Marine Business Partner (Pacific)

RIO TINTO SHIPPING (ASIA) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the global marine sector seeks a Marine Business Partner (Pacific) in Singapore. This crucial role involves aligning business needs with marine operations, developing freight strategies, and managing stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will have a strong strategic background with over 10 years of relevant experience, and the ability to drive decision-making and initiatives across internal teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in freight portfolio management or commodity marketing/trading.
• Ability to shape Marine initiatives into clear proposals and effective presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead tactical activities in chartering and voyage operations.
• Partner with Global Portfolio Managers for freight analysis.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to improve freight efficiencies.

Skills

Strategic Acumen

Commercial Acumen

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Degree

Job description

Why explore

• An opportunity to develop your career within a global marine organisation.
• Futureproof our business through developing and expanding the strategic and tactical demands of the chartering teams, linking across all our global freight desks.
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Marine Business Partner (Pacific) to help shape the future success and alignment of Rio Tinto's business needs and the marine teams. This incorporates maximizing value across the supply chain between internal Product Groups (or business units) and Marine, supporting cross-desk chartering requirements, and analyzing complex tradeoff considerations for the overall end-to-end value chain.

Reporting to the General Manager, Chartering, and a dotted line to the General Manager Voyage Operations, you will:

• Be the primary contact for assigned business units to ensure alignment between business needs and cross-desk Marine activities, processes, and interfaces.
• Lead and represent chartering & voyage operations tactical activities (as part of developing the global freight portfolio strategies) through aspects of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Integrated Scheduling, Sites/Ports/terminals, and cross-desk optimization meetings.
• Partner with Global Portfolio Managers to support analysis of freight books, while also contributing to the growth of desk projects and business expansions.
• Develop an understanding of the overall commercial value drivers, sensitivities, and dependencies while also being visionary to drive continuous progress.
• Function as an advocate and educator, ensuring business units understand current freight capabilities, constraints, and available solutions.
• Increase value chain stakeholder engagement, including stakeholder interests, risks, and opportunities, and be able to effectively progress these plans across teams.
• Coordinate material initiatives with Marine and internal stakeholders to improve freight efficiencies in the supply chain.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Relevant Degree qualifications.
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen; naturally, a big picture thinker who welcomes complexity and uncertainty yet executes and delivers independently with limited guidance.
• Curious, analytical mindset; can deliver meaningful insights.
• Ability to drive effective decision making through strong communication and stakeholder management skills (up to senior executive levels).
• Ability to shape Marine initiatives into clear proposals, including through the development of articulate and compelling presentations.
• Ideal candidate comes with 10+ years of experience in/across freight portfolio management, commodity marketing/trading, business strategy, project management (Freight trading/Chartering experience will be beneficial).