To supervise and control Real Time operation on vessel, yard, examination and CFS to forecast smooth delivery of services in order to achieve high performance on vessel with minimal resource allocation
To capture root causes and limitations and follow-up with management for further improvement
Key Accountabilities:
Control Real Time assignment on field to ensure optimal productivity, efficiency for vessel, yard, gate and examination
Support vessel, yard, gate and examination by ensuring the correct resources are in place in order to achieve optimal terminal operational results
Distribution of workload to real time planners and controllers
Communicating with superiors in terms of any plan amendments as per operation requirement
Maintain minimal resources allocated to specific operational aspects in order to reduce handling cost per TEU and achieve high level of resource utilization
Ensure communication lines are maintained between stake holders such as operation staff, office staff and Management
Observation on real-time operational data of vessel, yard, gate and examination in order to maintain optimal plans achieving our KPIs
Finalize future manpower booking in terms of optimal gang utilization based on requirement
Co-ordinate with planning department in defining strategy based on workload (for next 24 hrs)
Ensure that vessel plan is managed in a way that eliminates unproductive moves during loading operation
Analyse the crane program of alongside vessels and ensures eliminating crane clashes
Maintain the crane program to ensure fast vessel turnaround by reducing the heavy hook (effective communication with liner and internal stakeholders)
Identify the areas to apply best practices on daily basis such as dwell cycling, increasing laden movements of trucks and tandem operation
Regulates the quay side workload based on pick and slack of gate operation
Analyze the handling capacity of each function of yard and maintain the workload ensuring smooth traffic flows based on equipment deployment
Ensure yard planning is effectively managed for discharging and loading of containers, movement of containers within the terminal, and delivery and receiving of containers from the gate
Ensure yard inventory is verified to maintain accuracy of information
Ensure missing containers are identified on time
Analyse critical parameters like operations productivity, key reasons for delay, vessel turnaround time, truck turnaround time, etc.
Identify planners with training needs and communicate the same to the planning manager.
Propose areas for operational improvement, system automation and up-gradation
Ensure effective inter departmental communication for vessel and yard operations
Define the prime routing and expert decking norms into the system
Assist in implementing the prime routing and expert decking function
Assist in dealing with exceptions that occur in the yard / system and resolving them effectively
Assist in performing periodical scheduled performance review with reporting personnel
Implement, monitor the full integration and usage of the expert decking and prime routing modules
Evaluate each operation process periodically and propose if changes required to improve safety and efficiency
Implement and monitor Yard strategy, fine-tune to manage the surge and slack
Complies with the guidelines from direct manager and ensures implementation
Optimizing Quay and yard operation to achieve targeted KPI