Transpacific Trade Analyst

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. seeks a detail‑oriented Trade Analyst to monitor market share, utilization and customer performance, and to support pricing decisions.

You will analyze data, create trend reports, maintain tariff pricing, and work with Sales to implement the business plan and trade policies.

Requires a bachelor’s degree and 1–2 years in trade roles; strong Excel skills and familiarity with the shipping industry are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
• 1–2 years of trade experience or equivalent preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, lookups, pivots).
• Shipping industry experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing trade documents, revenue reports, pipeline, and performance monitoring.
• Maintain market share data, competition analysis, and customer performance weekly.
• Maintain trade databases and reporting tools.
• Update Tariff Database pricing system – tariff FMC and Non-FMC on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Forecast monitoring vs bookings vs actuals.
• Quality checks to ensure compliance with best practices for auto-freight and timely bookings.
• Review HIVE rules and set up.
• Update Booking Tool parameters.
• Late gate and space approval.
• Analyze country/branch performance and lead improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Sales to implement and measure business plans and trade policies.
• Monitor performance and actions with countries.
• Respond to emails and formal correspondence from business units, account owners, and customers.
• Liaise with other areas and branches.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Pivot Tables

Lookups

Job description

Main purpose of the role

This position holds the responsibility of monitoring, analyzing, trend reporting, and pricing. Monitoring market share, utilization, and customer performance.

Main purpose of the role

This position holds the responsibility of monitoring, analyzing, trend reporting, and pricing. Monitoring market share, utilization, and customer performance.

Major areas of responsibility

Monitoring market share, utilization, and customer performance. Analysis and trend reporting

Main Tasks

• Assist in managing trade documents, such as DTLI tracker, revenue reports, pipeline, and actual performance monitoring vs. budget & sales target.
• Maintain market share data / competition analysis and customer performance on a weekly basis and advise outliers to the trade team.
• Maintain trade databases and reporting tools.
• Maintain Tariff Database pricing system – tariff FMC and Non-FMC. Update on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Forecast monitoring vs bookings vs actuals tracking.
• System Quality check, to ensure that country/district follow though company’s best practices related to auto-freight and timely bookings.
• Review HIVE rules and set up
• Update Booking Tool parameters
• Late gate and space approval
• Analysis of country/branch performance & management of improvements initiatives.
• Work in conjunction with Sales to implement and measure business plan and trade’s policy.
• Monitor performance and implementation of actions with countries
• Review, researching, and responding to emails and formal correspondence from the business unit, account owners, and customers
• Liaison with other areas, branches.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university
• 1-2 years’ experience in trade positions or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, Data Manipulation, Formulas, Lookups, Pivot Tables, Etc.
• Shipping industry experience is an advantage.