Chartering Head

 Job Description:

Responsibilities:
- Negotiate and execute charter parties / booking & fixture notes
- Assist in post fixture operations including making / checking of laytime calculations.
- Support pricing/operations department on developing commercial proposals.
- Subcontractor management, maintenance, and expansion.
- Creation and maintenance of procedures, templates, distribution lists and supplier lists.
- Represent REKNAV at sales calls, bid clarification meetings, negotiations, and kick-off meetings.
- Establish and identify room for improvement within the area of responsibility.
- Share market knowledge to the other business teams.
- Maximize earnings.

Requirements:

- Minimum of 3-4 years experience in the shipping and/or forwarding industry, including successful completion of associated trainings in the same field.
- Proven track record in chartering, brokerage or working for an owner / carrier.
- Strong commercial, technical and financial acumen.
- Very detail and design oriented.
- Willingness to continually improve the quality of documents and presentations.
- Strong communication/interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels.
- Strong organizational skills (prioritize, plan, assign and control).
- Team player in every aspect.
- Able to work in a multi-cultural environment.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Knowledge of MS-Office, and Salesforce or similar CRMs is an advantage.
- Fluent in English, additional foreign languages are a plus