Assistant Manager/Manager - Asia Oceania Trade

About the Role

Join Ocean Network Express in Singapore as an Assistant Manager/Manager in the Asia Oceania Trade division. This full-time on-site position is within the transportation, logistics, supply chain, and storage industry, focusing on managing and enhancing shipping services.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed market research and analyze data to create new profitable shipping services that maintain high vessel on-time performance.
• Enhance existing shipping loops to increase profitability and ensure vessels maintain their schedules.
• Collaborate with relevant parties to develop contingency plans and implement measures to reduce commercial impacts from vessel delays or related challenges.
• Monitor profit and loss trends closely, diagnose causes for deviations from business goals and forecasts, and enact corrective actions.
• Update service details on the corporate website and assist the Marketing team by preparing Customer Advisory documents when needed.
• Complete internal documentation accurately and within given deadlines.
• Demonstrate leadership by mentoring junior staff and supporting their training during daily operations.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• A degree in a pertinent field is mandatory.
• 8 to 10 years of hands-on experience in liner shipping or related operations.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent research ability, analytical thinking, and capacity to synthesize information quantitatively.
• Proactive approach to identifying improvements in processes and implementing technological innovations.
• Effective written and oral communication skills for collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Capability to nurture a cooperative and responsible workplace culture.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sales or front-office roles within the container shipping industry is advantageous.
• Knowledge or experience with artificial intelligence applications is considered a plus.

Other Information

Only candidates shortlisted for further consideration will be contacted.