Assistant Commercial Manager

About Us

ACL is a specialized transatlantic carrier of containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment and vehicles with the world’s largest combination RORO/Containerships. The company’s Corporate Office is located in Westfield, New Jersey and there are offices throughout Europe and North America.

At Atlantic Container Line, we’re driven by the mission of consistently providing an excellent, reliable and cost competitive service. We are attentive to our customers’ needs and continuously explore innovative ways to make it even easier to do business with ACL. 

If you are looking for an innovative, collaborative, and close-knit community, ACL is the right place for you!

You can find more information on www.aclcargo.com.

Main Responsibilities

Commercial Duties 

·        In cooperation with Pricing analyst, you will follow up on quotes for high value freight

·        You will identify new interesting business worth chasing

·        Free time / storage evaluation and approval

·        Daily contact with customers, and dedicated care of assigned customers per management

·        Regular review of the Service Contracts vs minimum requirement

·        Competition intelligence: analyze and report any change in competition pricing and service

·        Maintain competition file

·        You will ensure that all guidelines, storage and other terminal costs are in place and regularly reviewed and updated when needed

·        You will follow up on equipment, to ensure that we always have the right balance available

·        In cooperation with accounting department, you will follow up on late payment as required

·        You will visit customers as required

·        You will participate in person and /or remotely to sales, agency meetings as required

·        You will be in direct contact with overseas offices of the Grimaldi Group

Operational Duties

·        Daily contact with the Support team in Virginia Beach and other departments as needed

·        Forecast for TEUS, Roro and Static cargo, in cooperation with Virginia Beach

·        Cut off / Erd dates for containers / Roro

·        Guidelines for weekly Roro schedule and final check before being sent  

·        Advise Support group of any schedule changes, revision, delay that may impact vessel’s forecast

·        Monitor volumes vs vessel’s space

·        Set / modify and upload container allocations as needed

·        Liaison between Terminal / Operations / Virginia Beach departments / customers to solve issues

·        Keep track of the terminal costs for distribution to Support team

·        Follow up / guidance on Change of Destination requests

Analytic Tasks and Other 

·        Maintain in house statistics in line with business plan / targets set by Management

·        Maintain customer based in house statistic on monthly basis

·        Run Piers stats / analyze and present to Management for action as needed

Minimum Requirements

·        A diploma or degree in business, maritime/logistic or supply chain related studies.

·        2 to 5 years of working experience in related industry.

·        Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) Plan: 3% Match 3.5% Discretionary Contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• And more!