Senior Charterer, Freight
Company Description
| Company Description |
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.
Job Description
| Job Description |
Brief
In a fast-paced trading-floor environment, this position requires high availability and flexibility to facilitate trades and engage with G&O and Sugar platforms as well as with the Freight team to guarantee the competitiveness of company’s CNF business. Reporting line will be to G&O and Sugar platforms and dotted to the Freight platform. Occasional traveling to integrate in the G&O and Sugar team meetings.
Main responsibilities
- Being primarily responsible or co-responsible for identifying and accessing competitive external voyage freight rates on some specific grains and sugar cargo flows, in line with corporate chartering policy
- Identify opportunities across the businesses and remove communication and effective business flow bottlenecks. Regularly report with quantified analysis, on these problematic and beneficial areas identified.
- Utilize in-house research and knowledge to anticipate freight market demands and trends, both short and long-term advising the platforms of findings.
- Be a conduit of information / intelligence from Freight to Sugar/G&O and vice versa, participating to global calls and cross-platforms regular meetings.
Experience
- 10 to 15 years of relevant working experience in chartering/trading.
- Experience in being primarily or co-responsible for a supramax and or panamax flows ideally with the focus of Atlantic to Fareast routes.
- Experience in reviewing / understanding risks related to chartering and execution of the vessels.
- Some experience and/or interest in analyzing balance sheets and interacting with research resources.
Skills
- General proficiency with various maritime softwares and Microsoft suite particularly Excel. Working knowledge of IMOS a plus.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Charterparty terms, ideally relating to standard agricultural commodity voyage charterparties, eg Synacomex, Norgrain, Baltimore, Sugar99 etc.
- Expertise in performing advanced freight calculations.
- Ample relationships / contact portfolio, which can be readily accessed to enhance our existing business.
- Capacity and willingness to actively participate in broad business strategy.
- Capacity to develop and present reports which include KPIs on role’s performance.
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- Any other language is a plus
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in numerically based subject or other business discipline is preferred. Other higher education will be considered.
Additional Information
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Additional Information for the job
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us
"What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We offer
- Competitive salary
- Attractive social and financial benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Access to training and development "
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.
Brief
In a fast-paced trading-floor environment, this position requires high availability and flexibility to facilitate trades and engage with G&O and Sugar platforms as well as with the Freight team to guarantee the competitiveness of company’s CNF business. Reporting line will be to G&O and Sugar platforms and dotted to the Freight platform. Occasional traveling to integrate in the G&O and Sugar team meetings.
Main responsibilities
- Being primarily responsible or co-responsible for identifying and accessing competitive external voyage freight rates on some specific grains and sugar cargo flows, in line with corporate chartering policy
- Identify opportunities across the businesses and remove communication and effective business flow bottlenecks. Regularly report with quantified analysis, on these problematic and beneficial areas identified.
- Utilize in-house research and knowledge to anticipate freight market demands and trends, both short and long-term advising the platforms of findings.
- Be a conduit of information / intelligence from Freight to Sugar/G&O and vice versa, participating to global calls and cross-platforms regular meetings.
Experience
- 10 to 15 years of relevant working experience in chartering/trading.
- Experience in being primarily or co-responsible for a supramax and or panamax flows ideally with the focus of Atlantic to Fareast routes.
- Experience in reviewing / understanding risks related to chartering and execution of the vessels.
- Some experience and/or interest in analyzing balance sheets and interacting with research resources.
Skills
- General proficiency with various maritime softwares and Microsoft suite particularly Excel. Working knowledge of IMOS a plus.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Charterparty terms, ideally relating to standard agricultural commodity voyage charterparties, eg Synacomex, Norgrain, Baltimore, Sugar99 etc.
- Expertise in performing advanced freight calculations.
- Ample relationships / contact portfolio, which can be readily accessed to enhance our existing business.
- Capacity and willingness to actively participate in broad business strategy.
- Capacity to develop and present reports which include KPIs on role’s performance.
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- Any other language is a plus
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in numerically based subject or other business discipline is preferred. Other higher education will be considered.
Additional Information for the job
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us
"What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We offer
- Competitive salary
- Attractive social and financial benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Access to training and development "