VIE - Procurement Generalist Professional Region - Abu Dhabi
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About the Role
CMA CGM seeks a Procurement Generalist to support regional procurement governance, performance analysis, and strategic initiatives in Abu Dhabi. The role involves preparing executive presentations, analyzing data, managing projects, and coordinating with regional and global stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare executive presentations, summary notes, strategic analyses, and decision support materials
- Contribute to monthly activity reviews, quarterly strategic reviews, and annual planning cycles
- Translate strategic priorities into structured action plans with clear deadlines and responsibilities
- Participate in governance exchanges and strategic reviews with regional and global stakeholders
- Monitor strategic initiatives and measure their progress
- Identify risks, delays, blockages, or deviations in project execution
- Track decisions, commitments, and action plans from governance bodies
- Coordinate reporting needs between regional teams and headquarters
- Analyze spend, supplier performance, operational indicators, and cost drivers
- Develop analytical models to identify optimization and value creation opportunities
- Design and maintain dashboards, reports, and performance tracking tools
- Conduct cost analysis, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) studies, and benchmarking
Requirements
- Master's degree in procurement, supply chain, finance, business, strategy, engineering, or equivalent
- 2 5 years of experience in procurement, strategy, consulting, data analysis, operations, maritime transport, logistics, port activities, or related fields
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Professional proficiency in English
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in an international environment
- Knowledge of Power BI, data visualization, automation, or AI is a plus
- Knowledge of maritime transport, logistics, terminals, procurement, or supply chain is a plus
- Exposure to financial analysis, commercial contracts, or operational performance management is appreciated
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Company Overview
- CMA CGM Group is a global leader in maritime transport and logistics, serving over 420 ports worldwide.
- The Group employs 155,000 people across 160 countries, with headquarters in Marseille.
Role Overview
- Based in the Abu Dhabi Regional Office (ADRO), covering the IMEA region.
- Support the regional Procurement organization in governance, performance analysis, strategic initiatives, and cross functional coordination.
A. Strategic Support & Management Assistance
- Prepare executive presentations, summary notes, strategic analyses, and decision support materials.
- Contribute to monthly activity reviews, quarterly strategic reviews, and annual planning cycles.
- Translate strategic priorities into structured action plans with clear deadlines and responsibilities.
- Participate in governance exchanges and strategic reviews with regional and global stakeholders.
- Support department communications with various interlocutors.
B. Governance & Project Management
- Monitor strategic initiatives and measure their progress.
- Identify risks, delays, blockages, or deviations in project execution.
- Track decisions, commitments, and action plans from governance bodies.
- Coordinate reporting needs between regional teams and headquarters.
- Participate in transformation and performance improvement projects for Procurement.
C. Data Analysis & Performance Management
- Analyze spend, supplier performance, operational indicators, and cost drivers.
- Develop analytical models to identify optimization and value creation opportunities.
- Design and maintain dashboards, reports, and performance tracking tools.
- Conduct cost analysis, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) studies, and benchmarking.
- Formulate data driven recommendations to support decision making.
D. Market Intelligence & Economic Watch
- Conduct market studies and sector analyses to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Monitor the maritime transport, logistics, terminals, and supply chain sectors.
- Consolidate market information and produce high value analyses.
- Contribute to Procurement strategy development using a data driven approach.
E. Procurement Support & Cross functional Activities
- Support Procurement projects through financial, operational, and commercial analyses.
- Participate in monitoring contractual performance and supplier commitments.
- Contribute to tracking service level indicators (SLAs).
- Participate in budget and forecasting exercises related to Procurement activities.
- Collaborate on cross functional projects involving Procurement, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Commercial teams.
F. Stakeholder Coordination & Regional Exposure
- Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders from various functions and geographies.
- Facilitate alignment between operational, commercial, and Procurement priorities.
- Participate in solving complex issues through effective stakeholder coordination.
- Develop strong relationships with Regional Office teams, Headquarters, and external partners.
Qualifications
- Master's degree in procurement, supply chain, finance, business, strategy, engineering, or equivalent.
- 2 5 years of experience in procurement, strategy, consulting, data analysis, operations, maritime transport, logistics, port activities, or related fields.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of Power BI, data visualization, automation, or AI is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in an international and dynamic environment.
- Comfortable analyzing and exploiting large volumes of data.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Knowledge of maritime transport, logistics, terminals, procurement, or supply chain is a plus.
Eligibility
- Candidates must be aged 18 to 28 and of European nationality to be eligible for this VIE assignment.
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