DHL Global ForwardingRole Profile Organizational Background Information Role Title Head Of Ocean Freight Business Unit DHL Global Forwarding Ireland (DGF) Location Cedar Drive, Dublin Airport Logistics Park, St. Margarets, Scope of Role Develop and implement business strategy, aligning with the commercial team to meet growth targets and manage key customer relationships.
Build and maintain a pipeline of High Value customer target accounts, targeting a number of personal customer targets.
Implement country-level ocean freight procurement and capacity management strategies, providing commercially viable solutions to enhance market position and financial growth.
Oversee team governance, roles, responsibilities, and resource development.
Drive ocean freight performance to meet financial and operational targets, ensuring customer service and productivity standards.
Develop relationships with key Network Management.
Develop and coach ocean freight team for maximum productivity and efficiency.
Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and automate operational tasks, ensuring alignment with IT/Business Process functions.
Reports to Managing Director Dotted Reporting line Sub regional Head of Ocean Freight Direct Line Reports 5 x direct reports Days & Hours of Work Mon-Fri 09.00 17.30, or such hours as are deemed necessary to fulfill the requirements of the role m Accountabilities Key Accountabilities Product: Develop and implement the Ocean Freight strategy, translating requirements, ensuring realization, and monitoring progress.
Oversee FCL and LCL capacity management at country level, ensuring adherence to global rates.
Set, communicate, and monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvement in capacity management.
Build and maintain strong relationships with service providers.
Manage Ocean Freight P&L, focusing on budget targets, profitability, and cost control.
Escalate carrier performance issues to local and regional teams as required Direct country-level pricing activities and supervise new product implementation.
Collaborate with regional and cluster leaders to align Ocean Freight operations with broader strategies.
Align with and support commercial team with solution design, customer visits and manage cross-department communication to meet targets.
Work with Finance to ensure financial performance meets budgetary requirements.
Liaise with regional teams for support in achieving country and regional objectives.
Manage and approve risk processes in line with regional and global guidelines.
Set and monitor growth strategies to meet budgetary targets for Ocean products.
Ensure compliance with DGF guidelines on forecasting, capacity management, and global contracts.
Manage local procurement needs and oversee spot quotes and consolidation opportunities.
Act as the country escalation point for pricing and procurement issues.
Operations: Oversee all in-country Ocean Freight activities, ensuring KPI achievement and improvement.
Ensure completion of pre and post month-end procedures to minimize financial impact on country P&L and embed new business activities within opera Skills: Director Ocean Freight Sea Freight
