Ocean Fulfiment Lead

Job Description

Are you looking for a job that places you in the center of a complex and dynamic customer focus environment? Do you see it as an opportunity to achieve results through partnering up with various stakeholders on various levels within/outside the organization? Do you like to work in a diverse and international environment? Ocean fulfilment lead may just be the best step in your career.

The Caribbean & Pacific team is looking for a highly motivated professional to join our Ocean fulfilment team in Panama City, Panama. The team is responsible for planning and executing all aspects related to Customers promises and assets in a specific service scope, including container flows (empty and laden) and vessel scheduling activities.

As an Ocean Fulfilment Lead, you’ll play a vital part in our success. You will be responsible for the on-time delivery of customers’ goods through optimal planning and execution. The role bridges commercial pursuits with operational efficiency, achieving a first-rate customer experience, process excellence, and optimal cost.

We Offer:

We offer a stimulating position in a dynamic environment. You will be part of a diverse international team that is running the engine room of Maersk. The job offers a complete end-to-end view of Maersk Ocean Logistics' business and involves high exposure to both internal and external stakeholders. The job offers great personal development opportunities and growth possibilities within Maersk.

The role will enable you to build a customer-focused mindset and improve on critical skills such as execution/delivery management, process improvement, stakeholder management and communication, and vendor management. In addition, you will be gaining insight into company processes from Ocean & logistic perspective.

We have an excellent compensation and benefits package for full-time employees. Our talent policies are recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain service delivery focus and ensure we deliver what we sold to our customers at the lowest possible cost.

• Responsible for optimizing network assets as well as externally procured capacity where appropriate within geographical scope.

• Monitor bookings and optimize space by adjusting allocation between load ports (rolling, rerouting) in conjunction with Market colleagues including both laden and empty flow and strive for high utilization across all services through forecast accuracy and downfall analysis.

• Own vessel scheduling to meet reliability and delivery requirement, work with GEC, N&M and Maersk Ops to manage bunker consumption and drive reduction, coordinate delivery/re-delivery plan.

• Manage Scheduling, Berth planning & Proforma Management along with Bunker and port productivity efficiency.

• Participate and coordinate new deployments and optimization opportunities with Network and Marketing leads to underpin customer experience and network efficiency.

• Own and manage contingencies related to container operations, minimize end-to-end service delivery impact during contingency handling.

• Supports execution of empty flow plan within network by coordinating closely with equipment managers.

• Identify and suggest continuous improvement initiatives.

We are looking for:

• The ideal candidate should possess a relevant degree from a reputable educational facility. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Shipping industry.

• Strong customer-centric mindset, with a proactive, disciplined, and results-driven approach.

• Comfortable working with data; able to make independent, well-informed judgements under pressure on their own.

• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines; flexible with working hours.

• Effective communicator, capable of engaging with cross-cultural teams and multiple stakeholders.

• Energetic, enthusiastic, and a collaborative team player.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

You have been reading so far, we’re glad to see you are interested. And if you want to use your skills to make a difference, we look forward to hearing from you.

Join us as we continue to shape the future of global trade and make a meaningful impact on communities worldwide. Discover your potential with Maersk and become part of a team that's redefining the industry standards. Apply now and let's build a brighter future together!

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