Cargo Flow Officer

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Summary:
As the Cargo Flow Officer, you will manage the north bound transhippment connection and your assigned south bound service to work towards achieving the objective of ensuring optimization of full containers and maximizing the ships with empty evacuation.

To perform well in this role, you should be someone who works well under pressure to meet multiple timelines, as well as have a logical mind to solve problem and make decision amidst ad-hoc incidents.
 
Main Responsibilities:
Cargo Flow for South-Bound Service (65%)

• Perform vessel planning for ANL South-Bound Vessel
• Prepare Daily Booking Report
• Liaise and challenge origins to ensure forecast are provided as accurate as possible
• Raise any abnormality between forecast and fresh bookings to trade managers immediately
• Identify and challenge potential issue when forecast versus fresh bookings variance is more than 120% or whatever the percentage threshold is customized for the trade
• Cargo planning when ANL vessels approach transshipment hub or direct port calls
• Evaluate and analyze the ports and vessels operations performance
• Liaise with transshipment team to plan for final load list for approaching vessel
• Minimize Operational Cost (change of vessel, shut out and storage cost) through vessel planning
• Finalize vessel within 24hr KPI after she leaves the direct or Transshipment port

 
North-bound connection support (35%)

• Generate reports to be used as basis for container transhipment planning, identifying long idling at terminal and investigate reasons for delay and to check if evacuation plan is in place as well as planning the connection of incoming transshipment containers
• Ensure to plan containers connectivity to final destination
• Based on first carrier arrival – identify feasible and earliest vessel connection to respective final destination
• Prioritize connection planning on in-house vessel. Otherwise – source for other alternative vessels from 3rd party if no vessel or space option from in house vessel
• Send instruction to transshipment team to nominate the containers on target vessel and to update journey leg (JL) accordingly
• Random check if containers are nominated in terminal and JL was properly updated
• Monitor vessels connectivity and make changes if any misconnection

 
Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum a Diploma Holder from recognized institutions, preferably in shipping or logistics with at least 1 year of working experience in transportation or logistics industry would be preferred 
• Good knowledge of the maritime industry 
• Proficient in MS Excel (Vlookup / Pivot Table) would be highly preferred
• Good communication and analytical skills

**This role is open for local employment only

**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
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