Marine Coordinator

Experience HELM as a unique family business and an attractive employer. Through a constant exchange of ideas, our ultimate goal is to offer our customers future-oriented solutions within our global network. At any time, in any place. This allows us to work proactively and think long-term - in operations, quality management, process optimization, product development and distribution. We are innovation drivers, possibility makers and a reliable partner, all in one.

Marine Coordinator

Date: Jan 18, 2025

Location:

Houston, TX, US, 77079

Business Unit:

Job Function: Supply Chain Management / Logistics

Level of Experience: Mid-Career

Main Tasks and objectives

• Coordinate and execute daily logistical operations.
• Make necessary ERP transactional inputs for shipments, delivery, expected costs, invoice approval and document retention.
• Provide expertise internally and externally as needed along with market insight, pricing trends, and regulatory changes affecting commercial activities. - Maintain and audit processes used by HELM to meet or exceed existing requirements.
• Maintain and foster good business relationships and partnerships with relative logistics service providers.
• Responsible for adhering to and reporting quarterly spend for mode of transport.
• Identify solutions that will meet or exceed internal/external customer expectations with the intent to make HELM’s logistical operations add value to our overall business.
• Issue and escalate non-conformances to logistics service providers.
• Key contributor in continuous improvement activities to drive operations and cost efficiency.
  
  
  

Individual Tasks

• Coordinate with supply chain on monthly barge schedule, communicate and adjust if any changes or delays.
• With Supply Chain, coordinate terminal operations for leased shore tanks, act as escalation party for all terminal issues and non-conformances with service provider.
• Nominations of barge, vessel, and surveyors. - Coordinate inbound barge movements to terminals.
• Monitor shoretank volumes to ensure adequate inventory for outbound obligations.
• Plan monthly import/export volumes and book/charter vessel space.
• Review and negotiate FOB barge/vessel nominations.
• Coordinate with forwarders on BOL and AES instructions for exports.
• Review and analyze demurrage claims and coordinate with SCC.
  
  
  

Qualifications & Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree preferred
• Strong background in bulk liquid marine and terminal operations.
• Strong knowledge of surveyor and inspection procedures.
• Experience with chemical products, markets, applications & industries (preferred)
• Experience and competency in communicating to multiple levels of executive management
• Experience in managing time sensitive problems with cost effective solutions
• Active communication and networking, team- & business-minded
• Experience and interest in sustainability / marketing of bio-based products
  
  
  

Required Tool Know How:

• Salesforce
• SAP (preferred)
• Microsoft Office Suites (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
  
  
  

Every day, each one of us contributes to HELM's success with competence, the highest expertise and unique service. We reward this commitment - not only with international opportunities, possibilities for seminars and further training but also with benefits that offer optimal conditions to reach the perfect work-life balance.

Interested?

Then please apply with all necessary documents via our application portal.

Nearest Major Market: Houston