Transshipment Professional United Arab Emirates (Dubai)

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: 

Reporting to the Transshipment Supervisor, your primary responsibility is to coordinate, monitor, and execute all transshipment related operations for CMA CGM group cargo at UAE ports.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

As a Transshipment Officer, you will be expected to:

• Handle transshipment cargo movements at UAE ports, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal processes.
• Collaborate with GBS India transshipment team & monitor the effective execution of transshipment tasks, providing support and clarification when needed.
• Monitor load utilization and proactively alert relevant cargo flow teams in case of under- or over-utilization of CMA CGM allocation.
• Send volume forecasts and planned shipments to external feeder operators (3PF) when needed.
• Manage all TS cargo, including renomination, special cargo (e.g. hazardous or reefer), shunting, and time-sensitive movements.
• Validate that all essential cargo data (e.g. Verified Gross Mass, DG approvals, special certificates) are available in the system & coordinate with booking agents and POL teams to correct missing or incorrect information.
• Follow up on COD (Change of Destination), shut-out containers, and short-shipment cases & issue Memo B/Ls where necessary.
• Closely coordinate with the CMA CGM head office, Dubai Regional Office operations and procurement teams to ensure cargo is evacuated with minimum idle time.
• Prepare and maintain weekly, monthly, and yearly reports and KPIs as per management requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFILE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Maritime Studies, or a related field with minimum of 2–3 years of experience in container shipping operations or transshipment coordination. (Specialization in Supply Chain Management is an added advantage).
• You are fluent in written and spoken English and have a good command of office and IT tools (Better knowledge of CMA CGM operation systems is an added advantage).
• Your team spirit associated with your curiosity, your organisational and interpersonal skills, as well as your responsiveness will enable you to succeed in your mission.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !