Vessel and Voyage Performance Manager

Your role and responsibilities

As Vessel & Voyage Performance Manager you will lead ABB Marine & Ports global Vessel & Voyage Management business combining people leadership commercial ownership and deep maritime expertise.

You are responsible for both driving the business and developing a highperforming team while positioning ABB at the forefront of digital and sustainable maritime operations. Your scope includes Routing Services Octopus Motion and Parametric Roll solution.

By leveraging advanced analytics digital platforms and the latest maritime technologies you ensure strong client value operational excellence and profitable growth. At the same time your work directly contributes to reducing greenhousegas emissions and improving fuel efficiency across the global fleet.

You will be part of the Marine & Ports division. At ABB Marine & Ports we are transforming vessels and port operations through innovative electric automated and digital technologies. As part of enabling a lowcarbon society we develop solutions that make marine operations safer smarter and more sustainable.

Key responsibilities

Business & P&L leadership

• Full endtoend responsibility for the Vessel & Voyage Performance business including strategy portfolio operations and commercial execution.

• Own Profit & Loss performance targets forecasting and improvement actions.

• Define and implement business and product strategies aligned with ABB targets and market needs.

• Drive profitable growth through portfolio development sales support and market positioning.

Digital & product leadership

• Define and execute the digital strategy and roadmap for vessel and voyage performance solutions.

• Translate industry trends (weather routing fuel efficiency emissions regulations digitalization) into differentiated customer offerings.

• Act as the key interface between customers market and ABBs global digital and R&D organizations.

• Represent ABB as the face of the digital vessel performance portfolio toward customers and partners.

Team & organizational leadership

• Lead coach and develop a multidisciplinary international team.

• Build a customercentric highperformance organization with strong execution focus.

• Foster collaboration across ABBs global matrix organization and external stakeholders.

Operational & performance excellence

• Analyze vessel and voyage operational data (fuel consumption emissions machinery efficiency).

• Drive optimization initiatives related to fuel efficiency voyage execution and environmental performance.

• Ensure data quality validation and consistency in performance reporting and KPIs.

• Prepare dashboards and insights for customers and internal stakeholders.

• Support compliance with IMO regulations and energyefficiency frameworks.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Marine Engineering Naval Architecture Business deveopment or a comparable technical discipline.

• 10 years of professional experience in the maritime industry with 510 years in relevant roles such as vessel or voyage performance weather routing Naval or marine engineering and/or Maritime digital solutions or business development.

• Proven P&L responsibility (minimum 2 years) in a complex dynamic environment.

• Solid peoplemanagement experience with strong leadership skills.

• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities (e.g. Excel Power BI) and the ability to translate data into clear business insights.

• Comfortable working in a global international matrix organization.

• Fluent in English.

Preferred / strong plus

• Experience with digital maritime platforms performance monitoring tools or voyage optimization solutions.

• Background in energy efficiency emissions reporting or regulatory compliance (IMO frameworks).

• Experience working closely with global customers and commercial teams.

Personal qualities

• Strategic thinker who turns vision into execution.

• Entrepreneurial handson and resultsdriven.

• Strong stakeholder management skills both internal and external.

• Passionate about sustainability and technological innovation in maritime industries.

What we offer

• A global role with significant business ownership and impact.

• The opportunity to work with cuttingedge maritime technology.

• A meaningful contribution to reducing greenhousegas emissions worldwide.

• Competitive salary with performancebased bonus.

• Electric company car.

• 27 vacation days 13 ADV days.

• Strong pension scheme and employee share program.

• Discounts on gym memberships and bicycle schemes.

• Fulltime position (40 hours) with extensive training and development opportunities.

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Ready to make an impact

Register your CV and apply online via by clicking on Careers. For questions regarding the open position please contact Jacqueline Pereboom George Hintzenweg 81 3068 AX Rotterdam e-mail: tel. 010-4078214.

About ABB

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation enabling a more sustainable and resourceefficient future. We connect engineering knowhow and software to optimize how things are manufactured moved powered and operated. With around 150000 people in over 100 countries we are shaping the future together.