Terminal Planning Lead - East Africa at Maersk Line

Reporting into the Head of Ocean Fulfilment - East Africa Trades, you will be responsible for the delivery of optimal operational outcomes in East Africa ports, by engaging with our Terminal partners and focusing on ensuring sustainable value delivery with focus on customer centricity, network reliability and cost optimization.

The role is a key player in bringing our integrator strategy to life by assuring a holistic terminal understanding in all elements of planning and interacting with our customers.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

• Accountable for all terminal planning analysts within East Africa scope
•  Ensures optimal berthing line-up for incoming Maersk operated vessels
• Coordinates with the terminal and Ocean fulfilment team to improve the planning of the berth-line up
• Takes initiative to conduct postmortem reviews of vessel calls, and captures learnings to further assess and address areas of improvement
• Participates in the Network Change process by discussing and securing berthing windows for all ports within scope
• Owns the Integrator strategy in the terminal complex
• Partners with our Area Product colleagues and Customer experience teams to improve the end to end customer experience within the Terminal complex
• Acts as our representative towards relevant Port Authorities to obtain operational and commercial improvements

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

• A minimum of 8 years experience in the industry
• Able to work autonomously and take calculated and independent decisions under high-pressure scenarios
• Develop talents
• Able to drive change management
• Data driven
• Costumer empathy