Sultanbeyli•Posted: Jun 10•Deadline: Aug 17
DFDS is looking for Project Logistics Lead to join Global Forwarding team.
Be part of the movement – and play your part. In This Role, You Will
In This Role, You Will
As a Project Logistics Lead at DFDS, you will drive business growth by identifying and securing new opportunities within the
energy, infrastructure, industrial, and project cargo sectors. You will develop and manage customer relationships, design tailored
end-to-end logistics solutions across sea, road, intermodal, and specialized transport services, and lead commercial activities
including tender management, pricing, and contract negotiations to support the growth and profitability of DFDS' Project Logistics
business.
Key Responsibilities
* Drive new customer acquisition and business growth within the Project Logistics segment by actively developing and managing
customer portfolios, identifying new business opportunities, and leading customer engagement throughout the entire sales and
tender lifecycle. Identify and pursue opportunities in energy, renewable energy, construction, infrastructure, mining, and
industrial projects sectors.
* Develop tailored logistics solutions for heavy-lift, out-of-gauge (OOG), and project cargo transportation.
* Analyze customer requirements and collaborate with operational teams to design end-to-end logistics solutions.
* Manage tender and bidding processes, preparing competitive and profitable commercial proposals.
* Conduct commercial negotiations with customers and manage contract discussions and agreements.
* Achieve sales, revenue, profitability, and budget targets.
* Manage the sales pipeline, ensuring accurate forecasting and regular reporting.
* Collaborate with regional and global teams to develop and secure international project logistics opportunities.
* Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and industry developments to support growth strategies and business expansion
initiatives.
What We’re Looking For
* Bachelor’s degree in related fields
* Minimum 5 years of professional experience in the logistics industry, including proven experience in Project Logistics sales
and business development.
* Previous experience in sales, account management and logistics operations (road, sea, air, and rail freight)
* Good command of English (written and verbal)
* Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Excel
* Ability to coordinate with different departments and effectively manage cross-functional information flow
* Problem-solving mindset and customer-centric approach.
* Holder of a valid B class driver’s license, actively drives, and has no travel restrictions for field sales.
Working at DFDS
Join the movement and grow with us.
While you’re with us, we want you to develop. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities
in the workplace. We will also offer training courses that can support you in your role, if needed.
Are we a match? Then what are you waiting for? Apply Now.
If you think your personality, skills, experience, and desire match this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your CV
as soon as possible, as we’re keen to meet potential candidates on an ongoing basis.
We look forward to hearing from you.
•Posted: Jul 18•Deadline: Aug 17
Description Purpose: This addendum outlines essential, role‑specific responsibilities and expectations for a specialized position
within a designated Job Family. It serves to supplement the Core job description and may be used for employment advertising,
professional development and performance management purposes. Please refer to the Core Job Description document for core essential
functions, education and experience requirements, scope, work environment and qualification details. Functional Position Summary:
The EPMO Senior Director, Portfolio Manager is senior leadership role responsible for providing portfolio-level oversight across
large-scale enterprise and technology efforts, merger integration, and enterprise transformation initiatives. This role manages a
complex portfolio of high-visibility initiatives with significant capital spend, cross-functional dependencies, executive
sponsorship, regulatory considerations, and enterprise business impact. The role will partner closely with leaders across
Technology, Business, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, vendors, integration SMEs, and EPMO leadership to ensure
technology portfolio execution is aligned to enterprise strategy, capital investment priorities, business readiness, operational
impact, member experience, regulatory expectations, and merger milestones. This role is accountable for strengthening portfolio
management discipline, including capital spend prioritization, investment governance, portfolio health oversight,
resource/capacity alignment, dependency management, financial transparency, executive reporting, and escalation of key risks and
decisions. The role will help the organization mature from project-level execution to true portfolio management, ensuring work is
evaluated, sequenced, funded, and governed based on strategic value, risk, capacity, capital impact, and business outcomes. Role
Specific Essential Functions: Establish and maintain portfolio governance routines, including portfolio reviews, capital spend
reviews, investment health reviews, prioritization forums, dependency reviews, risk reviews, executive reporting, and escalation
routines. Provide portfolio-level oversight of initiative health, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies,
decisions, resource constraints, readiness indicators, and expected business outcomes. Provide executive-level reporting on
portfolio health, capital spend, delivery progress, investment risks, dependency status, critical decisions, and escalation items.
Manage a large, complex portfolios with significant capital spend, executive visibility, cross-functional dependencies, regulatory
considerations, vendor involvement, and enterprise business impact. Identify cross-functional dependency risks, sequencing gaps,
decision delays, ownership issues, funding constraints, vendor challenges, and resource conflicts that may impact portfolio
execution. Build and maintain trusted executive-level relationships with Technology, Business, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal,
Operations, and other senior stakeholders to align portfolio execution with enterprise priorities. Partner with executive sponsors
and senior leaders to support capital spend prioritization, investment tradeoff decisions, funding alignment, sequencing, and
prioritization of technology initiatives. Partner with Finance and Accounting to monitor and support capital planning and
investment governance by evaluating portfolio priorities, funding needs, resource constraints, technology dependencies, risk
exposure, regulatory needs, member impact, and business value. Lead and develop a team of project management professionals,
including performance management, coaching, resource planning, workload management, delivery quality, and adherence to EPMO
standards. Establish clear expectations for project management professionals related to delivery discipline, status reporting,
RAID management, financial tracking, dependency management, stakeholder engagement, governance compliance, and executive
communication. Partner with EPMO Operations to mature portfolio management standards, technology portfolio reporting routines,
intake/prioritization practices, capital planning discipline, governance frameworks, and executive dashboards. Support M&A
integration execution by ensuring decisions are made with appropriate consideration of conversion readiness, operational impact,
technology dependencies, financial exposure, regulatory evidence, and member experience. Drive portfolio rationalization and
merger-first prioritization by identifying work that should continue, pause, defer, accelerate, or be escalated based on strategic
value, merger dependency, regulatory need, capital impact, financial exposure, and resource capacity. Ensure technology workstream
plans are integrated with business readiness, operational cutover, member impact, change management, training, communications,
regulatory commitments, conversion readiness, and enterprise reporting. Role Specific Expectations and Qualifications: Bachelor’s
degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Information Systems, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
8+ years of relevant experience in enterprise and technology portfolio management, capital portfolio management, enterprise
transformation, merger integration, technology delivery, EPMO/PMO leadership, or large-scale cross-functional program execution.
6+ years of people leadership experience, including leading project managers, program managers, portfolio managers, business
analysts, or other delivery professionals. Demonstrated experience managing large portfolios with significant capital spend,
including capital prioritization, portfolio financial oversight, budget tracking, forecasting, variance analysis, investment
governance, funding decisions, and executive-level financial reporting. Demonstrated experience managing executive-level
relationships, including working directly with senior business leaders, technology executives, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal,
Operations, and enterprise sponsors. Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale M&A integration, merger readiness, technology
integration, conversion readiness, enterprise transformation, or complex implementation programs. Strong experience leading or
governing portfolios that include application delivery, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, integrations, vendor delivery,
testing, conversion readiness, business readiness, and operational cutover dependencies. Advanced understanding of portfolio
management practices, including intake, prioritization, capital spend prioritization, investment governance, portfolio health,
financial management, resource/capacity planning, dependency management, risk management, and executive reporting. Strong
financial acumen, including understanding of capital planning, operating expense impacts, project financials, business cases, cost
drivers, budget governance, accruals, benefits realization, and portfolio investment tradeoffs. Experience partnering with Finance
and Accounting teams to manage capital portfolios, project budgets, forecasts, actuals, variances, accruals, executive financial
reporting, and capital investment decisions. Experience working within or leading an EPMO, PMO, Transformation Office, Integration
Management Office, Technology Portfolio Office, or large-scale program governance function. Experience with project portfolio
management and reporting tools such as Clarity PPM, Planview, ServiceNow SPM, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Power BI,
Excel, Capital Edge, or similar platforms. Strong understanding of financial services, banking, credit unions, or highly regulated
environments, including the importance of auditability, control evidence, regulatory readiness, and disciplined governance.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, create structure, drive accountability, and influence senior stakeholders across business,
technology, finance, risk, compliance, legal, operations, vendors, and executive leadership. Strong executive presence and
communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technology portfolio, financial, risk, dependency, and delivery
information into clear executive insights, recommendations, and decisions. Strong people leadership skills, including coaching,
performance management, talent development, resource planning, workload balancing, and building high-performing project management
teams. Ability to identify portfolio-level risks, funding gaps, capital constraints, capacity constraints, dependency conflicts,
decision delays, and execution barriers, and escalate with clear recommendations. Ability to support portfolio rationalization by
evaluating work based on strategic alignment, financial impact, capital spend, merger criticality, regulatory need, delivery risk,
resource capacity, technology dependency, and business value. Experience building or maturing portfolio management capabilities,
including governance routines, portfolio reporting, financial management discipline, prioritization models, resource planning,
delivery standards, and executive dashboards. Strong attention to detail, business judgment, ownership of outcomes, and ability to
operate effectively in high-visibility, time-sensitive environments. Location: Full Time Remote, but employee MUST reside in one
of the following states: Alaska| Arizona | California | Colorado | Florida |Georgia | Idaho | Massachusetts | Minnesota |North
Carolina |Nevada | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Texas | Utah | Washington Target Compensation Range: $184,000K - $220,500 annually +
annual bonus Target Compensation Range (CA only) : $202,400 - $242,550 annually + annual bonus Benefits options include:
Traditional medical, dental, and vision coverage Generous 401K matching Paid Time Off (PTO): You'll accrue up to 15 vacation days
in your first year. In addition, you'll receive 40-hours of sick time, and three personal days, which will refresh annually 11
paid federal holidays Special employee pricing on lending products such as mortgage, auto, and personal loans (eligibility for
special employee pricing is subject to standard account requirements and underwriting criteria) What makes First Tech different?
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