Senior Ocean Planning Associate
Core
Execute end-to-end planning and booking of ocean freight shipments within a regional network, manage carrier relationships, and optimize net revenue and deadfreight performance.
Role type
Senior Ocean Planning Associate (freight forwarding)
Builds
Ocean freight capacity and shipment plans for clients across 112 countries
Domain
Global trade logistics and ocean freight
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Ocean freight planning, carrier relationship management, data analysis, exception resolution, process improvement, net revenue steering, forecast preparation, intermodal coordination
Preferred skills
Chinese language proficiency
Technologies
Extraloader plans, OTE metrics, FMT data systems
Responsibilities
Execute pre-bookings and manage trial shipments, maintain sailing schedules and cut-off dates, resolve escalations with carriers and internal teams, collect market intelligence on carrier performance, optimize allocation and yield, monitor OTE and utilization metrics, drive continuous process improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC