Trade Manager - Vessel Optimization

CMA CGM; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a global leader in shipping and logistics as you optimize vessel loading capacity and contribute to commercial strategies. This role requires strong analytical skills, a college degree, and at least 3 years of experience in container shipping. You will develop budgets, oversee vessel profiles, and collaborate with teams worldwide to enhance operations. If you're detail-oriented and results-driven, this is your opportunity to make an impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Container Shipping.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Maximize loading capacity and available space on vessels.
• Develop annual budget and business plans for assigned services.
• Collaborate with pricing team to align strategies.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical skills

Results-oriented

Communication skills

Education

College degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

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 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

** ALL CANDIDATE MUST BE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN CANADA **

POSITION SUMMARY

Your main responsibility will be to maximize the loading capacity and available space on vessels under your scope by balancing commercial priorities with the goal of minimizing costs as efficiently as possible.

You will oversee the optimization of vessel profiles and also contribute to the development of commercial statistics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to support the Canadian Trade Department.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Develop the annual budget, forecasts, revisions and business plans for the assigned services.
2. Develop and maintain Vessel profile.
3. Ensure the services are optimized in terms of slot utilization by using dedicated tools (Traffic Lights, ESR, etc).
4. Follow booking trends and work on short-term vessel forecast with Cargo Flow department.
5. Develop strategies to optimize P&L (Cargo Mix optimization, Operational Cost reduction, etc).
6. Create, maintain and review Customer Allocation in accordance with Vessel Profile.
7. Collaborate with the pricing team to ensure Pricing strategy is in line with Vessel Profile strategy.
8. Collaborate with other trades teams worldwide to negotiate favorable conditions for Canada Export Cargo (2nd leg allocation, slot cost, etc).
9. Work in close collaboration with Cargo Flow team to take decisions on Load List, Cargo Selection, Cargo Roll.
10. Maintain and update routing instructions as needed.
11. Develop and maintain key performance indicators.
12. Stay up to date with department processes and tools by using training resources as available.
13. Other responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Education: College degree or equivalent.
2. Experience: Minimum 3 years’ experience in Container Shipping.
3. Other: (any other knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)
4. Detail oriented and strong analytical skills.
5. Advanced excel knowledge.
6. Ability to multi-task, prioritize, work under pressure and efficiently manage time to meet multiple deadlines.
7. Results-oriented.
8. Autonomous and team player.
9. Proactive, hands-on.
10. Able to propose & implement new tools and processes.
11. Excellent written and oral communication skills, French and English.

We are an equal opportunity employer!

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure!