Area Portfolio Manager at Maersk Line

Key responsibilities

• Translate Region strategies into Area roadmap
• Drive area investment plans and own the IP memos.
• Understand competitive landscape and business implications; anlyze product competitiveness
• Drive the budgeting process for all products together with respective product managers.
• Drive and implement initiatives across the Area.
• Support & Collaborate with Area Business plan that aligns with Global strategy & Regional priority.
•  Ensure key data on the East African Market is maintained and analyzed
• Ensure strategic decisions are backed with data
• Data analytics of existing and emerging customer trends and cargo flows.
• Cross product initiatives & collaboration.
• Project Management: i.e., workstreams leadership & follow up, ensure collaboration across L&S Products.
• Drive area Growth initiatives.
• Overall Product Performance Management, PnL protecti Support/TBC:
• Network development (CEN Network team).
  • Investment (Area team, FBP).
  • Data analytics - product performance (dashboard).

Key Metrics

Shared

• Delivering on the product volume and financial targets
• Ensuring the area direction is aligned with the region
• Drafting and managing the Area Business Plan

Individual

• Delivering on the investment plan
• Data maintenance, analysis and use in strategic planning
• Drafting investment proposals and other strategic memos

Accountable For

• Area Business Plan
• Delivering in agreed investment plans
• OPR / QBR preparing and ensuring there is a clear narrative on area direction
• Quarterly budgeting process
• Alignment on area direction with key regional stakeholders
• Product strategies
• Vertical strategies
• Investment plans

Key Interdepencies

Internal stakeholders

• Area L&S Product Team
• Area Delivery, CX & Sales teams
• Region Portfolio team
• Other Area Portfolio Manager
• Regional and centre investment team

Organzational

Direct supervisor

• Area Product manager
• Region Portfolio Manager (dotted line)

Direct reports

• Area Project Manager

Critical Competencies

• Master’s in business administration
• Experience in one of the top 4 consulting firms is preferred
• Experience with writing memos and reports of a strategic nature
• Results driven, strategic and analytical thinker
• Self starter and able to work with tight deadlines
•  Strong aptitude with numbers