Chartering Negotiator - Temporary Contract

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.

THE ROLE

You analyse the needs and negotiate chartering agreements in order to provide the best possible vessels and operating conditions to the Lines.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Through your technical knowledge on vessels and experience in shipping activities, you define, in collaboration with Line Managers, commercial and technical specificities of chartered vessels
• You carry out studies about vessel availability
• Your negotiation skills, autonomy and sense of initiative enable you to lead negotiations with the shipowner, about the main terms of the chartering agreements (delivery place and date of the vessel, chartering period and rate, etc.).
• In order to charter vessels in the best conditions, you monitor the market evolutions (availability, chartering rates and conditions) and help Line Departments to select vessels. Besides, you ensure a competitive intelligence and summarise key-information for the Top Management of the Group
• You deal with contentious matters and litigations linked to the Charter party, in collaboration with law experts of the Group.

PROFILE & COMPETENCIES

• Postgraduate degree (4/5 years) in Sales, Procurement and/or Maritime Technics
• You are fluent in written and spoken English and you have a good command of Office and IT tools
• Your analytical mind and capacity for synthesis, your sense of initiative and your involvement enable you to succeed in your mission.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !