Operation Manager - Shipping (based in Jakarta)
Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Indonesia is recruiting on behalf of a leading Indonesian provider of integrated one-stop sea logistics and transportation solutions for bulk materials, particularly coal. As expansion continues, our client is seeking a professional with at least 15 years' experience in transhipment and shipping for the job of Operation Manager. The job is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Key job responsibilities include:
- Report directly to Director
- Handle fleet technical management, supervising dry-docking, budgeting of annual repairs, spares etc
- Responsibility to look after Fleet operations, audits and superintendence
- Supervising a team of operations team and overseeing the schedule of the vessels
- Manage the procurement of marine engineering contracts
- Covering all aspects of core activities, protection of company assets (inventory and equipment), contract negotiation and management, performance management and safety compliance
- Freight management and negotiation of international and domestic freight contracts ensuring lowest cost and highest service objectives are aligned and achieved
- Continuous Improvement - continually strive to look for continuous improvement opportunities across Safety, Service Quality and Process Employee Development
- Provide leadership to the operations management team, through addressing the technical and operational aspects of potential customer
- Clear understanding of the marine contractual aspects for tugs and barges, floating cranes, floating transfer unit (FLF), bulk cargo ships as well the commercial operations execution for example relating to operational issues, freight economics and process planning
- Strong acumen in Financial Management, Operational Cost and Budgeting Control
- Asset performance monitoring, assessment and determine the risk, mitigate, and implement a solution to achieve the company's objectives
- Leadership by managing a cross-functional team to meet business objectives
- Develop solutions, strategies, and assessment of current industry impact to ensure customer satisfaction and business continuity, in line with the company's strategy
- Managing pricing cost of service and customer requirement
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in shipping, or logistics, or discipline from reputable university
- Minimum 15 years' experience in Marine & Logistics
- Extensive knowledge of tug & barge
- Knowledge of multimodal integral marine logistics, Bulk Terminal Operations/Management and Shipping are desirable
- Analytical skills and sound financial understanding of the supply chain
- Knowledge of the marine logistics suppliers that operate in the market
- Excellent project management skills - with ability to identify critical path issues and develop solutions to keep a program on track
- Clear understanding of ethics and compliance issues
- Strong strategic purchasing and negotiations skills are required
- Strong problem-solving and creative skills
- Experiences at transhipment, shipping or mining services industry are preferred
- Solid leadership skills, mentoring and coaching
- Strong problem-solving ability and effective employee management experience
- Deep knowledge (excellent technical and maintenance knowledge) on shipping logistic, floating crane, tug and barge
