You will own the shipping side of our commodities business, from fixing tonnage to final discharge. Working alongside the trading team, you will make sure every cargo of urea and other dry bulk products moves on time, on terms and within budget.
What You Will Do
- Lead voyage chartering for dry bulk cargoes, including urea and other fertilisers, working with shipbrokers and owners to fix suitable tonnage.
- Negotiate charter party terms, including freight, laytime and demurrage, and manage recaps through to signed charter parties.
- Oversee voyage execution: nominations, load and discharge port coordination, surveys and inspection, and cargo documentation including bills of lading.
- Calculate laytime and settle demurrage and despatch claims.
- Build voyage estimates and freight cost models to support pricing on CFR and CIF sales.
- Manage shipping risk, including vessel and counterparty screening, marine cargo insurance, and alignment with sales contracts and letters of credit.
- Develop relationships with shipbrokers, owners, port agents and surveyors across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
- Lead, mentor and grow the shipping operations team, setting standards for execution, controls and reporting.
What You Bring
- At least 5 years of experience in dry bulk chartering or operations with a shipowner, charterer, trader or shipbroker.
- Proven experience leading and developing a team of chartering or operations staff.
- Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to negotiate with owners, brokers and counterparties at a senior level.
- Able to build processes, controls and management reporting for shipping operations.
- Hands-on experience with voyage charters on handysize and supramax vessels, and familiarity with standard charter party forms such as GENCON.
- Strong command of laytime and demurrage calculations.
- Sound understanding of Incoterms and letter of credit documentary requirements.
- Degree in maritime studies, business or a related field.
- Willingness to travel.
Good To Have
- Membership of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
- Experience shipping fertilisers or other hygroscopic cargoes.
What We Offer
An attractive package, including a significant share of commissions from the transactions you help deliver.