Director, Equipment Stock Management at CMA CGM in NORFOLK, Virginia

Job Description:

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 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.


Position Summary

Under the general supervision of the Sr. Director and Vice President of Equipment, this position is responsible for management of dry container and equipment assets (stock management) within the United States.



Functions & Duties

Description
• Manages the Regional Equipment team in Norfolk, VA in all matters pertaining to empty stock management and container utilization.
• Establishes and implements on-going communication between CMA CGM vendors as well as with all the Special Equipment Team, M&R, and logistics personnel within the CMA CGM organization to consistently improve our operations. Reports our monthly performance in our KPI's
• Responsible to oversee and monitor all equipment within the region and direct required actions to ensure that customer needs are met or exceeded.
• Coordinates closely with Equipment counterparts to ensure proper empty inventories are maintained at terminals, depots, rail facilities and shipper pools while reducing idling inventories. Responsible for empty repositioning and stock feed in alignment with Head Office instructions.
• Establish and implement processes and policies to ensure empty containers move in the most cost-effective and timely manner possible while providing adequate equipment to support the business.
• Coordinates closely with M+R dept to ensure that damaged units are repositioned in accordance with service and cost strategies in a timely manner.
• Develop and implement cost savings initiatives and cost controls for Equipment Stock Management vertical.
• Responsible to identify new opportunities and strategies that would reduce our asset costs without negatively impacting our service levels



Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Communication skills: this position requires excellent oral and written communication skills, as there would be a great deal of coordination and communications of directives and strategies both to internal as well as external contacts.
• Organization / planning: this position requires excellent organization and planning skills.
• Requires good skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word. In addition, requires extensive use of web-based technologies for data.



Qualifications


Education
Required/Preferred Education Level Description
Required High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Bachelor's Degree


Work Experience
Experience Years of Experience Description
General Experience 5-10 years At least 5 years experience in container management and 3 years experience in a managerial position in logistics, asset management, or container terminal management.
Industry Experience 5-10 years


Come along on CMA CGM's adventure! CMA CGM (America) LLC is committed to equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected classification.



Nearest Major Market: Hampton Roads