Trade Development Assistant

Trade Development Assistant Short Sea

Full time permanent

The successful applicant will support the team in all aspects of the Short Sea trade for both Import and Exports this will include regular communication with Geneva Liners and other MSC European offices providing operational regulatory and commercial support as well as statistical analysis as and when required.

A major part of the role will be obtaining and updating data for use by Geneva and European agents in the control of bookings within allocations managing bookings with customer services to ensure where required agreed allocations are not exceeded.

There will also be close communication with customer service and operational teams to direct and manage cargo feeding to European and global ports to ensure customers are kept fully informed as well as handling of daily weekly and monthly reports.

Initially this will be a data reporting and process driven role with the opportunity to develop and improve processes both within the team as well as potentially the wider organisation and will give someone the opportunity to achieve an in-depth understanding of the business for someone who wants to help develop strengthen influence and grow a trade in line with HQ strategies.

How you will help us and what you can expect

• Gather data schedule information and rate agreement details to combine and produce data for use in allocation system using in house systems such as Flint Avery TMS
• Produce and issue daily vessel reports as part of allocation reporting
• Produce vessel and revenue reports for analysis within the UK and Geneva
• Establish and maintain good client relationships
• Maintain specials contracts and tariffs
• Client & Geneva visit preparation
• Review competition schedules online and produce report for review to Geneva and agents
• Assist with day-to-day quotations and tenders
• Query handling as received in shared e-mail
• Support the Trade Development Manager as required on an ongoing basis
• Any other support as is required on the job from time to time

Skills and experience youll bring to us

• Strong IT skills especially Excel pivot tables and equations PowerPoint PowerBI and Word
• Organised and methodical approach to work to ensure accuracy of reporting along with ensuring that all strict deadlines are met
• Strong analytical skills and be able to present data / information to inform and help form strategies and or market understanding
• Be able to work on own initiative and problem solve
• A balanced understanding of operational and commercial demands
• Confidence to make sound fact-based decisions be professional ready willing and able to communicate internally and externally
• A balanced results driven approach
• Be a team player with a flexible can-do approach to work

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Private Health Care for everyone from day 1
• Generous pension scheme
• Life Assurance 4x salary
• 22 days a day to take on Christmas Eve or New Years Eve
• Free parking
• On-site artisan restaurant
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flu vaccines and eye care vouchers
• Buy or sell holiday scheme
• Christmas club saving
• MSC Cruises friends and family discount
• Full induction day and training provided
• Learning and development opportunities
• Dress for the day policy/modern office environment

We pride ourselves on being the employer of choice within our industry. We are a family company and our family values feed into everything we do. We are passionate about what we do we challenge ourselves to achieve excellence and we are tenacious in overcoming obstacles. Through working together with passion and enthusiasm we provide a unique experience for our customers.

We are in continuous evolution. We strive for the most innovative solutions to embrace change always respecting safety and the environment.

Our mission is to provide our people with personal fulfilment and enrichment. We are committed to sharing our knowledge delivering training and support; enabling our peoples professional growth. We ensure fair opportunities through providing long-term career development embracing diversity and valuing all cultures. Diversity bringing strengths through different viewpoints experiences & approaches.