Country Head of Ocean Freight
Req ID: 143349 - Posted 06/12/2017 - Ocean Product Management (OF-1)
Job Function: Ocean Freight
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Level: Management
The Panalpina Group is one of the world's leading providers of supply chain solutions, combining its core products of Air Freight, Ocean Freight, and Logistics to deliver globally integrated, tailor-made end-to-end solutions.
The Panalpina Group operates a global network with some 500 offices in more than 70 countries, and employs around 16,000 people worldwide.
We are looking to hire a Country Head of Ocean Freight to lead and develop the ocean freight product and its assigned operational Teams to ensure professional and comprehensive execution of import and export production for PA UAE in line with SOP / KPI in place.
The Country Head of Ocean Freight is responsible for the UAE’s affairs of the Ocean Freight product and will work closely with the Country Managing Director, Regional M&S; as well as Regional Ocean Freight on further developing a best in class Ocean Freight product.
Responsibilities
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Job Function: Ocean Freight
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Level: Management
The Panalpina Group is one of the world's leading providers of supply chain solutions, combining its core products of Air Freight, Ocean Freight, and Logistics to deliver globally integrated, tailor-made end-to-end solutions.
The Panalpina Group operates a global network with some 500 offices in more than 70 countries, and employs around 16,000 people worldwide.
We are looking to hire a Country Head of Ocean Freight to lead and develop the ocean freight product and its assigned operational Teams to ensure professional and comprehensive execution of import and export production for PA UAE in line with SOP / KPI in place.
The Country Head of Ocean Freight is responsible for the UAE’s affairs of the Ocean Freight product and will work closely with the Country Managing Director, Regional M&S; as well as Regional Ocean Freight on further developing a best in class Ocean Freight product.
Responsibilities
- Understands and ensures adherence to Panalpina Quality Policies, Standards and Guidelines (according to ISO 9’001, ISO 14’001 and ISO 18’001 certification) and ensures compliance to processes and procedures set in Panalpina IMS.
- Ensures strict adherence to Panalpina Code of Conduct.
- Negotiates ad-hoc deals with shipping lines in the local markets.
- Decides on spot rates for new business opportunities.
- Extends leadership to all Operational Teams and staff reporting into this function
- Identifies, manages and develops potentials within the product for future management roles.
- Plans, allocates resources and monitors the daily operation, always benchmarking the performance against established SOP & KPI.
- Ensures seamless service delivery by leading the communication and co-operation amongst internal stakeholders, suppliers and operational staff to thereby portray PA as a forwarder of choice amongst our internal/external clientele.
- Ensures continual improvement in data quality levels on systems such as FOS, Pantrace.
- Ensures IHT utilization in line with corporate standards.
- Ensures timely and accurate administration throughout the Product and assigned Teams.
- Continuously drives improvement in line with Country priorities and objectives.
- Serves as a point of escalation for all Ocean Freight related deviations from standards.
- Serves as a “Subject Matter Expert” to Panalpina for all Ocean Freight related affairs.
- Deputizes for Country Managing Director in his/her absence and contributes to defining, implementing and executing Panalpina strategy.
- Graduate from recognized university/college.
- +8 years of relevant Ocean Freight operational experience.
- Extensive leadership competencies and proven capabilities.
- Analytical skills and creative thinking.
- Strong ability to challenge, review, adjust and execute strategic initiatives.
- Clear initiative and commitment to achieve.
- Excellent numeric accuracy.
- P&L; responsibility experience of at least 3 years.
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Excellent cross functional knowledge in freight forwarding and logistics.
- Excellent ocean product knowledge with tight network throughout the industry in the local geo-market.
- Knowledge about markets and competitors.
- Overall understanding of business processes and interdependencies.
- Ability to work under pressure.
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