Stowage Manager (Ocean)

About the role

Maersk is looking for a Stowage Manager (Ocean) to lead its planning team and oversee and optimise stowage for Ocean Services, ensuring positive operational and customer outcomes. The role sits within a global logistics organisation with over 100,000 employees across 130 countries.

Key responsibilities

• Lead team performance and deliver safe, secure and optimised stowage plans that improve capacity utilisation and crane productivity.
• Monitor vessel capacity, intake and utilisation, partnering with Ocean Fulfilment, Deployment and Network teams on vessel deployment.
• Collaborate with regional operations, Ocean Network Product, Revenue Ocean Management, Global Execution and terminal operators to improve service delivery.
• Identify operational risks early and coordinate preventive or mitigating actions.
• Manage first-level escalations and contingencies, keeping the team and the Regional Stowage Manager informed.
• Plan resources, rosters and leave to ensure effective team deployment and business continuity.
• Drive operational excellence through structural solutions, SOP improvements, change management and adoption of new standards and technology.
• Maintain practical stowage-planning capability and stay current on relevant processes, policies and standards.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of ocean networks and broad service characteristics.
• Considerable hands-on stowage planning experience.
• Proven people leadership, coaching and communication capability.
• Sound judgement in operational problem-solving, decision-making, escalation and contingency management.
• An analytical and well-organised approach, able to manage competing operational priorities.
• A collaborative, curious and accountable mindset, confident enough to challenge established ways of working.
• Eligibility to work in the role location.