Head of Global Aid & Relief Vacancy at Damco

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Head of Global Aid & Relief - Damco, Cape Town, South Africa
Job Ref:50005

Area of Responsibility

This is a new position within Damco with responsibility for spearheading our entry into the Aid & Relief sector. To be successful, the applicant will need extensive commercial and operational experience gained from working for a logistics provider to various Aid & Relief agencies. Damco has 275 offices in 100 countries around the world with more than 10,500 employees, and is particularly well represented in Aid & Relief recipient countries. This is a global position based in Cape Town, South Africa, and reports into the Africa Regional CCO.

Key Responsibilities
· Set and drive global strategy for Damco to develop in this sector
· Create value proposition for Damco
· Lead the dedicated Aid & Relief team
· Secure globally contracted Aid & Relief business
· Provide all necessary support to assist local countries in securing Aid & Relief business
· Run air and sea chartering operations and contracting as necessary
· Provide market intelligence / leads for Aid & Relief business
· Raise Damco’s profile amongst Aid & Relief agencies

Key Relationships
· Aid & Relief Agencies
· Damco business development and sales managers worldwide
· Damco Aid & Relief client managers worldwide
· 3rd party suppliers

Key Measures and Targets
· Globally contracted gross profit
· Overall gross profit growth in the sector
· Sales material and value proposition
· Damco’s profile in sector

Functional Capabilities / Experience
· At least 5 years business development, operations and project management experience working as a (sub-contracted) logistics provider to the Aid & Relief industry
· Sea and Air chartering expertise
· Project cargo experience
· Leadership experience
· Strategy development experience
· Experience working in Africa or other developing economies
· Managing 3rd party sub-contractors delivering freight forwarding and warehousing services

Personal Characteristics
· Commercial / Customer focused
· Autonomous and persistent
· Relationship builder; able to work via others
· Innovative and enterprising

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Andy

Some say he’s half man half fish, others say he’s more of a seventy/thirty split. Either way he’s a fishy bastard.

1 comment:

  1. Nice work !!this is Commercial & Customer focused based project .it,s able to Relationship builder work via others.
    Global Aid
    Trust is a UK-based independent charity whose primary aim is to promote education amongst the underprivileged. it,s a registered company which is guarantee by company house.They try to improve education programs and skills building projects .

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