Stowage Manager (INTRA Asia)

Maersk; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a leader to head the planning team responsible for stowage operations across Intra Asia services. You will optimise vessel capacity, cargo intake, crane intensity and asset utilisation while maintaining safe, compliant operations and strong customer outcomes.

Join Maersk to work with regional teams, drive continuous improvement, and develop a high-performing, diverse logistics workforce.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of stowage planning and intra-Asia networks.
• Proven leadership and coaching experience.
• Analytical, well-organised with ability to prioritise.

Responsibilities

• Lead team performance and deliver optimised stowage plans that improve capacity utilisation and crane productivity.
• Monitor vessel capacity, intake and utilisation, coordinating with Deployment and Network teams.
• Collaborate with regional operations and terminals to improve service delivery.
• Identify operational risks early and coordinate mitigations.
• Manage first-level escalations and ensure timely updates to leadership.
• Foster an engaging environment and support development.
• Plan resources, rosters and leave for effective deployment.
• Drive operational excellence through SOP improvements and new tech adoption.
• Maintain up-to-date stowage-planning capability and standards.

Skills

Stowage planning

People leadership

Operational problem-solving

Analytical mindset

Job description

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

Lead the planning team responsible for stowage operations across Intra Asia services. You will optimise vessel capacity, cargo intake, crane intensity and asset utilisation while maintaining safe, compliant operations and positive customer outcomes. We offer At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve. With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Key responsibilities

The individual is responsible for leading the planning team, overseeing and optimizing stowage operations for Intra Asia services, while ensuring positive customer outcomes in ocean logistics.

• Lead team performance and deliver safe, secure and optimised stowage plans that improve capacity utilisation and crane productivity.
• Monitor vessel capacity, intake and utilisation, partnering with Ocean Fulfilment, Deployment and Network teams on vessel deployment.
• Collaborate with regional operations, Ocean Network Product, Revenue Ocean Management, Global Execution and terminal operators to improve service delivery.
• Identify operational risks early and coordinate preventive or mitigating actions.
• Manage first-level escalations and contingencies, ensuring timely information flow to the team and Regional Stowage Manager.
• Build an engaging working environment and support individual development and capability growth.
• Plan resources, rosters and leave to ensure effective team deployment and business continuity.
• Drive operational excellence through structural solutions, SOP improvements, change management and adoption of new standards and technology.
• Maintain practical stowage-planning capability and stay current on relevant processes, policies and standards.

We're looking for

• Strong knowledge of the Intra Asia network and its service and cargo characteristics.
• Considerable hands-on stowage planning experience.
• Proven people leadership, coaching and communication capability.
• Sound judgement in operational problem-solving, decision-making, escalation and contingency management.
• An analytical and well-organised approach, with the ability to manage competing operational priorities.
• A collaborative, curious and accountable mindset, with the confidence to challenge established ways of working.
• Eligible to work in the role location.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.

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