Job Title:Ocean Freight Procurement Asia Trades Head
Reporting to:Asia - Oceania Procurement Manager
Office / Department:Group Ocean Freight Procurement
Location:Singapore
Main Activities
The Ocean Freight Procurement Asia Trades Head executes ocean freight negotiation for the Asia export & Intra Asia lanes for HillebrandGori for a footprint of over 15,000 TEUs of business. Reporting to Group Procurement / Ocean Freight Manager APAC, your mission is to support the Asia HG organization in achieving trade, volume and GP growth in line with the Group's strategy.
You will work in an ever changing and dynamic environment that is exciting and never boring, and responsibilities will include:< /font>
You will work in an ever changing, exciting and dynamic environment With a good knowledge in Ocean Freight world, particularly Asia theatre, as well as an existing network with the shipping lines community in Asia, your main responsibilities include:
.Ocean freight Trade Overview Building and Follow up on Updates
.Dynamic management of Trade Basics, Supply / Demand, participate in building trade calls.
.Market rates analytics: from carriers contract versus spot market vs competition.
.Managing with the trade head streamlined and structured rate platforms and tenders on Intra Asia and Asia exports.
.Turn discussion, knowledge into actionable data to drive Trade growth.
.Leverage knowledge data to support the internal stakeholders with business growth
This entails among others:
.Align with stakeholder (GA, EHOs, IHOs, Procurement, DGF) on timings, requirements, procurement steps.
.Participate in the actual customer tenders and pricing strategy
.Plan and kick off actual freight negotiations and propose carrier strategy with the Trade Manager
.Analyse, comment, challenge buying rates options, structure analysis for proper understanding of pricing directions, GP aspirations, exposure areas, risk assessment.
.Build and manage your own network, internally and externally. Consolidate trust, confidence, and inspiration with the Hillebrand Gori teams as well as with our preferred carriers.
.Participate into regular Trade Calls and Business Review with the carriers.
.Follow up contracts administration with carriers,
.Ensure proper internal communication and filings of negotiated terms with shipping lines
.Follow up on commitments, performance monitoring, budgets management.
.Support global projects upon request.
.Develop a close network with DGF Trade management in Asia
.Support collaboration between HG Asia offices and DGF commercial teams
Required competencies
.Strong Self Drive
.Show Character and be Courageous
.Challenging the Status Quo.
.Fluent in written and spoken English, another language skills is a plus
.Strong likeliness for numbers and clear analytical skills,
.Clear result orientation and commercial mindset
.Feels comfortable in a corporate environment
.Likes to make decisions with significant impact to the trade
.Communication skills and a very strong ability to analyse and synthetize.
.Ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and provide recommendation
.Agile with IT tools and software
.Strong organizational skills
.ability to work independently and autonomously
.Strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
.Full autonomous in using Windows functions (Excel, Power Point).
.Demonstrate strong engagement and high spirits.
.Motivate others by contributing to a climate in which people strive to do their best.
