Yard Planner at APM Terminals Full Time

APM Terminals is the global terminal operating arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. APM Terminals operates a Global Terminal Network of 76 operating port and terminal facilities and 117 Inland Services operations in 59 countries around the globe.

We are looking for highly competent, experienced, motivated, and results-oriented individuals to fill the vacancy below:

Job Title: Yard Planner

Ref.: AT-275063
Location: Lagos

Key Responsibilities
Yard Planning:

• Ensure that yard operations are running at the level of productivity required to ensure service delivery by the terminal’s transportations flows, such as vessel, gate/rail & CFS operations.
• Provides strategic yard allocations to manage vessel and gate operations.
• Create and maintain yard allocation set up which supports the terminals productivity targets per quay crane operation & truck turn-times.
• Ensure 100%-yard inventory accuracy & integrity.
• Reduce redundant yard moves and optimize housekeeping efforts.
• Check and support an accurate and efficient information flow on the terminal related to all yard activities.
• In co-operation with yard strategist set the overall yard strategy.
• Control yard space allocation adherence for empty and full equipment.
• Monitor and fine-tune the yard allocations to ensure that yard planning is satisfactory and meets the strategy requirements.
• Prepare the yard work plan’ on a daily basis and communicate to relevant persons where the equipment must be located.
• Prepare the workflow related to housekeeping, empty movement, corrections etc.
• Provide the yard operation administration.
• Take the ownership of yard planning and strategy.
• Lively monitor all yard movements to ensure execution as planned.
• Act as a focal point for yard planning activities.
• Identify and solve problems and issues on a daily basis, usually of a moderate to highly complex nature.
• Track special units’ movement, safe segregation and movement in yard.
• Strictly follow IMDG segregation and to monitor DG units Yard location in every beginning and end of the shift. Prepare housekeeping immediately, report any exceptions to Shift Manager and HSE.
• Report problems and issues, especially issues of complexity or impact on the operation.
• The key impact of this incumbent will be the maintenance of operational efficiencies in the terminal. Responsibility for the execution of day-to-day operational activities.

Requirements
We are looking for:

• High school diploma plus a college degree in Logistics, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• Requires at least 4 years of work experience in a container terminal, preferably with experience in Planning Controller, Cargo Controller, vessel planning or vessel operation execution
• Requires in depth knowledge of Yard Planning strategy, yard operation, Gate operation, terminal berth capability and the terminal berth plan process.
• Requires good knowledge of Yard and gate operation, berthing ships, control and traffic of vessel movements, re-berthing positioning of vessels, and marine berth handlings.
• Requires some knowledge with Marine AIS application systems
• Required good knowledge in TOS (Terminal Operating System) and its modules.
• Has familiarity with the strict implementation of international standards of safe working practices within marine, stevedoring and terminal operations.

Critical Skills:

• Planning and organizational skills.
• Customer Centricity
• Collaborative
• Lean Knowledge
• Problem Solver mindset

Application Closing Date
18th July, 2021.