Assistant Manager – Container Management Department, Middle East Cluster
United Arab Shipping Company
Total des années d'expérience :34 years, 1 Mois
Key Responsibilities:
• Ensure seamless end to end delivery of goods and services to customers and proactively shared information with them on status of delivery.
• Supervise container handling operations, including stuffing and de-stuffing, storage, inland movements for 20 countries in Middle East region and West African countries.
• Plan daily container arrival, dispatch and movement plans to ensure timely release of stuffed containers to utilize them for outgoing shipments.
• Coordinate with clients and shipping lines for planning daily arrivals and receipts of filled containers and movements either to clients’ destinations or to respective container freight stations for de-stuffing and release.
• Minimize delays and idle time of containers to maximize their utilization by regular supervision of all activities and coordination with key personnel.
• Supervise accurate and timely maintenance of company’s online system of all containers - empty, awaiting unloading, under loading to prepare daily report of inventory of containers and operational efficiencies.
• Decide on optimum mix and routing of inland transporters for movement of containers from ports, container freight stations, clients’ destinations, warehouses for on time and cost effective movements.
• Keep track of actual expenses on daily and cumulative basis in the company’s accounting system and compare with budget to prevent any additional expenditure on account of operational delays.
• Ensure availability of material handling equipment in good condition with timely preventive maintenance to meet operational requirements.
• Visit container freight stations and warehouses to coordinate their operations and maximum utilization of storage space and material handling resources.
• Train and educate employees and contractors’ workmen on good housekeeping and safe work practices for compliance and accident and incident free records.
Supervising operations at Khorfakan terminal & reporting to head office. handling services & supplies to the vsl.
Monitoring repairs as requested by the vsls.
Handling all office duties.
Handling vsls schedules & communications with Jebel Ali terminal. Handling terminal agreements. Following up vsls operations & reporting same. Handling systems updates.
Highlights:
• Improved utilization of containers by advanced planning and execution of plans.
• Increased warehouse space utilization through introduction of scientific storage systems.
Key Responsibilities:
• Planned end to end logistics chain activities based on inputs received on arrival plans of vessels, departure plans and client wise delivery and shipping requirements.
• Coordinated with port and dock authorities, container freight stations, clients for smooth berthing of vessels and discharge of cargo to keep all concerned informed on actual status.
• Ensured proper hand over of documents to the port authorities as per statutory requirements to facilitate quick discharge and loading of vessel.
• Liaised with customs authorities for both imported cargo and export cargo for timely clearance of goods strictly in compliance with local statutes without any detention of vessel and cargo.
• Supervised regular updating of company’s online system to provide status of vessel, expected time of arrival, departure, next destination, and actual position of loading and unloading.
• Arranged insurance surveys, in case of receipt of goods damaged in transit or short delivery of goods, for CIF contracts and facilitated settlement of claims as per insurance regulations.
• Realized due payments from customers as per terms of shipping agreements with them to ensure that overdue amount do not exceed approved limit.
• Tracked actual expenses on an ongoing basis for control of expenditure within approved budgetary limit by eliminating expenses on detention of ships, berthing delays and recovery additional expenses from concerned responsible source.
• Scheduled inland haulage of goods with the contracted transporters and continuously monitored movements as per schedule to avoid container backlogs and congestion at port.
• Enforced implementation and compliance with environment, health and safety standards for all fleet operations and movement of goods.
• Planned and organized training of employees and contractors’ workmen on good housekeeping practices and safe work procedures and ensured compliance to achieve accident and incident free records.
Key Responsibilities:
• Studied plan of arrival schedules of vessels, departure schedules and client wise delivery and shipping requirements for each vessel.
• Supervised vessel discharge and loading operations and coordinated with port and dock authorities, container freight stations, clients for smooth berthing of vessels and discharge of cargo to meet the targets.
• Checked the bill of lading, insurance certificate, packing list, invoice copy and handed over the documents to facilitate timely discharge and loading of vessel.
• Coordinated with customs authorities with all clarification for both imported cargo and export cargo for assessment of duties and timely clearance of goods strictly in compliance with local statutes without any detention of vessel and cargo.
• Updated company’s online system to provide status of vessel, expected time of arrival and departure, next destination, actual position of loading and unloading.
• Liaised with contracted transporters for inland movement of goods and continuously followed up movements as per actual requirements to avoid container backlogs and congestion at port.
Key Responsibilities:
• Tracked arrival schedules and departure schedules of vessels and checked shipping manifesto to find out client wise cargo arrival and shipping requirements for each vessel.
• Liaised with customers to keep them abreast of vessel arrival schedule and plan movement of containers of imported cargo with daily dispatch schedule.
• Coordinated with port and dock authorities for smooth berthing of vessels, supervised vessel discharge to inform container freight stations, clients
• Verified the bill of lading, insurance certificate, packing list, invoice copy and handed over the documents to facilitate timely discharge of containerized cargo.
• Liaised with customs officials with all clarifications for timely clearance of imported cargo and assessment of duties strictly in compliance with local statutes without any detention of vessel and cargo.
• Updated company’s online system to provide status of vessel, expected time of arrival and departure, next destination, actual position of loading and unloading, detailed of cargo discharged and loaded into the vessel.
• Maintained records of actual expenses on daily basis for monitoring of expenditure as per approved budgetary limit by avoiding delays and detention of ships, recovering additional expenses from concerned responsible authorities.
• Followed up with local transporters for timely inland movement of goods and delivery to the clients as per schedule to avoid detention of container and backlogs and congestion at port and container freight stations.
Highlights:
• Improved customer satisfaction by proactive information sharing and resolution of problems.
• Improved accuracy of stock recording in the system by regular physical stock taking, analysis and correction of discrepancies.
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinated with customers, contractors, transporters, freight forwarders and internal team members for timely and regular movement of goods in and out of the warehouse.
• Handled both incoming and outgoing shipments efficiently and prepared all documents as per clients’ requirements conforming to statutes.
• Followed up with operations team and other related parties for timely resolution of customer issues and queries and timely feedback to the customer.
• Maintained all documents as per companies’ standard operating procedures and legal requirements and ensured delivery of shipping documents in time.
• Monitored performance of trucking contractors and warehouse operators, reported and sought management intervention for improvement.
• Tracked status of existing bookings in the system to clarify customer queries and resolved operational issues to meet customers’ critical requirements.
• Updated stock movements in warehouse management system and clients’ systems with proper authorization accurately for information update on continuous basis.
• Handled VSLS operations and maintained daily updates of expenses and billings in the company’s accounting system for budgetary control purpose.
• Conducted physical stock verification in the warehouses, identified discrepancies, analyzed them to correct the errors for accurate reflection of stock.
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS:
• Jun 1989 to Oct 1989 (5 Months): Logistics Executive Coordinator, Sarlis, Alexandria, Egypt
• Oct 1987 to Nov 1989 (7 Years 2 Months): Logistics Coordinator, Merzario, Alexandria, Egypt
• Nov 1986 to Apr 1987 (1 Year 2 Months): Executive Secretary, WEPCO, Alexandria, Egypt
• Jul 1985 to Oct 1986 (1 Year 4 Months): Executive Secretary, Japanese Consortium, Alex National Iron & Steel Company, Alexandria, Egypt