Manager - Operations - Shipping/Transportation Industry - CA

Position - Manager Operations (Female)

Qualification - CA Mandatory

Location - Mumbai

Experience Working with Big 4 Companies Mandatory

Main Objectives of this position:

- Vendor & Cost Evaluation, Standard Cost Maintenance (TRACO), Maintenance of contracts in SAP & FIS, Operations Reporting and People Management

Function and duties:

- Preparing, analyses and submit quarterly forecast and budget data for Operations

- Analyse controllable operational costs across multiple port locations Maintain Subcontractor tariff and agreement.

- Document vendor Rebate Agreement and Tracking rebates/costs based on the various vendor agreements

- Create and Maintain Vendor

- Maintaining Bank Holidays

- Define and update locations

- Redefine location structure

- Maintain Geo Coordinates

- Define and update Base Route

- Handle missing Inland Routing maintenance requests.

- Define and Update Transportation Standard Costs (TRACO).

- Steer vendor volumes according to commitment.

- Steer Controllable Costs.

- Steer Cost saving measures

- Identify routing performance

- Monitory Standard cost against actual costs

- Maintain THC and ININ tariff working and revisions for maximum cost recovery.

- Operations Reporting - Vendor Spent and cost analysis Reports

- Vendor Evaluation and prepare approved supplier list

- Internal Controlling Check List Reports review

- ADHOC Ops cost if any and handle ADHOC CFS, Inland and Terminal Rate requirements

- Drive controllable costs by promoting data-driven decision-making within operations.

- Consolidate and monitor cost-saving measures

- Provide timely statistics from all relevant systems to support special analyses for management and operational staff.

- Monitor rebates and credit notes based on agreements

- Conduct vendor evaluations and prepare an approved supplier list

- Oversee vendor contracts within SAP to ensure compliance and performance.

Qualifications and Technical Job Requirements:

- 10+ years industry and management experience in transportation industry

- Overall expert knowledge of the Shipping industry as a whole.

- Good Knowledge of Operations required.

- Sharp focus on cost management.

- Vendor management experience preferred.

- Commercial experience (an advantage)

- Exposure to working within a different geographical Area

- Effective time / people management and planning skills.

- Excellent command of written and spoken English.

Business Systems

- Awareness of data quality importance, Operation steering etc.

- Good knowledge of user application systems (FIS, MS Office, Word, Excel)

- Knowledge of user application systems (FIS, COMPASS)

- Process knowledge and system support optimization.

- Expert Knowledge of internal processes, systems and controls

- Knowledge Process Mapping and Six Sigma / Lean Methods (an advantage)