IT Workplace Delivery Manager

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Summary

Reporting to the IT Workplace Services APAC Lead (based in Singapore), the IT Workplace Delivery Manager is a single contributor role based in Kuala Lumpur.

As the IT Workplace Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the management, evolution and support of end-user computing environment. The role focuses on ensuring that end-users have reliable, secure, and user-friendly computing environment to support their daily work activities.

The key deliverables include providing technical oversight and management of vendor services, formulation of common technology roadmaps, transformation and budget, relating to IT Workplace services for the group.

You will also be involved in defining and setting the strategy, policy, standards and procedures for end user technology, implementing and maintaining services in line with these standards and SOPs, to ensure the smooth planning and delivery for all projects and the good coordination skill. In addition, you are expected to have good project management and problem-solving skills.

An excellent communicator, you are comfortable with engaging with senior stakeholders, meticulous, driving innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness through the effective use of technology within the organization.

The ideal candidate will have a solid technical background and a broad understanding of End User Computing/Desktop environment technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and propose transformational changes and identify technology trends, such as AI and areas for improvement including identifying inefficiencies
• Plan and execute end user technology roadmaps, including device refresh cycles, OS updates/upgrades/migrations
• Involved in the development and enforcement of policies, standards, and best practices for the environment and management, including security, compliance & configuration management
• Monitor external IT service providers, ensuring adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and initiating corrective actions for deviations
• Liaise with 3rd-party vendors and suppliers to ensure timely resolutions of issues, service requests and project related activities
• Evaluate vendor performance and contract or service agreement review as needed.
• Partner with other business units to identify and rectify, recommend and implement solutions related to workplace technologies

Oversee a broad spectrum of Workplace services ranging from but not limited to:

• End Point Services (M365, Intune, Software Distribution, Patch Management, Image Management, End-Point Protection and other End-User Computing technologies)
• Video Conferencing Services (MS Teams)
• Print Services
• Mailing & Identity Services

• Serve as the SME of Microsoft 365 products to oversee and optimize the end user technology landscape that may include identity management, multi-factor authentication and performance for end users by M365
• Coordinate with regional and local IT for workplace related activities
• Propose and implement improvement to streamline process and enhance productivity
• Ensure all operational procedures and processes are implemented, as well as maintaining and managing the service requirements
• Other relevant ad-hoc tasks, as and when assigned by reporting manager or as required basis in response to business demands

If you are someone with great adaptability and interpersonal skills, enjoy taking challenge with a diagnostic approach, this is the role for you!

Requirements

• At least 7+ years of experience in end user computing, with proven experience in managing Workplace services for medium to large organizations.
• Good understanding and hand-on experience in Microsoft end-user technologies and modern workplace in a global/large user environment and vendor management;
• Good exposure with vendor management and partnering with 3rd party service providers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and end-users from the regions
• Effective stakeholder management and coordination skill, to communicate with a wide variety of people at different levels
• Good understanding of IT Workplace & Collaboration solutions and accordant market developments.
• Experience with zero trust endpoint security, cloud security and managing M365 compliance features a plus

**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

** By applying for this role, you hereby consent to the CMA CGM Group collecting, processing and using any personal information you submit, for the following purposes:

(i) To process the application for the role being applied for;

(ii) To process the application for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you;

(iii) To conduct necessary reference checks; and

(iv) Any other purpose related to one or more of the above.

You further consent to the CMA CGM Group retaining such personal information for a period of two years following your submission thereof, so that we may consider you for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you in the event that you are not selected for this role.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: Please note that CMA CGM Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, CMA CGM Group will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, CMA CGM Group explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of CMA CGM Group.