Client Acquisition Manager

Are you a commercially minded sales professional who enjoys building customer relationships, identifying new opportunities and turning them into sustainable business growth?

At Maersk, we’re looking for a Client Acquisition Manager – MPL (Maersk Project Logistics) to help drive revenue growth across our products and services. You’ll take ownership of developing sales opportunities, building strong relationships with customers and partners, and delivering against agreed commercial targets.

This is a role with real autonomy. You’ll use your market knowledge, commercial judgement and sales expertise to identify opportunities, develop solutions and influence both customers and internal stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Develop and execute sales and business development plans to achieve revenue and growth targets.
• Identify, evaluate and pursue new business opportunities across relevant markets, customers and partners.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with both new and existing customers.
• Manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, from initial engagement and qualification through to negotiation and close.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams to develop solutions that meet customer needs and support profitable growth.
• Use market, customer and competitor insights to identify areas for further growth.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of sales processes and ways of working.
• Negotiate commercial agreements while balancing customer requirements with business objectives.
• Take ownership of your sales pipeline, forecasting and performance against agreed targets.
• Share expertise and provide guidance or coaching to less experienced colleagues where appropriate.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for someone with strong commercial awareness and experience within sales, business development or account management, ideally within a complex Industrial Project Logistics environment. 

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience of delivering against sales or revenue targets.
• Strong business development skills with the ability to identify and convert new opportunities.
• Confidence managing customer relationships and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing a sales pipeline and working within a structured sales process.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to work independently, make informed commercial decisions and take ownership of results.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across different functions.
• Good commercial judgement and the ability to understand wider business priorities and interdependencies.
• A proactive mindset with the confidence to challenge, influence and look for better ways of doing things.

What we offer

At Maersk, you’ll be part of a global organisation that is transforming the way goods move around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to work with a broad range of customers and colleagues while developing your commercial expertise and building your career within an international business.

We value collaboration, inclusion and continuous development, and we want our people to feel empowered to take ownership, make an impact and grow with us.

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re commercially driven, enjoy developing customer relationships and can spot opportunities for growth, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and join us in shaping the future of integrated logistics.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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