Global VP Trade Lane Strategy and Development

About the role

DP World is looking for a Global VP Trade Lane Strategy and Development to lead the development and execution of a globally aligned trade lane strategy that connects origin and destination markets. The role sets the strategic priorities, governance, performance framework and operating model needed to turn DP World's global network into sustainable volume growth, gross profit and better network economics, acting as a global integrator between Commercial and Operations.

Key responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global freight forwarding trade lane strategy, defining criteria for priority lanes and setting volume, gross profit, pipeline and conversion ambitions with Regions, Commercial, Finance, Procurement and Product
• Treat trade lanes as joint business plans between origin and destination regions, driving cross-regional growth
• Establish the global go-to-market framework, including customer, vertical, product, pricing, capacity and competitive strategies, and champion lead generation and opportunity sharing
• Bridge Commercial, Operations, Procurement and Product, translating demand into capacity and procurement requirements and supporting differentiated Air and Ocean propositions
• Own the global performance management framework, KPI dashboard and regular performance reviews, challenging underperforming regions and assigning corrective actions
• Own target setting and governance, aligning ambitions with regional plans and the annual budget, and governing the target library and approval hierarchy
• Govern trade lane investments, evaluate business cases and track their effectiveness
• Lead the global Trade Lane Management community, define its operating model, build the talent pipeline and set the management cadence

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, Economics or a related discipline; postgraduate/MBA advantageous
• 15+ years of progressively senior leadership experience in international freight forwarding, logistics or a closely related global network business
• Significant leadership experience in trade lane management, commercial, product and freight forwarding