Assistant Vice President, CRIPL

Our 30-year journey rides on the passion of over 24,000 seafarers and 1,000 onshore professionals. Today, we are one of the largest independent third-party ship management companies managing over 620+ diverse types of vessels. Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, China, we operate on a global scale having 27 offices in 12 countries. Our client base spans over 100 world-class ship owners, including Fortune 500 companies from China, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the USA, among others. In a shore career at FLEET, you will be working with a team of a highly passionate, self-driven and committed group of people. We aim to be a place where you can achieve your full potential, regardless of your background. We are looking for individuals who are ambitious about making a strong contribution to FLEET’s short and long-term sustainable growth – whether you are dealing directly with clients or working in a role supporting the business, such as technology, legal or communications.

Job Position Summary

Operation role managing contract execution and supporting the Procurement team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

•    Managing contract execution (purchase contract), including offer making, contract making and terms negotiation, letter of credit terms negotiation, vessel nomination, commercial invoices checking, laytime calculation and payment following up etc.
•    Identify the potential risks and resolve it or alert to the team to ensure smooth and timely execution
•    Working closely with the procurement team to make execution in a commercial way
•    Working closely with Traffic team in Hong Kong to ensure smooth operation of export bills and letters of credits
•    Supporting Sales & Marketing side Ops team during their commercial negotiations, including data consolidation and analysis and pricing calculation etc.
•    Bids submissions for cargoes either through email or e-tenders/ e-auctions.
•    Business confirmations based on appropriate input of terms for each client.
•    Contract terms negotiations with clients.
•    Knowledge and understanding of contract terms for favorable settlement.
•    Understanding and following vessel nomination procedures.
•    Identify and direct attention to any anomalies in cargo quality.
•    Coordination with clients and team for documents, discharge ports, agents, LOIs, LOI confirmations.
•    Invoicing/ debit notes handling.
•    Weekly compilation of Indian iron ore export and import data.
•    Cargo quality analysis.
•    Interpreting load port reports for relevant information.
•    PowerPoint presentations for MIS.
•    Payable/ receivable reporting.
•    Manage Statutory and Legal requirements for the running of the Goa office.
•    Manage office and travel expenses.
•    Supervise office maintenance and upkeep.
•    Purchasing of office/ pantry supplies.

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications

Education / experience / technical skills required:

•    Bachelor’s degree or above
•    Major in international trade or a related field
•    Proficiency in English, especially in reading and writing
•    Good understanding of commodity trading and letter of credit terms
•    Knowledge on iron ore, vessel chartering preferred

General skills / attributes / others:

•    Able to identify problems/risks and resolve/alert in a timely manner
•    Have the sense of urgency and able to prioritize tasks appropriately
•    High level of attention to detail
•    Logical thinker with commercial acumen
•    Good written and spoken English
•    High level of commitment and loyalty to the work and the team
•    Excellent teamwork and outstanding communication skills
•    Dedicated and hard working
•    Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Competencies
1.    Analysis and problem solving
2.    Listening and communicating
3.    Collaboration, inclusiveness and teamwork
4.    Detail focus
5.    Initiative and taking lead
6.    Accountability
7.    Attention to detail.
8.    Organized and methodical.
9.    Proactivity and problem-solving ability.
10.    Language and math’s efficiency.
11.    Excellent inter-personal skills.

Fleet Management Limited is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local laws.