Position: Network Schedule Administrator
About the Company
Mediterranean Shipping Company Greece S.A. with headquarters in Geneva, the World Leading Shipping Line operating on container services, is looking to recruit suitable candidates in one of its Planning Centers, in Piraeus.
About the Role
The Network Schedule Administrator will principally be focused on overall Schedule Management, of Containerships, Development & Testing.
key elements to the role are to:
- Be a focal point for Schedule related matters.
- Support and manage a Schedule of Containerships Platform
- Focus on Schedule accuracy & quality of data.
- Maintain & Manage Schedule reliability towards other platforms.
- Elimination or avoidable of costs.
- Engage with Key Stakeholders on Schedule failures & improvement actions.
Responsibilities
- Daily Schedule updating management
- Ensure end of regions are updated to match actual last port of region when rotation changes are made that impact the original declared proforma EOR
- Ensure within the 5-week window that all departures are either assigned a vessel or declared blank sailing
- Identify all TBN sailings and raise with Network, Planning and discuss actions to take, updating with an official vessel sailing or declare as blank sailing
- Ensure there is schedule coordination between all parties making sure there are no unmanaged schedules or vessels within a specific service.
- Focus on and facilitate the organization’s strategy for schedule reliability within the network
- Ensure continuous analyze of data to identify any areas of possible improvements
- Ensure that the schedules of the vessels are managed to optimum reliability while taking into consideration the constraints of the network.
- Assist the Planning teams in day-to-day schedule maintenance.
- Monitor and manage the accuracy of information provided in terms of uploading and validation of the schedule platform.
- Analyze vessel performance against Proforma / Live Schedules
Qualifications
- BSc Degree in Shipping
- Fluent in English both in speaking and writing
- Proactive and able to organize and manage priorities and emergencies
- Business Shipping Attitude and full-time dedication.
- Rapidity, Flexibility, and Precision.
Considering as an asset:
- Detailed knowledge of Vessels technical characteristics and good knowledge of Seamanship.
- Good knowledge of specific planning and/or vessels stability calculation software programs.
Skills
- Strong team spirit, able to handle complex matrix organization with multiple subsidiaries around the world
- Leadership/influencing skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills – ability to handle multiple priorities, organize work and meet deadlines
- Analytical skills and strong focus on attention to details to deliver accuracy and quality
- Proven ability to work in a team environment in full collaboration
- Interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
- Language skills – perfect command of spoken and written English (French and/or Italian is a plus)
- IT skills – strong and very good working knowledge of MS Office (in particular Excel and presentations)
- Self-resilient, capable of multitasking and high capacity to manage stress
- Self-starter, quick learner, and proven ability to work with a limited level of supervision
Βιογραφικά: grc-careers@msc.com, grc-hr@msc.com
