About this role
Key Responsibilities
- Develop import business from Rest of Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur, Salem and surrounding clusters).
- Identify and onboard importers, traders, manufacturers, and commodity buyers and influence routing to Cochin.
- Coordinate with overseas suppliers/exporters and align them with local buyers.
- Promote coastal shipping for diversion of East–West coast cargo currently moving by road/rail.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with shipping lines, feeders, freight forwarders, and logistics players at a regional level.
- Provide commercial and logistics solutions across containerized and commodity cargo segments.
- Track market intelligence, competitor activity, and support tariff/scheme inputs.
- Act as the primary commercial interface for customers in the assigned market.
Candidate Profile
- 5–7 years total experience, with 2–3 years handling imports in Rest of Tamil Nadu.
- Experience in ports, terminals, shipping lines, freight forwarding, or logistics is mandatory.
- Strong understanding of import supply chains, port operations, and hinterland cargo movement.
- Proven ability to develop new business, convert cargo, and manage key customers independently.
- Fluent in English and Tamil; working knowledge of Hindi required.
- Willing to travel extensively as per business requirement; based in Coimbatore.
Other facts
About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 119,000 employees from 164 nationalities, spanning 83 countries on six continents and 560+ business units, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.
We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE
What you'll do
- The Assistant Manager will develop import business from Tamil Nadu and coordinate with overseas suppliers and local buyers. They will also promote coastal shipping and maintain relationships with logistics players.
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