Cargo Control | 1 year Fixed-Term Contract | Senior Exec / Asst Manager

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise utilisation for the vessels within Region XXX across all allocation scopes (trades), all Geo Froms for full and empty containers
• Responsible for Allocation and Capacity Management on designated Ship Systems / Trades
• Creation of Voyage Allocations and Customer Allocations as per alignment with TM Pricing & Steering
• Define allocation management steering measures to control the booking uptake in line with the trade strategy (e.g. managing contribution baselines for cargo acceptance)
• Monitor and predict the voyage utilisation based on booking developments and initiate corrective measures where required
• Monitor key connections between services at transshipment ports and initiate corrective booking acceptance measures where required.
• Monitor the uptake and follow up with relational TMPS and internally with TM Cargo Controllers handling other SSYs
• Handle waitlisted shipments
• Prioritise cargoes for loading/shut out when required considering commercial rules as well as operational and cost aspects
• Drive the performance for the Cargo Control KPIs – utilization, QP3 fast booking response, QP7 Loaded as booked and dwell time reduction
• Reduce operational costs resulting out of our cargo flows to a minimum (renominations, storage)
• Liaising with ship planners (own or partner line) on space related topics and operational restrictions (e.g. draft, ballast & bunker, stack weight, etc)
• Responsible for special cargo approval applications (e.g. OOG, Flexi tank) to planners/partner lines
• Liaise with QSCs and GCC for Customer Service related topics (e.g. vessel balancing) as well as Cargo Operations topics (e.g. terminal build up, load lists)
• Cooperate closely with TM Pricing & Steering and the Commercial Organisation (e.g. Global Account Management, Commercial Steering) regarding booking development and respective market situation
• Liaise with the Commercial Organisation (Regional Commercial, Global Sales) regarding uptake performance push
• Consultation on required schedule recovery measures in collaboration with Operations
• Create tactical forecasts where required as per joint working procedures considering expected booking development also on connecting services
• Provide input to capacity requirements when needed e.g. shuttle or feeder space requirements.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Shipping, Transportation or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in liner shipping/ transportation industry
• Operational background and Trade Management or Commercial Steering experience welcome
• Comprehensive knowledge about HL applications (FIS, Qlik.) (Advantageous)
• Proficient in MS-Office products (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Analytical, systematic and efficient way of working
• Motivated, proactive and reliable
• Willing to take ownership of tasks and responsibility
• Teamplayer with strong communication skills
• Excellent negotiations skills and assertiveness
• Acceptance of flexible working times also on holidays/weekends
• Experience in dealing with different stakeholder groups
• Ability to develop and implement new concepts and structures
• Knowledge about Hapag-Lloyd’s global product offering (Network & Partners) (Advantageous)