Commercial Manager - Freight, Logistics or Maritime industry

Commercial Manager - Freight, Logistics or Maritime industry Ref: 5241 Location: Durban Salary: Market related commensurate with qualification and experience

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Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree (B-Degree) with a relevant postgraduate qualification
• Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in a commercial role
• Prior experience in the Freight, Logistics or Maritime industry will be advantageous
• Prior experience in the freight, logistics or maritime industry will be advantageous
• Able to travel and work extended hours where necessary
• Motivated and results orientated

Skills and competencies:

• Ability to structure and analyse information to produce meaningful reports
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Effective planning and organisational skills
• Critical thinking and problem solving ability
• Tender, bid and project management expertise
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Business analytics capability
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate across functions
• High stress tolerance and ability to work under pressure
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Professionalism and a strong work ethic

Expertise:

• Strong business knowledge and commercial acumen
• Stakeholder Relations Management

Key Performance Areas:

The role entails commercial engagements, as well as the consolidation of Transformation and ESG reports and the provision of support on risk and insurance matters:

• Assist the Commercial Director with strategic business development projects, as well as divisional strategic initiatives, when required
• Submit compelling proposals for business opportunities within the freight sector and related industries, with a clear understanding of the role of Head Office support
• Research and screen tenders and requests for proposals/information/quotations (RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, etc.), noting that business units typically take the lead on this function where required, by business units
• Final review and approval will be conducted by the Commercial Director and relevant stakeholders

ESG responsibilities - Support the Commercial Director in ESG related activities, including:

• Compiling, updating and managing ESG reporting templates and distributing them to business units.
• Collating and communicating information required for ESG submissions including updates, requirements, ethics line cases and scores
• Monitor submissions, as well as reviewing, verifying, and consolidating divisional ESG reports
• Maintain ESG clarification and adjustment schedules
• Prepare ESG Committee meeting packs and taking minutes during ESG Committee meetings

Transformation responsibilities - Support the Commercial Director in Transformation related activities, including:

• Compiling, updating and managing transformation reporting templates and distributing them to business units
• Monitoring submissions, as well as reviewing, balancing and consolidating divisional Transformation workbooks

IT and data privacy training:

• Assist with coordinating and managing training on the platform

Risk Committee: Support the Head of Legal and Risk with the Risk Committee by:

• Circulating meeting invitations and report reminders
• Monitoring submissions and consolidating divisional operational reports and risk register for inclusion in the Risk Committee meeting pack
• Taking minutes during Risk Committee meetings

Insurance risk surveys:

• Assist with the insurance risk survey process and monitor divisional feedback
• In conjunction with brokers' risk management consultants, prepare quarterly reports on the risk survey process for inclusion in the Risk Committee pack

Insurance portfolio renewal declarations:

• CAR and GPA: Prepare and distribute templates to business units, review and
• consolidate submissions, verify renewals and premiums and ensure timeous payment
• Marine liability and marine impact: Assist with annual premium allocation to business units and support declaration processes
• Insurance: Assist with declaration processes
• Distribute insurance confirmations to business units

Insurance claims management:

• Liaise with business units and insurance brokers (in coordination with the Head of Legal, depending on claim type and value)
• Arrange and attend quarterly meetings between business units and claims managers to review outstanding matters
• Assist with resolving complex or contentious claims
• Maintain and update claims statistics received from brokers and compile quarterly claims reports for the Risk Committee pack
• Monitor broker communications, assist with quarterly agendas and attend broker service meetings in support of the Head of Legal and Risk
• Attend and take minutes at cell meetings and support the Head of Legal and Risk with cell management responsibilities, including oversight of regulatory matters and claims reserves
• Tender and Bid management (mainly at Head Office and or as when required by the businesses)
• Insurance and risk support
• Transformation and ESG data consolidation
• Tender and bid management