Commercial Analyst
Date Posted: February 12, 2025
Reports To: Commercial Director
Location: Vancouver, BC
Position Summary
Waterfront Shipping, a joint venture entity owned by Methanex and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is a global marine transportation company specializing in the safe, responsible, and reliable transport of bulk chemicals and clean petroleum products to North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America.
Reporting to the Commercial Director, this position provides analysis to support long-term commercial strategy and key decision-making around fleet composition, vessel deployment, and customer strategy. Responsibilities include developing KPIs, generating reports for various groups, understanding cost and profit drivers, and managing the 3-year forward budget. The incumbent supports the team in ensuring that the tactical employment of the fleet is optimized by minimizing the cost of delivering methanol.
Position Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze, and present analytics required by leadership to plan future fleet composition and long-term strategy
- Develop and monitor KPIs to evaluate performance and adjust strategy, working with the Commercial Director to update Customer and Fleet Strategy Plan
- Provide analysis and advice to Planning / Chartering team members to support vessel allocation, with a focus on minimizing delivery costs and maximizing profitability; update tactical vessel employment plan in conjunction with Planners
- Stay up-to-date on relevant market information to develop understanding of cost and profit drivers crucial to optimizing fleet
- Produce and distribute KPI reports (e.g. monthly rate forecast, quarterly commercial update) which are used by various management teams for market understanding and decision making
- Manage 3-year forward budget
- Provide coverage to coordinate methanol voyage planning with internal teams, as well as to support commercial claims by calculating and negotiating freight claims with third party customers
- Support reporting requests for ad-hoc projects
- Support Marine Assurance & Responsible Care initiatives and Waterfront Management System from Commercial perspective
Position Qualifications
- University degree in associated discipline
- 4+ years of relevant experience in a data analytics-focused role
- Excellent analytical skills, with proven ability to gather, organize, analyze, report and present complex data from multiple sources to stakeholders of different levels – linking findings and trends with business outcomes
- Understanding of the shipping market through previous experience in the shipping / logistics industry would be a major asset
- Proactive planner, able to multitask and prioritize to meet reporting deadlines
- High proficiency in using Microsoft Power BI, or other data visualization and business intelligence tools, with experience in developing KPI dashboards and reports
- Strong communication skills to obtain and distribute critical information
Expected Hiring Salary Range: $90,000 – $110,000 (Commensurate with experience and skills).
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