Assistant Manager

Our client is an established shipping company and has since grown to be the world’s largest independent feeder carrier. They seek to provide the most reliable and cost-effective service solutions to support their customers’ feedering needs. They are now operating throughout Asia, Middle East, Africa, Caribbean, Latin Americas, Mediterranean and Europe.

They are looking for an individual to join them in their growing team, here is your chance to be part of an exciting team geared towards both company and personal success.

**ASSISTANT MANAGER / MANAGER, LINE MANAGEMENT**

**Summary**:
To manage the running of assigned services in a profitable manner and ensure constant dialogue with stakeholders, vendors and customers (principal and agency). To be reactive to market changes in order to ensure improved service volumes, scope, efficiencies and profitability. The role does involve travel in order to visit customers, agents and terminals.

**Reports to**:Hub Director
- P&L Responsibility;
- Improve cost efficiency and optimize yield;
- Select ships with optimum intake, bunker consumption and tonnage for lowest port dues;
- Close monitoring of daily bunker consumption via use of the system and ensure vessel consumption is in line with CH description and cross check against other sister ships previously operated in the trade or region;
- Monitor and review bunker survey report of individual stem and confirm that reported quantities are in line with master’s reported ROB. Deal with any variations immediately;
- Cost control - Direct and Indirect costs must be thoroughly understood;
- Manage terminal contracts for assigned trades;
- Manage and resolve claims (cargo claims, container damage, vessel damage) in consultation with legal team where required;
- Strategizing trade routes (existing and new). This may involve consolidation with customers and competitors or expanding existing service coverage either via own deployment or swaps with other operators;
- In collaboration with the Commercial department, acquire, compile and maintain trade statistics and reports for analysis and decision making;
- Space management and selection of cargo that delivers best NTV (Net To Vessel) returns;
- Look for opportunities to implement GRI’s (general rate increase), RR’s (rate restoration), CBR (critical bunker recovery) for all trades managed in line with cost increases;
- Manage and coordinate rate quotation and filing with commercial department;
- Liaise with agents to ensure online booking forecasts are updated timely in online system;
- Build and retain good relations with customers assigned to you in order our client become their preferred vendor of choice. The company will expect you to deal with commercial matters relating to a wider geographical scope where you will be briefed internally before discussing with the customer. This will involve regular contact via face-to-face meetings and entertainment. Out of hours work and travel may be required;
- trategizing trade routes (existing and new) which involves new service development / expansion;
- Feasibilities studies on various services concept and deployment scenarios;
- Securing / expanding of slot swop and fixed slot deal.

**Job Requirements**:

- Degree in Maritime Business or Business Management;
- Minimum 4 years in shipping line involving in trade;
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with colleagues across departments and various internal and external stakeholders;
- Independent and result oriented;
- Strategic thinker;
- Ability to focus on tasks and analyses situations, systems, and problems;
- Ability to make quick decisions supported by information and data gathered;
- Strong leadership.

**Key Performance Indicators**:

- Accurate and on time internal and external communication
- Customer satisfaction
- Good internal working relationships

**Personal Characteristics**:

- Strong communication skills;
- Independent and result oriented;
- Independent and result oriented;
- Strategic thinker;
- Ability to focus on tasks and analyses situations, systems and problems;
- Ability to make quick decisions supported by information and data gathered;
- Strong leadership.

Are you ready for a challenging and exciting endeavour that will require the investment of a lot of hard work, dedication and all your experience? Are you ready to bring your skills and competencies to support the establishment and enhancement of our client’s business? If yes, you might be exactly the new team member they are looking for

Please submit your updated and comprehensive CV in **MS WORD FORMAT ONLY (NOT PDF) **with full career details, stating current or last drawn salary with full breakdown such as base, incentives, AWS, etc. and expected salary, contact details, educational qualifications, working experiences, reasons for leaving each past employment(s) and availability date to:
**What our client offers**

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