Senior Chartering Manager, Copenhagen

Are you an experienced Chartering Manager looking for a new opportunity where you can make a meaningful impact while enjoying significant responsibility and autonomy? And do you want to join a market-leading company with exciting growth potential? If so, ...

norden.com Senior Chartering Manager, Copenhagen

Are you an experienced Chartering Manager looking for a new opportunity where you can make a meaningful impact while enjoying significant responsibility and autonomy? And do you want to join a market-leading company with exciting growth potential? If so, the role of Senior Chartering Manager at NORDEN could be your next career step.

This position is based in NORDEN's Copenhagen office.

What is in it for you
In this position, you will become part of a collaborative Chartering team motivated by NORDEN’s core values, where data plays an important part of our decisions. Close collaboration and knowledge sharing across desks will enable you to become an excellent trader and ensure your professional growth. You will be reporting to Chartering Lead, Handy West.

The tasks that await you
As our new colleague and Senior Chartering Manager in Copenhagen, you will be operating within the European time zone. However, you will work in close collaboration with colleagues located in the US covering other time zones.

You will focus on negotiating and securing profitable shipping contracts, optimizing vessel utilization while adapting to fluctuating market conditions and cultivating positive relationships with clients, brokers, and other key stakeholders in the Handysize market.

Besides this, your primary responsibility includes:

  • Maximising earnings on own tonnage.

  • Handling short & medium-term contracts, tonnage and cargoes by making autonomous decisions.

  • Developing strategic trades to enable growth globally.  

  • Coordinating and positioning our fleet in close cooperation with your direct team and our global offices.  

  • Analysing market research, information, and trends to formulate and share market views.

You can expect business travel to occur.

Your competencies and core qualifications
You thrive on building genuine relationships both within the team and with external partners, taking pride in fostering meaningful connections. You find it natural to act as a mentor and to collaborate with a team of operators and charterers, promoting a supportive and high-performance culture.

Apart from this and to be successful in this role, it is important that you can see yourself in the below statements:

  • You hold 5-10 years of experience as a Chartering Manager or from a similar role, ideally within the Handysize market.

  • You know of relevant regulations, compliance standards, and risk management practices to ensure all operations are conducted in line with legal and company requirements.

  • You have a sharp commercial sense to assess risks, evaluate market conditions, and make quick, data-driven decisions that optimise vessel utilization and profitability.

  • You understand hedging, FFA and the underlying risk related to position on a basic level.

  • You have proven negotiation abilities to secure competitive contracts with clients, brokers, and other stakeholders, ensuring favourable terms and maximized profitability.

Application
Please upload your English written application, resume, transcript and other relevant documents through our website as soon as possible and no later than 19 September 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.

Our company   
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 15 offices across 6 continents, NORDEN is a truly integrated part of global trade.