Commercial Director responsible for building corporate commercial function at HGT. Leading contract negotiations and revenue management for terminal operations in a global context.
Responsibilities
Build the Corporate Commercial Management Function: Design the commercial operating model: define roles, decision rights, governance, and interfaces between corporate, regions, and terminals.
Develop and execute alignment in long term global commercial management strategy.
Pricing and Revenue Management: Drive revenue optimization initiatives, notably: Tariff modernization and surcharge frameworks. Contract re-pricing and renewal discipline. Productization of services (e.g., priority berthing, reefer services, storage, gate operations, rail/barge transfers, etc.).
Support M&A and Growth Projects: Support commercial due diligence, synergy valuations, and integration of pricing governance.
Customer Relationship Management (Entity-Led, Corporate-Supported): Oversee and support customer acquisition, relationship management, and development. Deliver commercial performance management: Develop and implement global performance management, monitoring important commercial indicators including net revenue, yield, margin, retention, win rate, pipeline health, and pricing compliance.
Requirements
15+ years of commercial experience in maritime/terminal operations sector, with demonstrated progression to senior leadership roles
Deep understanding of container terminal economics, pricing structures, and revenue management principles
Strong analytical and commercial judgment: advanced capability in pricing, yield, and customer profitability analytics—able to translate data into clear actions on tariffs, surcharge frameworks, contract repricing, and renewal strategy
Revenue management expertise in complex service environments: comfortable optimizing multi-product, capacity-constrained services (e.g., berth/yard utilization impacts, service levels, ancillary revenue streams) with disciplined governance and price controls
Commercial due diligence and value creation (M&A): able to independently assess commercial attractiveness, synergies, and risks; build credible synergy cases and integrate pricing governance post-deal
Performance management and dashboarding: highly proficient in building KPI frameworks and dashboards (yield, margin, retention, win-rate, pipeline health, pricing compliance), defining data requirements, and driving a management cadence from insights
Influence without authority / stakeholder alignment: strong ability to align regional and terminal leadership—balancing corporate governance with local ownership
Customer-facing credibility at senior levels: capable of engaging C-suite counterparts to open doors and support acquisition, while enabling entity teams to manage day-to-day relationships and delivery
Structured communication: clear, concise communicator who can turn complex commercial topics into decision-ready recommendations for executives and boards.
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits package
High-impact leadership role in a dynamic, global, and collaborative organization
Opportunity to shape commercial capabilities for a fast-growing terminal operator
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