Cargo Flow Executive

Focal Search Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 72,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A maritime solutions provider based in Singapore is seeking a professional with a Bachelor's degree and 2-3 years of maritime experience. The role involves optimizing trade performance by enhancing freight loading and coordinating with various teams. Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills are essential. Join us to navigate and address challenges faced in shipping environments with a collaborative approach and statistical insight.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in the maritime sector, preferably in commercial, trade, or capacity/cargo flow.
• Capable team player promoting knowledge exchange.
• Data-savvy individual comfortable with statistics and storytelling.
• Enjoy solving puzzles and handling shipping disruptions such as Red Sea crises or COVID-19-related disruptions.
• Data-savvy: comfortable with statistics, programming, databases and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Enhance utilisation and trade performance through reservations.
• Modify freight loading with local stakeholders.
• Coordinate with trade, marketing, and product analysis for income maximization.
• Manage schedule reliability in collaboration with Marine Operations.
• Provide evaluations and reports to enhance services.
• Support the empty flow plan with the equipment team.
• Minimise waste by promptly organising and carrying out tasks like renominations and addressing port issues.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Statistical storytelling

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline

Tools

Programming

Database management systems

Data visualization tools

Job description

• To enhance utilisation and trade performance, space can be optimised by keeping an eye on reservations and modifying the distribution of load and discharge ports.
• Modifying freight loading in close consultation with local stakeholders, including rolling and rerouting.
• Coordinating with the trade, marketing, and product analysis teams to direct freight to maximise income on available capacity.
• Aiming for high service utilisation by using downfall analysis and forecast management.
• Working with stowage planners and commercial departments to plan for seasonality fluctuations.
• Working with the equipment team to support the empty flow plan's implementation.
• Minimising waste by promptly organising and carrying such tasks, like as renominations and longstanding at ports.
• Collaborating closely with Marine Operations to manage eventualities such as cargo overflows, port omissions, swaps, and schedule delays in order to guarantee schedule reliability.
• Bringing suggestions to the table to enhance departmental and team processes.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of services and providing inputs to represent capability for better services.
• Forming cooperative partnerships and overseeing the VSA, SWAP, and SCA agreements.
• Putting together relevant reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor\'s degree in an appropriate discipline
• Two to three years of experience in the maritime sector, preferably working in the commercial, trade, or capacity/cargo flow departments.
• A capable team player who can promote knowledge exchange and a shift in perspective among our partners and internal agencies.
• Like solving puzzles and the erratic obstacles that come with shipping, such as Red Sea crises or disruptions caused by COVID-19.
• Data-savvy: loves working with statistics and knows how to use them to tell a story! Prerequisites include programming, database management systems, and data visualisation tools.