Regional Customer Director

Customer Solutions and Innovation (CSI) is DHL's cross divisional commercial and innovation unit. We manage DHL's largest and most strategic customers. In a very competitive market, CSI works with our Business Divisions and provides value beyond what the customers expect, building stronger ties with Customer key decision makers. We focus on understanding our customer business and industry challenges and applying proven DHL solutions.

Role Purpose

Drive development of CSI eRetail & Fashion key Marketplace customer by understanding the customer and their growth strategy, building relationships, identifying opportunities, and pursuing business development together with Business Units within the region and India. Identify and support development of solutions and/or replicate existing solutions for the customers. The Regional Customer Director (RCD) supports the Global Customer Director (GCD) in the respective region. Assigned customer is considered highly strategic even among CSI customers.

PRE‑SALES

• In the respective Region, the Regional Customer Director (RCD) supports the Global Customer Director (GCD): strategic account planning.
• Provide input to Customer Development Plan, ensure buy‑in within DHL for own region, and execute regional actions.
• Identify long‑run prospects, game‑changing initiatives, innovation and eCommerce agenda in the region.
• Gather intelligence from internal & external sources to understand the customer (e.g. strategies, operational and procurement culture, supply chain maps including intelligence on ops, specs, incumbents, contracts, etc.).
• Conduct strategic customer dialogues with regional decision makers to identify customer's business objectives and supply chain requirements and challenges.
• Identify key customer contacts and build/maintain relationships.
• Develop coach networks and network with decision makers in the region to drive DHL agenda within the customer.
• Align customer and DHL agenda: early communication of future trends and customer strategies to the BUs before the opportunities come to market.
• Opportunity/pipeline development: identify, assess and develop new/growth/retention/strategic opportunities regionally.
• Drive renewal of profitable business in the region.
• Confirm business fit with customer.
• Support or conduct opportunity assessment with relevant DHL counterparts and obtain go/no‑go decision from BU on these opportunities.
• Manage the regional pipeline to achieve revenue/volume/GP targets.

SALES

• In the respective Region, the RCD supports the GCD for Global deals and leads Regional deals.
• Preparing the deal: collect customer requirements and communicate these to CSI Commercial Operations and BU teams.
• Define win and pricing strategy.
• Work with CSI and BU virtual team and ensure customer requirements are considered in the offer.
• Undertake due diligence on solution & price.
• Develop proposal, business fit and solution fit.
• Closing the deal: present proposal, business fit and solution fit.
• Adapt proposal and gain sign‑off on changes.
• Ensure common understanding of service expectations and solutions with the customer, DHL countries/region and within CSI.
• Coordinate and actively engage in negotiations, gain decision maker commitment and close the deal.
• Provide input to contract and ensure its sign‑off prior to the start of trading and in line with CSI and divisional contract approval processes/guidelines.
• Gain decision maker commitment.
• Implementing the deal: represent and manage customer expectations, scope changes, approval process and deal activation.
• Jointly support and monitor single BU implementation.

AFTER‑SALES

• Service delivery and performance management: in the respective Region, the RCD supports the GCD.
• Raise service quality escalation if required in the Region.
• Account maintenance: coordinate customer communications, including contractual and T&C changes.
• Act as key contact for customer in the region, channel communication to BU account teams and DHL internal functions in the region.
• Conduct regional QRRs and QBRs at operational/strategic levels, with the objective that all meetings develop the relationship.
• Provide input to global QRRs/QBRs.
• Drive customer satisfaction survey (CSS) nominations, participation and follow‑up for the customer in the region.
• Partner with AR team and elevate issues with the customer as needed in the region.
• Provide input to Customer Status Update (CSU) follow‑up on issues and act as escalation instance in the region.

Requirement for the Role

Experience

• Requires 8‑12 years of experience in the Logistics industry, sector or customer.
• Minimum 1‑2 years of experience with one or more DHL divisions, including managing senior stakeholders.
• Requires 3‑5 years of commercial experience.
• Minimum 2‑4 years of consultative selling experience in an international context.
• Minimum 2‑4 years of eCommerce sales experience.

Education / Qualification / Certification / Requirements

• University degree.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Effective presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong international exposure and cultural sensitivity.
• Ability to work independently and within a team to deliver results.
• Ability to lead and influence without formal authority.
• Ability to adapt and perform under changing and uncertain conditions.
• Capacity to drive business growth across complex multi‑sector conglomerates.
• Strong hunting capabilities to tap into large growth potential.
• Responsibility for retaining very large business.
• High x‑BU and sector knowledge.
• Ability to lead and influence in an informal DHL matrix structure.

Language Requirements

• Excellent business English, written and oral.
• Local language skills as required.