The Voyage Operations Specialist position manages vessel operations for term and spot-chartered vessels and liaise with vessel senior officers, charterers, brokers and traders and other internal customers to optimize fleet utilization. A broad base of skills including a solid understanding of the economics and commercial side of the marine transportation businessis highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Manages all assigned Bareboat, Term and Voyage Charter Tonnage
- Plans voyages of assigned vessels including cargoes, fuel and emissions management, agency nominations and operational considerations.
- Issues orders to vessels, brokers or direct to owners as appropriate giving full instructions and all pertinent information
- Administrates voyages in respect to terms and conditions of governing charter party
- Initiates claims for cargo, vessel and commercial claims
- Provides necessary documentation and assistance to other team members for claims settlement
- Ensure compliance with safety safety requirements and applicable laws and regulations
- Prepares voyage economics as necessary to support decisions
- On a scheduled and unscheduled basis, receives phone calls and email at home and responds appropriately directing vessel activities during weekends and evenings
- Works with team members to Optimize Coverage in Relevant Regions
- Coordinate with Global Supply & Trading Teams, and other Huntrecht customers to ddevelop customer’s marine transportation requirements
- Coordinate with team members and customers to take advantage of any potential opportunity or freight market situations, while keeping customers advised of potential optimizations
- Coordinates and collaborates with other Voyage Operations Specialists, Charterers, Traders and Schedulers to ensure full optimization of all vessels in Huntrecht’s fleet
- Practices approved risk management policies and processes
- Effectively balances risk/rewards by thoroughly evaluating possible outcomes and discussing with affected teammates and customers
- Provides appropriate voyage costing and term charter analyses to customers
- Develops and maintain customer relationships
- Actively seeks customer feedback to contnuously improve team performance
- Demonstrate a customer awareness that recognizes and responds to customer needs and expectations
- Develops and support Huntrecht goals and strategies
- Serves as process owner for specific work processes as directed
- Participates in the definition, development and maintenance of team metrics to support Huntrecht mission, vision and values and actively support the team strategies for cost management
- Participates in learning loop backs for voyages with other team members and customers to validate decision making parameters and to ensure continuous improvement of voyage management practices
- Reviews and prepares comments on customer supply / lift contracts for Huntrecht Legal and customers
Requirements
- At least 2 years working experience in trading, marine and shipping operations
- Experience - previous commercial shipping experience or sea going experience at a minimum rand of 2/O or C/O. Preferably experience in Trading/Marine logistics/Shipping operations
- Communicates in a clear, concise manner both orally and in writing
- Teamwork ability to work effectively and cooperatively with a diverse team of co-workers, contractors and internal and external customers
- Possesses a keen business sense - able to apply commercial understanding to support customer business, save expense and generate profit, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
Interested? Email careers [at] huntrecht.com