The job holder activities are split into a main activity consisting in performing all operations in relation to the vessels chartered (“Post-fixture”) and 2 other activities as described below:
Post-fixture management
Operate the charter-parties from the loading to the discharging port in the most possible efficient way; anticipate the contractual and financial implications of operational events and opportunities. This implies a permanent communication with port agents, ship-owners and/or ship-brokers, the operators and the dry product traders.
Negotiate demurrage & despatch costs with the ship-owners
Checks freight and demurrage invoices and coordinate with charterers, middle-office and back-office for their payment and ensure consistency with the book reporting
Thoroughly follows and checks the various contractual deadlines / time-bars of the charter-parties and contracts of affreightment
Carefully record the activity and maintain up to date files (also needed for audit purposes).
To be proactive in the problems resolution as berthing delays, customs, LOI setup with Owners/Receivers.
Dry products trading operations, replacing the dry products Trading Operator in his absence (holiday, missions…):
Operates the Sale & Purchase contracts negotiated by the traders by ensuring continuous liaison with cargo suppliers & receivers and in-house traders in order to have the cargo delivered to/by TGPL from the supplier/to the receiver in the most possible efficient way (in view of economics and under market/physical constraints).
Coordinates with the legal department, finance department (payment guarantees), Middle & Back Office (book and invoicing).
The job holder will also participate to a weekly duty roaster and may be required to participate to a crisis cell in case of major incident.
The job holder is the key interface between the charterers, the operators and the ship-owners for the vessels chartered, to transport highly valuable commodities between the loading and discharging ports (petcoke, sulphur …). He may also be involved in other logistic/trading operations.
The purpose of the Shipping Operator is to optimize the voyages and the profitability of each vessel (consumption, time used...) in compliance with the contracts and internal procedures.
The job comprises of:
Interactions with a great variety of worldwide interlocutors, both internal and external, in an international and multicultural environment.
