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Assistant Manager - Commercial - Ports & Terminals - Cochin
Develop import business from Tamil Nadu and manage commercial relations for Cochin port.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The role focuses on developing the import business across Rest of Tamil Nadu, covering key clusters such as Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur, and Salem. The incumbent will identify and onboard importers, traders, manufacturers, and commodity buyers, influencing routing to Cochin, while coordinating with overseas suppliers and local buyers. They will also promote coastal shipping to divert East–West coast cargo from road or rail and provide commercial and logistics solutions across containerized and commodity cargo segments. • Develop import business across Rest of Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur, Salem and surrounding clusters). • Identify and onboard importers, traders, manufacturers, and commodity buyers, influencing routing to Cochin. • Coordinate with overseas suppliers/exporters and align them with local buyers. • Promote coastal shipping to divert East–West coast cargo from road/rail. • Build and maintain relationships with shipping lines, feeders, freight forwarders, and logistics players regionally. • Provide commercial and logistics solutions for containerized and commodity cargo segments. • Track market intelligence, competitor activity, and support tariff/scheme inputs. • Serve as primary commercial interface for customers in the assigned market.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸business development
- ▸import onboarding
- ▸coastal shipping
- ▸logistics solutions
- ▸market intelligence
- ▸customer interface
What You Bring
The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of experience, including 2–3 years handling imports in the region, with a background in ports, terminals, shipping lines, freight forwarding, or logistics. They must possess strong knowledge of import supply chains, port operations, and hinterland cargo movement, and demonstrate the ability to develop new business and manage key customers independently. Fluency in English and Tamil, working knowledge of Hindi, and willingness to travel extensively from a Coimbatore base are required. • 5–7 years total experience, with 2–3 years handling imports in Rest of Tamil Nadu. • Experience in ports, terminals, shipping lines, freight forwarding, or logistics (mandatory). • Strong understanding of import supply chains, port operations, and hinterland cargo movement. • Proven ability to develop new business, convert cargo, and manage key customers independently. • Fluent in English and Tamil; working knowledge of Hindi. • Willingness to travel extensively as per business requirement; based in Coimbatore.
Requirements
- ▸5–7 years
- ▸import
- ▸ports
- ▸supply chain
- ▸business development
- ▸english/tamil
Work Environment
Office Full-Time