Commercial Director

Job description / Role

Commercial Director - Ports / Container Terminal - Egypt

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, energetic and dynamic Commercial Director with a strong sales and marketing background to work for a leading international Port operations company within their operations in Egypt.

The successful Commercial Director will be responsible for developing and driving the business forward in Egypt.

Responsibilities will include:
- Sales and Business Development activities
- Managing the sales and marketing cycle
- Establishing and developing positive working relationships with current clients and potential new customers
- Expand the company operations
- Increase bulk and general cargo levels
- Marketing activities including market analysis
- Be involved in product development
- Working closely with Senior Management in the company
- Dealing with C-Level executives
- A strong background within containerised logistics (Shipping, Freight Forwarding etc.) is a must
- Previous sales, business development and marketing experience is a necessity
- A good understanding of the Egyptian market is a must
- Must be fluent in both English and Arabic

Package:
- Competitive

Requirements

- A strong background within container-ed logistics (Shipping, Freight Forwarding etc.) is a must
- Previous sales, business development and marketing experience is a necessity
- A good understanding of the Egyptian market is a must
- Must be fluent in both English and Arabic

About the Company

Millar Cameron has over 15 years resource solutions experience, serving both the international and domestic recruitment market.

Our clients know they can rely on us to put forward only the most suitable candidates, we believe our requirement to placement ratio is second to none. We are renowned for our speed of response, in most instances being able to provide a ‘same day’ service from receipt of the brief to submission of relevant CV’s.

Our belief is that ‘prevention is better than intervention’ and strive hard to ensure we get the right person for the job. Our commitment doesn’t stop when a placement is agreed; we follow through with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied. Such is our success rate that in an average year less than 3% of our candidates have to be replaced—a figure that is all the more significant when one considers the extremely challenging environments that many of our placements are in.