Commercial Assistant (UAE National only)
Svitzer
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
Svitzer Middle East is recruiting for an enthusiastic and passionate Commercial Assistant to join our regional office in Dubai. If you are a UAE National, are a strong collaborator with an appetite to expand your areas of expertise, here is a great opportunity to develop your career.
Svitzer is a global leader in towage services, aiding our customers in safely and efficiently manoeuvring their large vessels in and out of ports worldwide. The way we do business is governed by our values: Constant Care, Humbleness, Uprightness, Our Employees, Our Name.
Founded in 1833, Svitzer builds on almost 200 years of experience, and our powerful tugboats and experts in towage work tirelessly to keep goods flowing, businesses thriving, and communities connected. Today, Svitzer is a leading global port and terminal infrastructure provider, serving approximately 2,000 customers in 143 ports and 40 terminals across 37 countries through a fleet of 446 vessels.
What You Can Look Forward To
The Commercial Assistant’s primary responsibility is supporting the efforts of our AMEA regional commercial function to secure meaningful and sustainable growth projects. This position will also be expected to assist the global commercial function on an ad-hoc basis.
This position offers various career learning and development opportunities, and you will:
What You Will Do
In this role, you will specifically:
To be successful in this role, you:
In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!
How To Apply
To apply for this role, please click on the 'Apply Now' button and create a Candidate Home to manage your applications.
Svitzer is a global leader in towage services, aiding our customers in safely and efficiently manoeuvring their large vessels in and out of ports worldwide. The way we do business is governed by our values: Constant Care, Humbleness, Uprightness, Our Employees, Our Name.
Founded in 1833, Svitzer builds on almost 200 years of experience, and our powerful tugboats and experts in towage work tirelessly to keep goods flowing, businesses thriving, and communities connected. Today, Svitzer is a leading global port and terminal infrastructure provider, serving approximately 2,000 customers in 143 ports and 40 terminals across 37 countries through a fleet of 446 vessels.
What You Can Look Forward To
The Commercial Assistant’s primary responsibility is supporting the efforts of our AMEA regional commercial function to secure meaningful and sustainable growth projects. This position will also be expected to assist the global commercial function on an ad-hoc basis.
This position offers various career learning and development opportunities, and you will:
- Gain experience in executing business capture methodology by performing detailed customer research and data collection
- Acquire in-depth understanding of emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and Asia (AMEA Region)
- Work alongside our Regional Chief Commercial Officer and commercial team in the frontline by providing support for projects and initiatives across Africa, the Middle East and Asia
- Play an active part in delivering on a strong growth agenda and deliver tailored solutions in a variety of geographies and to many different customers
What You Will Do
In this role, you will specifically:
- Assist with tender document production
- Develop proposals and quotes
- Help with developing customer value propositions and market research
- Support the capture of market intelligence and project-relevant data, including project pipeline, competitors and client overviews
- Support relationships with clients and commercial stakeholders
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal stakeholders
To be successful in this role, you:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or a related field
- Have 1-3 years of working experience in a professional context
- Are a natural collaborator with the ability to build and develop strong business relationships with colleagues from all functions
- Hold the appetite for expanding areas of expertise and enjoy facing new tasks and challenges
- Have a high personal drive, high level of integrity, are structured, result oriented and proactive
- Are fluent in English, both written and verbal
- Are highly competent in MS Office, Microsoft Co-pilot and ChatGPT
- This is an Emiratized role, it is open for UAE Nationals (with passport and family book) only
- Traveling is not required for this role
In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!
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