Ships Agency Operations Executive, Mumbai

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (India); Mumbai; Sur place; INR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (India) is seeking a Ships Agency Executive to coordinate port calls, ensure safety and compliance, and deliver reliable agency and husbandry services for principals. Based in Chembur, Mumbai, you will communicate with vessels, customers, authorities and internal teams, manage records, monitor costs, and drive efficiency while upholding WPS standards and procedures.

The role requires proactive operations experience, strong communication, and ability to work under

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal.
• Process and system understanding.
• Self-motivated and result orientated.
• Proactive and possesses ability to anticipate issue to facilitate preventive measures.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Problem solving skills with ability to make fast and sound judgement.
• Able to effectively plan and direct an operation without compromising on safety to personnel and vessel.
• Familiar with Port & local Authorities regulations, procedures and governing tariffs.
• Ability to use and adapt to the company's systems and tools
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and internal teams.

Responsabilités

• Attend and board vessels as required and as directed by respective Manager, in accordance with customer requirements.
• Coordinate assigned port calls effectively, including Full Agency and Husbandry services, with a sound understanding of port, customs, Port Health Organisation (PHO), and immigration clearance procedures.
• Advice on selection of contractors for goods and services provided to principals, including submission of competitive quotations, as required.
• Ensure compliance with Ships Agency processes, standards and procedures, including correct use of the operating system (WASP).
• Ensure mandatory use of operating system as reporting tool in compliance with the SOP.
• Ensure proper monitoring of the vessel and attendance to any follow up enquiries.
• Ensure correct amount of pre-funding are received or the correct level of authority has approved any deviation, prior to performing the Port Call.
• Establish and maintain vessel's files and ensure that all transactional systems are updated real time.
• Ensure proactive, efficient, and timely communication at all times.
• Report leads, business opportunities and relevant port updates observed to Manager.
• Monitor and record expenses that arises during vessels' port call.
• Ensure Cash-in-Transit (Cash to Master) as per WPS procedure.
• Proactively follow up, check and approve supplier's invoices.
• Ensure cost effectively Vessel Operations.
• Comply with WPS Standards when working in ports/onboard vessels.
• Provide input to improve the operational and cost efficiency of the port call

Connaissances

Communication skills

Process understanding

Self-motivation

Proactivity

Pressure handling

Problem solving

Operations planning

Port regulations

Systems & tools

Stakeholder communication

Description du poste

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

We are looking for a Ships Agency Executive to join our company.

In Wilhelmsen Port Services (WPS), we provide our customers with peace of mind while we handle their cargo, their vessels and their crew. We handle 75,000 port calls per year, which means that every 7 minutes, anywhere around the world, we send a ship safely out to sea again to fulfil its purpose. We match local expertise with strict global standards, making sure we consistently make our customers' port calls as efficient and safe as possible.

Who you are:

You are a proactive maritime operations professional who can coordinate port calls safely, efficiently and in compliance with requirements. You communicate effectively with vessels, customers, authorities, suppliers and internal teams, anticipate issues, make sound decisions under pressure and maintain accurate operational and financial records.

Required experience and skills:

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal.
• Process and system understanding.
• Self-motivated and result orientated.
• Proactive and possesses ability to anticipate issue to facilitate preventive measures.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Problem solving skills with ability to make fast and sound judgement.
• Able to effectively plan and direct an operation without compromising on safety to personnel and vessel.
• Familiar with Port & local Authorities regulations, procedures and governing tariffs.
• Ability to use and adapt to the company's systems and tools
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and internal teams.

What you will be doing:

• Attend and board vessels as required and as directed by respective Manager, in accordance with customer requirements.
• Coordinate assigned port calls effectively, including Full Agency and Husbandry services, with a sound understanding of port, customs, Port Health Organisation (PHO), and immigration clearance procedures. Support maritime logistics-related formalities and activities, including coordination with shipping lines and terminal operators, as required.
• Advice on selection of contractors for goods and services provided to principals, including submission of competitive quotations, as required.
• Ensure compliance with Ships Agency processes, standards and procedures, including correct use of the operating system (WASP).
• Ensure mandatory use of operating system as reporting tool in compliance with the SOP.
• Ensure proper monitoring of the vessel and attendance to any follow up enquiries.
• Ensure correct amount of pre-funding are received or the correct level of authority has approved any deviation, prior to performing the Port Call. Same to be ensured when additional funding required prior vessel's sailing.
• Establish and maintain vessel's files and ensure that all transactional systems are updated real time.
• Ensure proactive, efficient, and timely communication at all times.
• Report leads, business opportunities and relevant port updates observed to Manager.
• Monitor and record expenses that arises during vessels' port call.
• Ensure Cash-in-Transit (Cash to Master) as per WPS procedure.
• Proactively follow up, check and approve supplier's invoices.
• Ensure cost effectively Vessel Operations.
• Comply with WPS Standards when working in ports/onboard vessels.
• Provide input to improve the operational and cost efficiency of the port call

Sounds interesting? If you can see yourself in this role, please let us know why you are our new Ships Agency Operator.

Work location: Chembur, Mumbai

Please note: As part of the application process, you may be subject to reference and additional background checks.

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