transpacific trade team, monitoring of regulatory filing issues and other Trade initiatives.

We are looking for a proactive and analytical individual who is process orientated with strong communication skills. Join CMA CGM today and embark on a journey with endless opportunities

**Main Responsibilities**:
Contract (40%)

Co-ordinate and manage all contract updates with contract management team

Provide guidance to the agency and Transpacific team on contract filing process and troubleshooting matters, including regulatory matters

Update and maintain listing for all contracts managed under the Transpacific Trade team

Guide Asia Regional Office trade team on contracting process and follow up on outstanding contract issues

Update agencies on the latest rates as well as contracting and pricing plan

Pricing (40%)

Manage a team on all pricing related matters (e.g. spot pricing, tariff filings, etc)

Review and advise on spot rate guidelines

Drive continuous improvement in pricing process

Participate in any pricing related projects (e.g. digital pricing transformation, etc)

Ad-hoc (20%)

Prepare customer advisory on behalf of the Transpacific Trade team (e.g. Network changes, etc)

Negotiate with sales on customer approach

Reviewing of feeder network supporting Transpacific Trade team

Assist in various Trade initiatives and data analysis

**Minimum Requirements**:
Bachelor’s Degree preferably from Business / Economics / Mathematics / Engineering

Minimum 5 years working experience, preferably from shipping / logistics with trade management and pricing experience

Proficient in MS Office, MS Excel (Vlookup and Pivot Table)

Strong communication skills and good teamwork

**This role is open for Singaporeans only

We will only consider applicants who have received, or are willing to receive by the date of recruitment, the full regimen of a WHO EUL vaccine (examples include Pfizer-BioNTech/COMIRNATY, Moderna, Sinovac-CoronaVac, and AstraZeneca). Proof of vaccination will be required.

**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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