Line Operations Manager Shipping
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Job Description
As the Line Operations Manager youll be the driving force behind NPDLs shipping success leading both strategic and daytoday operations with precision and passion. Your mission To deliver exceptional service uphold schedule integrity and masterfully manage voyages vessel capacity and utilizationall while keeping a sharp eye on cost efficiency. Youll champion NPDLs A Safer Pacific safety culture ensuring our policies and principles are not just met but exceeded. As a key player youll contribute to the development and implementation of innovative safety strategies across the South Pacific making a real impact on the future of maritime operations.
What you will be doing:
Voyage Management and Scheduling
- Command the Seas: Take charge of the NPDL fleet with expert voyage management ensuring every voyage plan is executed to perfection. Make daily tactical decisions to guarantee ontime performance and surpass schedule reliability targets.
- Master the Schedule: Oversee daytoday schedule management including contingencies recovery actions and the execution of adhoc port calls. Manage vessel speed routing phaseins phaseouts and drydocking programs with precision.
- Design the Future: Collaborate with commercial and group managers to cocreate and refine the service framework delivering on business plan objectives with excellence.
- Own the Schedule: Maintain NPDLs live vessel schedules ensuring they meet both commercial demands and customer expectations through toptier scheduling practices.
- Drive Performance: Partner with port operations and vessel planning teams to achieve rapid port turnaround times supporting schedule reliability at the lowest cost while meeting performance targets.
- Expert Guidance: Provide vital expertise to vessel planning port operations and commercial teams in assessing and handling breakbulk and project cargo operations. Be ready to travel to ports as needed to oversee cargo operations firsthand.
- Deliver Excellence: Ensure that all cargo aboard your vessels is transported safely delivered on time and arrives in perfect condition fulfilling NPDLs promises to customers.
Vessel Utilization and Capacity Management
- Maximize Potential: Collaborate closely with vessel planning and commercial teams to optimize ship capacity and cargo space allocation aligning with commercial goals and meeting empty container repositioning needs.
- Continuous Improvement: Take ownership of endtoend vessel utilization and capacity processes driving regular reviews and developing innovative tracking and reporting methods to enhance performance.
Voyage Cost Management
- Control Costs: Take full ownership of operational voyage costs crafting strategies to continuously reduce expensesfocusing on voyage operating costs bunker costs and port variable costs. Eliminate avoidable costs wherever possible.
- Enhance Transparency: Develop and implement reporting processes that provide clear visibility into voyage costs highlighting variances between actual and planned expenditures.
Performance & Reporting
- Lead with Insight: Play a pivotal role in performance meetings reporting on voyage results performance targets and key KPIs.
- Effective Communication: Establish robust communication and escalation protocols to manage exceptions and swiftly mitigate delays ensuring all stakeholders are informed and aligned.
- Embrace Innovation: Champion the use of digital tools and systems in the operational workspace driving the digital transformation of our processes.
Qualifications :
What you will bring to the table:
- Preferred Not Required: A degree in supply chain or business is a plus but we value experience and drive above all.
- Proven Experience: Bring your handson expertise from a shipping operations role combined with at least 5 years of shorebased management in international trade and make an impact.
- Operations and Scheduling Savvy: Experience in scheduling port operations or vessel stow planning Thats a strong advantage.
- Analytical Mastery: Leverage your sharp analytical skills to develop and implement KPIs that drive performance.
- Influential Communicator: Your exceptional communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills will be key in both internal and external interactions.
- TechSavvy: Proficiency in systems and reporting tools is essential with advanced Excel skills and experience in Power BI.
- Continuous Improvement Champion: Demonstrate your ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives that push the boundaries of whats possible.
- Adaptable & Ready: Willing to go beyond the 95 when needed Your proactive selfstarting attitude will shine here.
- Quick Thinker: Your ability to think on your feet and devise contingencies in realtime is crucial.
- Commercially Astute: Understand the commercial impact of voyage schedules aligning customer and business objectives seamlessly.
- Master Multitasker: Juggle multiple priorities with ease always staying a step ahead to manage emerging challenges.
- Innovative Mind: Bring fresh ideas and best practices to the table helping us stay ahead in a fastpaced industry.
This is a fulltime permanent role based in Auckland. As you have worked in shipping in the past you will know a level of flexibility is required at times to work extended hours including weekends public holidays etc. In return we offer a challenging and stimulating environment. You will have the right to live and work in New Zealand at the time of applying. The successful candidate may be subject to undergo a Police Check and/or PreEmployment Drug Test.
Additional Information :
Our NPDL Contribution:
- Competitive benefits package (salary and annual bonus)
- Hybrid Working model
- Opportunity for development and internal mobility
- Wonderful Giving allows you to donate company money to causes of your choice.
- Wonderful Neighbour spend a day in the community helping with various service projects.
- Company focused on wellness and health
If youre a strategic thinker with a passion for maritime operations ready to navigate complex challenges and drive results we want to hear from you!
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
