Manager of Shipping & Agency (OPS) identifies bottlenecks to propose improvements to the daily organisation's workflow and assists with its subsequent implementation.
Ship Business/OPS Manager is expected to establish/develop good relationships with ship owners (customer), Charterers, Captain and Chief Engineer, and is an organised person who is able to juggle the demands of paperwork and on-site work. He/she may be expected to work irregular hours to cater to the different arrival times of ships, and cope with unanticipated events and tight work schedules.
- Handling daily commercial & operational matters of Chemical Tankers and other ships, like issuing voyage instructions, laytime calculations, handling of BLs and LOIs, nominating agents, arrange/approve port disbursement accounts & CTM etc.
- Responsible for the day and day cargo operations/arrangements of chemical tankers you in charge, and update the ships' schedule to all involved parties including ships' owner.
- Assist in managing administration within Ship Operation Team
~ Acquire and allocate resources to support operations.
~ Attend at sites to monitor cargo loading and unloading operations if need.
~ Handle cargo documentations, invoices and inwards shipment.
~ Identify and solicit prospective clients.
~ Liaise with clients on status of cargo clearance.
~ Liaise with local agencies on daily work matters.
~ Monitor vessel arrival and departure.
~ Optimise utilisation of resources.
~ Prepare quotations and proforma disbursements as required by clients, ship-owners and shipping lines.
~ Process all formalities and declarations in a timely manner to ensure smooth entry/departure of ships assigned.
~ Propose workflow improvements to improve efficiency.
~ Solve problems arising in the course of work.
~ Supervise and guide Shipping Clerks (Documentation).
-- Handle PDA invoices, issue EPDA & FPDA properly
- Minimum Diploma, preferable in Marine/chemical tankers related background
- Pleasant personalities mature, with good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication in English. Proficiency in Chinese with oral & read will be more advantage.
- Good skill in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook will be advantageous.
- Good sense of responsibility and self-motivation, take initiative and well organized.
- Working across time zones and prompt resolution of issues in hand
- Demonstrate strong commercial acumen and teamwork
