Senior Ocean Freight & Vessel Scheduler

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

401(k) – 100% match up to 5%

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Job summary

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. seeks an experienced professional to manage Musket’s waterborne commercial operations for refined products and renewable fuels.

The role focuses on voyage programming, chartering processes, and value preservation through strong supplier and customer relationships. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in business, supply management, or finance and 10+ years in marine scheduling and trading environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply management, finance, or relevant field experience required.
• 10+ years minimum experience scheduling and executing marine operations.
• 10+ years minimum experience in a trading environment handling logistics and transportation.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and communicate voyage programming across Musket’s ocean-going and inland-waterway fleet (spot and time-charter).
• Develop processes around chartering, loss-control, demurrage etc. to generate and preserve commercial value.
• Maintain and develop relationships with suppliers, customers, and terminal operators.
• Ensure product quality control is consistent with regulatory handling requirements.
• Communicate operational updates to Mid-Office, Credit, and Senior Management.

Skills

Scheduling marine ops

Incoterms 2010/2020

Marine logistics

Charter party terms

Freight cost calc

Communication skills

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/supply management/finance

Job description

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. seeks an experienced professional to manage Musket’s waterborne commercial operations for refined products and renewable fuels.

The role focuses on voyage programming, chartering processes, and value preservation through strong supplier and customer relationships. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in business, supply management, or finance and 10+ years in marine scheduling and trading environments.