Yard & Berth Strategist
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APM Terminals
Lagos, Nigeria
Yard & Berth Strategist
Nigeria
Lagos
Local
Terminal
Operations/Engineering
Last application date: 8/7/2021
At APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world. You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace.
APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish Maersk Group – a Global Fortune 500 company with about 89,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and manufacturing industries - Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals!
We offer
• APM Terminals offers tremendous growth, career and leadership opportunities for those with the ambition, drive and dedication to become one of the best.
• An opportunity to be part of a high performance team that ensures APM Terminals is the most efficient, safe and profitable terminals in the region.
• Working with partners, shareholders, authorities and other stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
• Manage, motivate and instruct planning team members
• Manage and maintain Berth plan and prospects by coordinating shipping lines.
• Maintain berthing window commitments and communications.
• Lead berthing lineup discussions and communication.
• Plan vessels based on cargo availability and distribution.
• Plan number of cranes and gang to utilize as agreed in window commitments.
• Manage and maintain all berthing communications and track records.
• Adapt and maintain the yard strategy to the current cargo flow on a daily basis
• Develop a strategy for effective yard usage by building an algorithm around the following parameters:
• Segregation / Grouping criteria – How will the containers be stored
• Location criteria – Where will the containers be stored
• Analyse and match the cargo flow to the reserved location
• Ensure that the yard strategy is balanced so as to avoid any equipment clashes between any Points of Work
• Analyze cargo flow parameters like age, build up, load out etc. and account these in the proposed yard strategy
• Discuss the strategy with the supervisors and ensure that their teams religiously follow it
• Track the changes in yard operations post the implementation of strategy and take corrective actions if necessary
• Regularly discuss with the Planning staff and identify areas which can be improved. Prioritize these areas in consultation with the Planning Manager & the Planning Superintendent and recommend solutions to address the same
• Ensure every recommendation is justified with sufficient & relevant data
• Align with berthing prospect and prepare a yard proforma similar to the vessel proforma
• Ensure any strategy proposed considers the following:
• Adherence to the Proforma
• Optimization of yard turnaround
• Optimization of equipment allocation
• Ensure 100%-yard integrity in TOS and Yard designs maintained as physical yard
• Ensure Zero yard stow warnings and follow-up to correct with yard planner.
• Training and coaching to Yard planner skill by conducting required trainings.
• Ensure IMDG segregation in yard and validate on daily basis
• TOS enhancement and improvement. Lead as TOS expert in operation.
• Ensure that the Best practices in SPARCS usage are always followed and offer assistance in system testing scenarios
• Attend customer issues and claims related to yard handling and storages
• Maintain cleanliness of the office.
• Performs any other tasks assigned by superior to improve terminal efficiency and performance.
We are looking for
• High school diploma plus a college degree in Logistics, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• 3 years of previous experience in the port execution operations or planning
• 5 years of previous leadership experience involving on the planning or administrative sector managing large amount of workers
• Good knowledge of vessel & yard planning. Overall knowledge of terminal operation
• Requires good verbal and written communications skills in English and the local language.
• Has familiarity with the strict implementation of procedure, process and best practices in planning command centre, stevedoring and terminal operations.
• Requires good interpersonal skills to interact across section of the company’s departments, at all levels, and with customers.
CRITICAL SKILLS
• Lean Knowledge
• Problem Solver mindset.
• Motivation
• Build effective teams
• Conflict Management