Overall Responsibility:
Efficient & Cost-effective management of the Company’s shipping operations in Africa.
· Responsible Maintaining Cargo Related & Empty costs within budget
· Must ensure Ops team in Africa maintain systems as levels required by HLC
· Responsible for all terminal and vendor Contracts in Africa.
· Ensure Ops team maintain QEM standards
· Vessel and container operational productivity. Landside and Hinterland Operational Control
· Management of the Department includes evaluation of staff and recruitment.
· Area Africa point of entry for proforma schedule discussion and operating procedures with Region and global operations.
· Responsible that operating procedures are adhered to by terminals, Hapag-Lloyd, agency offices and partner lines.
· Responsible and co-ordinates day-to-day operational issues for Hapag-Lloyd.
· Responsible for the co-ordination of coastal schedules on all Africa Services.
· Supervision and control of special cargoes including stowage proposals.
· Evaluates and controls all Statistics/Reports for Hapag-Lloyd operations in Africa in conjunction with OPSS.
· Responsible and oversees communication of schedule data for all Services, including maintenance of long term schedules in FIS, updating schedule changes on a daily basis for changes greater than 1 day and posting of coastal schedules.
· Public Officer for local company.
· Compliance officer for Area.
Technical Competencies:
• Degree in Operations Management or Maritime Qualification to Chief Officer level or equivalent.
• Advanced Excel.
• Must be able to work in multiple systems (FIS, SAP, BEX, Hyperion Analyzer, Compass, QlikView, Qlik sense, Tableau Reader etc.
• 7 – 10 years’ experience in Maritime Transport Industry.
• 3 – 4 years in senior management position
Core Competencies:
· Assertive & competent negotiator.
· Team Manager with a proactive attitude.
· Ability to work under pressure, goal and deadline driven.
· Attention to Detail.
· Analytical Ability.
· Proven problem-solving abilities.
· Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills.
· Customer orientated.
· Ability to communicate at highest level with Port Terminal & Vendor Senior management.
· Decisive personality traits able to take initiative with responsibility.
Conceptional and entrepreneurial thinking and action
· Ability to “see the forest through the trees.
· Analyse and diagnose complex situations.
· Creative Thinking.
· Contextualize problems.
· Decision Maker.
· Define Strategies for reaching goals
· Expected to demonstrate High Emotional Stability and Openness to Experience
personality traits.
Mit einer Flotte von 287 modernen Containerschiffen und einer Gesamttransportkapazität von 11,9 Millionen TEU ist Hapag-Lloyd eine der weltweit führenden Linienreedereien. Im Segment Linienschifffahrt ist das Unternehmen mit 13.500 Mitarbeitenden an Standorten in 139 Ländern mit knapp 400 Büros präsent. Hapag-Lloyd verfügt über einen Containerbestand von 11,9 Millionen TEU – inklusive einer der größten und modernsten Kühlcontainerflotten. Weltweit 114 Liniendienste sorgen für schnelle und zuverlässige Verbindungen zwischen mehr als 600 Häfen auf allen Kontinenten. Im Segment Terminal & Infrastruktur bündelt Hapag-Lloyd seine Beteiligungen an 20 Terminals in Europa, Lateinamerika, USA, Indien und Nordafrika. Rund 2.600 Mitarbeitende sind dem Segment Terminal & Infrastruktur zugeordnet und bieten neben den Terminalaktivitäten ergänzende Logistikdienstleistungen an ausgewählten Standorten.
