Job description

The role supports DP World’s container business planning and development by contributing to the creation and updating of business plans aligned with commercial and sales strategies, identifying emerging opportunities through industry research, feasibility assessments, and financial evaluations of new initiatives, and participating in trade promotion activities with local and international trade bodies. Responsibilities include enhancing reporting structures and dashboards across DP World systems, preparing monthly and periodic analytical reports on variations, trends, risks, and opportunities, and developing forecasting and budgeting models for commercial decision-making. The role conducts market and economic research focused on market size, cargo trends, commodity movements, and competitive benchmarking of regional ports and terminals, while monitoring macroeconomic, industrial, and geopolitical developments impacting port performance. The position also supports pricing and tariff analysis, including contract pricing, tariff revisions, profitability modelling, cost-benefit assessments, and competitor benchmarking. Data responsibilities include gathering data from various internal and external sources, maintaining accurate consolidated datasets, and developing dashboards and visualizations using BI tools such as SAS and Power BI. Additional responsibilities include supporting system and process improvement efforts, collaborating with IT, guiding users on data and visualization standards, supporting information system enhancements, delivering RFI/RFP analysis and tender evaluation support, managing project plans for business tenders, maintaining structured databases on service deployments, port performance, tariffs, throughput, and liner volumes, providing quarterly updates to authorities such as Dubai Statistics Center, and supporting the market intelligence function through data repositories, presentations, and dashboards for leadership.