• Stamford, Connecticut
• Transportation/ Logistics
• ＄70K~75K
• Full Time regular employee
•  9:00~17:00
•  New

Job Description

【Position】
Assistant Manager

【Summary】
This position is responsible for coordination and administration of day-to-day commercial vessel operations, ensuring compliance with the agreed time charter and voyage charter terms and with applicable guidelines and regulations. This position must be able to make commercial operations of 3-5 ships at least concurrently. Punctual attendance is especially required in order to overcome time difference.
This position is expected to have extensive specialized knowledge and experience in commercial vessel operations. This position is expected to have extensive specialized knowledge and experiences in commercial vessel operations. This position assists a superior to implement overall business strategies while leading/ supervising day-to-day operational activities of the assigned section and/ or responsibilities.

【Essential Duties】

Agent Division
-Acts as general agents whenever the headquarters appoint the company for their controlled vessels calling in the territory of the company in North to South America countries to coordinate among concerned parties such as the headquarters, vessels, and local agents. (Roughly 20-30 ships from Valemax to handy sized vessels)
-Collects and keep the headquarters posted updated information in case of any change on port regulation/tariffs closely.
-Check port information, port charge in accordance with requirement from the headquarter or co-workers in Chartering Division.

Operation Division
-Performs general vessel operations (3 to 5 mainly handy-sized vessels) including but not limited to.
-Prepares voyage instruction to the vessel/agent referring to Time and Voyage Charter Parties.
-Arrange fuel or other supplies as necessary.
-Discuss stowage plan with Captain of applicable vessel considering various restrictions.
-Keeps monitoring ship's movement, contacts with agents, shippers or receivers etc. Negotiates with concerned party for the utmost quick dispatch at any port call(which should make sense commercially).
-Contacts with the headquarters or vessel's owners as necessary for owners issues.
-Issues bills of lading, checks port disbursement, forwards vouchers to the headquarters.
-Issue freight invoice and make laytime calculation and take care of them until settlement.
-Monitors financial results of chartering operations of the assigned voyages and reports the supervisors any issues to be addressed.
-Business trip to supervise loading/discharging operation or any other purpose, if necessary.

Others
-Help or checks translation of company's booklet issued by the headquarters as required.
-Attend meetings with customers, agents or any other parties who are related to shipping as appropriate.
-Assists co-workers when necessary/required.

【Working Hours, Working style】
9:00~17:00

【Working Location】
Stamford, CT

【Salary, Benefit】
$70K~75K

【Holidays】
Weekends, holidays

【Qualifications】

-Must have adequate specialized knowledge and experience and an ability to carry out, based on general instructions from a superior, the non-routine operations that often occur each day and the routine operations that require various kinds of judgments.
-Must be able to understand contents of both time charter party and voyage.
-knowledge of Charter party and applicable clauses, applicable law and applicable bills of lading, port restrictions at each port of call, other restrictions (Such as emission or fuel regulations) any changes thereto or any other conditions which are required to manage ship's commercial operation.
-Specifically, the expertise in the following area a must: maritime law, federal maritime commission (FMO), IMO regulations, BL, BC code, COGSA, SOLAS, L/C, and Manifest.
-Must have knowledge of the principles and rules related to the operations in one's charge, and experiential knowledge based on precedents and examples.
-Four to six years of vessel operation and chartering experiences in water transportation industry.
-Expertise in regulations related to marine transportation.
-Bachelor's degree from four-year college (Degree in Maritime and/or Ocean transport with economics/business administration preferred) or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

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