Officer - Container Logistics

Job Description

POSITION REQUIREMENTS (Competencies – Skills, Knowledge & Attitude) Graduate / Post-Graduate with minimum of 3 years’ experience in Container Logistics / movement Operations, preferably for Packed Bitumen movement in Middle East / Africa / India markets. The candidate should have independently handled end to end container movement operations of Packed Bitumen including coordination with all shipping lines, shipping agents, suppliers at the load port, receivers at the destination port. The candidate should have good experience of appointing shipping lines / agents and Surveyors for movement of container cargos from various ports in Middle East to other port in India, Africa and South-East Asia region. He / She should also have expertise in managing documentation of all international movement of containers including Export Documents and Surveyor documents. The candidate should have good experience of working out the total freight cost (end to end cost) for all container movement and should be able to well negotiate with all vendors / service providers to manage the same in a minimum possible cost with good effective and timely service. The candidate should have good commercial sense and able to use the same to minimize the entire logistics cost for entire container movement operations. The candidate should have good computer knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word and Power Point), Microsoft Outlook and basic sales operation through ERP / SAP. The candidate should have good communication skills and good Relationship Management skills. He / She should have some initial contact / relationship with Shipping Lines, Agents and Surveyors at various ports in India / Middle East region for container movements. The key deliverables from the position would be:- 1) Close Coordination with all stakeholders for each container shipment To maintain close coordination with all concerned at load port and discharge port : Shipping Lines / Agents, Surveyors, Suppliers and Receivers to ensure smooth flow of all container movement operations so as to ensure that each voyage get completed in a minimum possible time without any issues from Suppliers / Receivers and Shipping Lines. To maintain close coordination with Shipping Lines / Agents to ensure that the containers are provided by shipping lines well in time and loaded to earliest possible vessels and delivered at destination port in a minimum possible time. 2) Minimize the cost for each shipment It would be required to well negotiate with all vendors (Shipping Lines / Agents, Surveyors, and all others) so as to ensure minimum cost for each shipment. It would be required to execute each shipment between each loading port and destination port within the defined Budget and to ensure that there is no cost overrun. The Shipping Line Freight Charges, Destination Port charges and all other associated costs / charges would also be required to be monitored and ensured at minimum level by proper negotiation with the shipping lines, right from the beginning. It would be required to process all bills of all shipping lines / vendors in line with the agreed payment terms so as to ensure full satisfaction and best service from all vendors / suppliers. 3) Demurrage Charges It needs to be ensured that the Demurrage Cost for each Container shipment is maintained at almost NIL level. Any demurrage at the end of receiver should be promptly collected from receivers ensuring no additional cost to company on account of any demurrage. 4) Control on Cargo Quality and Quantity It is to be ensured that the cargo is received in full quantity as per nomination and the BLs / Invoices are raised by the suppliers accordingly. The Quantity calculations should be properly verified in close coordination with the suppliers and surveyors as per number of packings loaded. To coordinate with shipping lines, surveyors, receivers at discharge port also to ensure that full cargo quantity is received and quantity calculations are properly done, ensuring the losses in quantity are Nil. Industry: Shipping, Trading, Bitumen Trading, Packed Bitumen Functional Area: Container Operations, Shipping Operations, Trading Operations, Packed Bitumen Logistics Key Words: Trading Operator, Trading Operations, Packed Bitumen Operations, Shipping Operations

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduate / Post-Graduate with minimum of 3 years’ experience in Container Logistics / movement Operations, preferably for Packed Bitumen movement in Middle East / Africa / India markets. The candidate should have independently handled end to end container movement operations of Packed Bitumen including coordination with all shipping lines, shipping agents, suppliers at the load port, receivers at the destination port. The candidate should have good experience of appointing shipping lines / agents and Surveyors for movement of container cargos from various ports in Middle East to other port in India, Africa and South-East Asia region. He / She should also have expertise in managing documentation of all international movement of containers including Export Documents and Surveyor documents. The candidate should have good experience of working out the total freight cost (end to end cost) for all container movement and should be able to well negotiate with all vendors / service providers to manage the same in a minimum possible cost with good effective and timely service. The candidate should have good commercial sense and able to use the same to minimize the entire logistics cost for entire container movement operations. The candidate should have good computer knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word and Power Point), Microsoft Outlook and basic sales operation through ERP / SAP. The candidate should have good communication skills and good Relationship Management skills. He / She should have some initial contact / relationship with Shipping Lines, Agents and Surveyors at various ports in India / Middle East region for container movements.