Senior Freight Analyst

Job description / Role

Charterhouse are presently overseeing a search for an international trading client, within the dry bulk sector, whom are in the process of looking to recruit a Senior Freight Analyst to join their regional team based in Dubai.

This Analyst, joining an existing Freight & Shipping team, will take on the responsibility of overseeing all areas of market analysis, operational processes and any financial analysis, to support both their own shipping business and that provided within the open market.

The specifics of this role also involve the tracking of vessels, cargos and routing, to ensure effective and efficient operational freight execution and the delivery of commodity, aligned to customer obligations within the contractual framework.

This role is also heavily geared towards the research aspects of the market and sector and designed to allow for a robust and proactive business model, covering all freight operations and partners, to ensure strong external partnerships along with an internally robust commercial strategy and freight deployment plan.

Requirements

The client is looking to recruit a formally qualified Analyst, with either a finance or logistics-based background, whom can demonstrate up to five years of experience within a commodity trading and dry bulk business. The nuances and understandings of dry bulk products, along with an understanding of global supply routes, market dynamics and variables are key aspects within this role; whereby an advisory and commercial understanding can be leveraged-off to ensure accurate reporting, analysis and the documentation chain for reporting purposes.

In conjunction, this role requires a candidate whom is able to introduce new concepts, modelling or research criterion and in turn the facilitation of any policy review, operational processes or reporting procedures, to enhance the overall effectiveness of this freight entity.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.