Chief Economist

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 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

The Chief Economist will report and works closely with the Chief of Staff to ensure that the strategic vision and corporate goals set by the management are successfully implemented and achieved

**Position Summary**:
The Chief Economist will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to provide insightful socio-economic and political reviews, market studies and analysis to guide and help achieving CMA CGM Group’s strategic positioning in Asia Pacific.

The Chief Economist’s responsibility is to provide with outstanding intellectual leadership and knowledge related to all aspects of global and domestic socio-economic and political topics, key market segments’ changes and maritime shipping and logistics’ industry trends.

He/she will provide with economic and market insight by developing research papers, in-depth trend analysis, and relevant forecasting models to effectively give recommendations and outlook on short, medium, and long-term trends affecting the business.

The Chief Economist will also be responsible for developing strong internal and external relationships with various key stakeholders including departments’ leaders, suppliers, customers along with industry’s economic advisors and/or academic experts.

On occasion, the Chief Economist will contribute to the decision-making process involved in major development and investment opportunities by advising and providing economic and market outlook to the senior executive team.

**This position will be responsible to**:
Lead cutting-edge economic and market intellectual expertise

Builds, manages and scales proper economic and market research and analysis center of expertise for CMA CGM Group in Asia Pacific.
Researches, analyzes, and designs economic and market papers on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly) to provide the executive team with best knowledge on leading-edge economic and market events that may affect the business.
Acts as the voice of the economy and the market internally by giving regular status updates to the teams through different communication channels including, but not limited to, meetings, webinars, speeches, reports, and newsletters.
Writes ad-hoc analytical papers and articles on key topics of interest for the business.

Provide insightful analysis and recommendations to predict future trends

Collects, analyzes, and uses all relevant internal and external data available including, but not limited to, production performance data, relevant economic and market newspapers, industry’s specialized information providers as well financial, political, and socio-economic information and studies providers.
Drives, analyzes, and adjusts statistical forecasting models upon market conditions to drive economic and market outlook resulting in better company’s results.
Challenges and provides recommendations on macro-economic, political, and financial trends as well as industry’s specific indicators including market demand, market capacity, rate levels as well as customer and supplier’s performance changes.

Develop state-of-the-art economic and market knowledge base and reputation

Coordinates, collaborates, and facilitates data collections and preliminary results with the various business teams.
Ensures all key stakeholders within the organization get added value from the various economical and market papers and studies provided.
Develops and maintains strong relationships internally with the Senior Leadership Team but also with external key stakeholders such as shipping and logistics industry professionals, academic researchers, news or data providers and other notable persons working in the economic field.
Contributes to major decision making in development projects or investment opportunities working closely with the Senior Leadership Team by providing them with relevant and analytical studies and recommendations.

**Skill Sets / Education & Experience Requirements**:
Master’s in Economics is required,

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