Latest Employment Opportunity at APM Terminals

Job description
At APM Terminals, the results you deliver matter. We will give you lots of responsibility right from the start and plenty of opportunities to achieve your full potential. For all of our employees, we offer fair, competitive compensation and rewards which include continuous development opportunities. Since our talented employees are the foundation of our company culture and our success, we reward performance in a way that promotes continued achievement.

We Offer
Value and team-based leadership.
•An open and engaging working environment.
•A wide range of international career opportunities.
•Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic environment.
•Competitive compensation packages

SAFETY:

• •Foster a safe working environment and model safe behaviours.
• •Support or lead transfer of safety best practices between locations and from APMT Best Practices.

LEADERSHIP:

• •Lead improvement initiatives identified with the MD’s and COO’s in each location and from the regional or corporate offices.
• •Develop improvement capabilities in staff, through involvement in projects and formal training as required.

FUNCTIONAL EXCELLENCE
Process Improvement

• •Implement CI programmes to enhance efficiency and cost effectiveness per terminal.
• •Identify methods and products to develop and/or improve standard operating procedures to best practice levels
• •Work alongside the COO and their team to identify opportunities for improvement and to reduce waste in processes.
• •Write business proposals where capital expenditures are required and support with financial, safety and efficiency improvement evaluations as applicable.

Process and Project Controls and Reporting

• •Develop systems to ensure ongoing improvement of processes in the terminal.
• •Create improvement pipeline of projects classified and prioritised for implementation.
• •Ensure proper management control systems and continuous improvement plans are in place to maintain focus and review with project owners on a regular basis.
• •Propose, agree, and deliver improvement activities as determined every year with the terminal management teams.
• •Assists the terminal management teams in developing projects designed to meet and maintain the terminal’s KPI’s.
• •Critically assess and report the financial implications of process improvement initiatives.

Other

• •Share ad-hoc best practices between locations as arising.

QUALIFICATION
Knowledge:

• •In-depth understanding of container terminal operations.
• •Lean training and implementation experience essential. (Lean Master or PEX Black Belt, or equivalent.)
• •TPM and Six Sigma training and experience advantageous.
• •Strong understanding of process improvement and process mapping techniques

Ability:

• •Experience of identifying, quantifying, initiating, leading and delivering process improvement programmes.
• •Experience working with management, employees, and customers, managing change and delivering improvements.
• •Effective negotiation, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• •Comfortable with financial procedures, reporting tools, and methods to be able to quantify financial benefits from initiatives
• •Strong analytical skills, including the ability to extract, compile and analyse data, and represent key findings to other stakeholders.
• •English oral, written communications, and report writing skills critical.
• •French oral and written skills advantageous.