# COO Africa Sub Regional Office Job CMA CGM Nairobi, Kenya

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Company: CMA CGM Nairobi, Kenya

Category: Administration & Office Support

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-10

Expires: 2026-09-24

## Job Description

- Reporting to the Regional Operations Director Africa and with a functional reporting to Group Operations Direction (‘DirOps’), you are responsible for overseeing port operations for the scope of countries under your Sub-Region Office’s influence.

- Based in Nairobi, Kenya, your position leads you to perform regular on-site missions, auditing operations teams in Agencies and Terminals where Group vessels are operated, to seek process improvement, business development, OPEX control and growth opportunities.

### Key Responsibilities

- Perform regular on-site missions, auditing Terminals and Agencies operations and proposing action plans for Lines and Agencies to improve local Operations efficiency.

- Monitor and report process gaps, implement new processes where necessary.

- Monitor and report evolution of main Operations KPI’s, following DirOps guidelines.

- Monitor Local OPEX evolution and cost reduction plans, in coordination with Regional Cost Control.

- Control SLA terms application, in coordination with HO Procurement and Regional Cost Control.

- Collaborate with Africa Lines teams in delivering contingency plans when necessary.

- Collaborate with local agents and Africa lines teams for identifying new business opportunities.

- Collaborate with different stakeholders (terminal operators, local authorities, local agent,…) to ensure Group interest are well served and protected. 

- Collaborate with HO Equipment Control and Regional Logistics team to fluidify empty evacuations.

- Collaborate with HO Intermodal and local CCIS entities to optimize Group assets footprint.

- Support Group tools’ deployment and training within Agency Operations teams, in coordination with Ops Unification team.

- Develop the Operations Community within your scope of Agencies, under DirOps guidance.

- Collaborate with Regional HR for identifying and promoting the High Potential talent within the Operations community.

Qualifications & Experience

- Senior Ship Manager / Line Operations Manager / Port Operations Manager

- Minimum 3 years in Line Operations or Agency Port Operations

- Strong communicational skills, ability to synthesize topics

- Able to represent Group interests around Port Authorities and local decision-makers

- Able to lead working groups and exchange knowledge with local teams

- Previous experience in Agency or Terminal a strong plus

- Previous experience in Procurement a plus

- Team Player and team Leader

- Fluent in both French and English a must

- Merchant Marine Officer a plus  

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