Senior Executive, Chartering

IMC SHIPPING CO. PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading shipping company seeks a Chartering Assistant to support the chartering team in managing vessel operations. The role involves analyzing the market, preparing meeting materials, and negotiating contracts. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Maritime Studies, experience in shipping operations, and excellent interpersonal skills for client engagement.

Qualifications

• 2 years of shipping operations or related experience preferred.
• Ability to socialize with different tiers and types of clients.
• Multi-lingual advantages in communication.

Responsibilities

• Support chartering team and analyze time charter market.
• Negotiate terms of business and secure future cargoes.
• Monitor market events and handle claims by Post Fixture.

Skills

Inter-personal skills

Multi-lingual communication

Education

Degree in Maritime Studies

Job description

• Supporting and backing up the Chartering team lead to ensure profitable employment of managed/operated vessel
• Provide analytics work in support of our business trades
• During this initial period, the candidate will acquire a strong foundation before moving on to more advanced responsibilities in the future.

Duties

• Learning daily ship operations process
• Assist spot/period tonnages chartering process
• Analyze the time charter market
• Prepare the regular meetings material
• Meet the core cargo / tonnage owners
• Vessel Employment (Managed/Operated vessels): identify & fix best available businesses through familiarisation with vessel's capabilities/restrictions and itinerary, contact with owners/operators and international shipbroking firms, and intelligent projection/analysis of market trend.
• Chartering-in Tonnage to cover cargoes in the book (Time Charter/Voyage): Identify potential tonnage for chartering-in through direct contact with owners/operators and international shipbroking firms.
• Project/Contract negotiation & development.
• Secure forward cargoes/COA/ships to cover future ship/cargo position.
• Secure cargoes/COA to expand fleet coverage.
• Taking long or short position on own fleet or third party vessel to make profit and expand fleet portfolio.
• Evaluation of shipbroker services, coverings and policy to provide effective marketing of requirements.
• Critical analysis of statistics, records and trade studies and product/client/work research.
• Assisting the Research team on market analysis and forecast
• Negotiate main terms of business and charter party details with owners/charterers.
• Finalisation of the contract/charter parties to reduce risk exposure.
• Check charterers’ background to ensure conformity with company standards.
• Check owner's background to ensure conformity with company standards.
• Check vessel capabilities/restrictions and itinerary to evaluate commercial viability.
• Enhance & ensure compliance of control systems/procedures and risk management criteria for monitoring and controlling risk factors.
• Ensure proper handling of claims by Post Fixture.
• Monitor and track market events running analytics report to support our current and new to be develop trade lane.

Requirements

• 2 years of shipping operations or related experience would be beneficial
• Multi-lingua advantages - spoken, read and write which will facilitate communication with respective counterparty
• Inter-personal skills and ability to socialize with different tier and type of clients
• Degree (Preferably in Maritime Studies)