Job Description
At ADM Global Ocean Freight (GOF), chartering is a commercial, value‑creating function at the heart of our global trading platform. We are seeking an exceptional Chartering Manager to play a pivotal role in managing and growing our APAC dry bulk freight portfolio, with a focus on the Supramax and Panamax segments.
Reporting to the Head of Pacific Freight, this is a senior, commercially influential role combining market execution, analytical decision‑making, risk management, and business development. You will operate at the intersection of chartering, trading and business development.
The Role
As a core member of the Global Ocean Freight team, you will take end‑to‑end responsibility for freight performance across assigned trades, supporting both existing flows and future growth initiatives.
Your Responsibilities
Your Profile
You are a highly regarded chartering professional with a strong analytical mindset, commercial gravitas, and a proven ability to perform under pressure.
You bring:
Reporting to the Head of Pacific Freight, this is a senior, commercially influential role combining market execution, analytical decision‑making, risk management, and business development. You will operate at the intersection of chartering, trading and business development.
The Role
As a core member of the Global Ocean Freight team, you will take end‑to‑end responsibility for freight performance across assigned trades, supporting both existing flows and future growth initiatives.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial chartering of Supramax and Panamax vessels on both voyage and time charter basis, aligned with the in-house trading strategy and market conditions
- Analyze freight markets, indices and commodities to assess trends, relative value, and forward risk, translating insight into decisive commercial action
- Optimize internal cargo flows by securing competitive freight while actively managing market exposure, volatility, and operational risk
- Partner closely with trading teams to structure freight solutions that protect margins, enhance optionality, and support portfolio performance
- Identify, evaluate, and execute freight‑driven opportunities, maintaining strong, credible relationships with shipowners, brokers, and cargo owners
- Apply sound risk management principles, including understanding and use of freight hedging instruments where appropriate
- Deliver high‑quality market intelligence, forward views, and exposure analysis through structured daily and ad‑hoc reporting to global stakeholders
- Ensure rigorous execution discipline, from fixture negotiation through post‑fixture review and performance evaluation
- Represent ADM professionally at industry meetings, conferences, and market events, reinforcing the company’s commercial reputation and market connectivity
Your Profile
You are a highly regarded chartering professional with a strong analytical mindset, commercial gravitas, and a proven ability to perform under pressure.
You bring:
- Deep expertise in the dry bulk freight market, including vessel economics, freight indices, market analysis, and charter party structures
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in dry bulk chartering, across both voyage and time charter structures (Supramax and/or Panamax exposure an advantage)
- Strong analytical capability, with the ability to assess market data, freight curves, and relative value to support commercial decisions
- Solid understanding of freight hedging techniques and basic risk management frameworks to manage volatility, position exposure, and downside risk
- Discipline in freight calculation, voyage economics, and margin analysis, supported by modern analytical and chartering systems
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, capable of influencing senior internal stakeholders and external counterparties with credibility
- A demonstrated ability to build, maintain, and grow long‑term, mutually beneficial relationships with owners, brokers, and customers
- A proactive, accountable mindset with a continuous improvement approach to both commercial results and professional development
City
Singapore
State
Singapore
Location Country
Singapore
About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.