This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

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The Operation Support Trainee will ensure coordination of low to moderate complexity freight post fixture processes and tasks. In this role, you will ensure compliance with contract clauses and the international and  port regulations related to the freight, vessel hire or commodity trade. You will execute the controls established by the appropriate functional areas, participate in issuing demurrage or hire statements, execute settlements and complete freight or hire transactions.

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* This role is offered for a 1-year fixed contract.

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• Maintain contractual and actual data in the system required for freight, demurrage or hire process
  and ensure accuracy of voyage profit and loss results, such as analyzing and challenging port statement of
  facts,owners statement of accounts, commercial agreements and other operational information.
• Analyze and prepare freight invoices, demurrage or hire statements in strict compliance with
  commercial agreements and fair interpretation of the statements of facts, delivery and redelivery notices,
  notices of readiness and other documents.
• Foster relationships and communication with dedicated counterparties, customers or owners to
  ensure thorough comprehension of specific invoicing requirements, prompt reply to inquiries and timely
  escalations of disputes.
• Conduct standard analysis on risk exposure, process improvement and contract clauses and
  recommend next steps and new contracts to more senior members and commercial function.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues
  to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding in maritime, shipping or ocean transportation area.
• Fluent English language skills – written and verbal.
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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience handling port operations and ship logistics, marine accounting, and managing key customers in a
  global matrixed shipping company.

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