Chartering Manager, Singapore

Are you, as the experienced Chartering Manager you are, ready for your next career move and another exciting step in the direction of your professional growth? An opportunity where you will not just clock in every day but get to leave a real impact.

As NORDEN’s future Chartering Manager, you will be part of a company playing a leading role in the market, with a big potential for growth and expansion. We are all about purpose-driven work built on the foundation of autonomy, freedom of innovative ideas, and responsibility.

And even better you will be based right in the vibrant heart of Singapore, in Suntec City.

What is in it for you?
You will become part of a Chartering team motivated by NORDEN’s core values, collaborating around enabling smarter global trade every day. Data will play an important and supportive part in your daily decision-making, while a close collaboration and knowledge sharing across desks will enable you to become an excellent trader and ensure your professional growth.

You will report to the Chartering Lead, Panamax East.

The tasks that await you
As the Chartering Manager your main areas of work will be to:

• Establish and maintain external as well as internal relationships. This could concern customers, brokers, owners, and internal stakeholders.
• Closely collaborate with colleagues from Operations on ongoing voyages to proactively optimize results and ensure high-level service to clients.
• Maximise earnings on own tonnage.
• Create direct value by handling short-term contracts, tonnage, and cargoes.
• Obtain, analyse, and share market view and information.
• Develop strategic trades to enable growth globally.
• Coordinate and position our fleet in close cooperation with the team.

As NORDEN operates at a global scale business travel to be expected.

Your competences and core qualifications
As a person, you are outgoing and take pride in building good relationships with relevant stakeholders - internal and external. You are committed and able to work on your own, while still prioritising the needs of the team. It is energising for you to coordinate and specialise your communication to ensure an optimised workflow.

Apart from this you have:

• A minimum of 4 years relevant experience within dry cargo chartering, preferably within the panamax segment.
• A proven history within the following areas:

• Far east markets.
• Trading and optimising earnings on tonnage and cargoes.
• Key customer relationships.
• Basic understanding of hedging and FFA.

Application
Please upload your English written application, resume and other relevant documents through our website as soon as possible and no later than the 10th May 2024. We review applications and interview candidates on an ongoing basis.

NORDEN values diversity in thought, educational background, and professional competencies and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply for the position.

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We look forward to hearing from you.

About us
NORDEN is a global provider of ocean-based freight services for bulk and project cargo of all sizes. We integrate freight solutions with port logistics helping our customers to optimise and decarbonise supply chains. We provide tailored solutions based on flexibility, reliability and intelligence.

Our agile business model ensures stability by continuously adapting our fleet to market developments and customer needs.

Founded in 1871, NORDEN is one of Denmark’s oldest internationally operating shipping companies. Incorporated in Denmark, we are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen as a part of the OMX Nordic Large Cap index.

With 14 offices across 6 continents, NORDEN is a truly integrated part of global trade.