Tharindu Jayasinghe

Experience

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  Stellar Vision Technologies

  May 2007 - May 2008

  Business Analyst

  •Analyze customer Request for Proposals (RFPs) to determine project feasibility•Determine the project scope and effort with the team members•Prepare project proposals•Analyze pricing positions•Contribute to long-term marketing plans•Identify and document client’s business and functional requirements•Build and foster relationships with client’s stakeholders.•Prepare reports to the management on the project status and progress, market trends etc.•Create and deliver product presentations/demonstrations. Show less

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  GAC Shipping Limited

  Jun 2008 - Nov 2012

  Managerial:1. Oversee the operations team in carrying out shipping operations and ship’s supply services.2. Manage and monitor vessel operations.3. Manage the department planning process.4. Formulate and implement the long-term strategic plans.5. Conduct team meetings with the operations / wharf teams on performances and operational issues.6. Prepare statistical and performance reports for management meetings.7. Participate in monthly business group meetings (BGM’s) to present department statistics and performance.8. Act as the group system owner to ensure maximum system utilization for better process improvement.Strategic:1. Conduct meetings and negotiations with potential customers to increase market share and for business expansion.2. Engage with top management on business growth plans.3. Formulate employee retention plans.4. Ensure the business sustainability.5. Formulate new business strategies and new tariffs to stay ahead of competition. Show less 1. International customer communication & coordination. 2. Market and promote new service offerings to existing and new customers.3. Plan & handle cargo discharging operations of casual callers (liquid bulk, dry bulk & break bulk).4. Plan & render support services for oil & gas projects (Cairn Lanka’s oil drilling project). 5. Plan & handle vessel husbandry matters.6. Plan & handle bunker operations & trading.7. Plan & handle dockyard and repair operations for vessels.8. Plan & handle liner shipping agency services.9. Plan & handle ship’s supply services at OPL.10. Plan & handle armed & unarmed sea marshal operations for vessels calling high risk areas.11. Liaise with authorities and stakeholders in planning and executing vessel operations.12. Liaise with ship’s captains and crew during vessels’ port stay for inward clearance and vessel / crew requirements.13. Data entry and maintenance of files for each operation. Show less

  • Operations Manager

    Mar 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Assistant Operations Manager

    May 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Operations Executive

    Jan 2010 - May 2011

  • Graduate Management Trainee

    Jun 2008 - Jan 2010
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  Pacific Basin Shipping Limited

  Jan 2013 - May 2017

  1. Manage post-fixture operations for owned, spot and time-chartered tonnage within different time zones, trading into and out of Australia and other trades carrying various cargoes / commodities for major charterers and traders complying with terms and conditions of relevant charter parties.2. Prepare and send voyage orders to ship captains.3. Customer liaison including regular updates on vessel positions, movements and port operations to charterers, traders and other stake holders.4. Appoint agents, independent inspectors / surveyors, cargo superintendents, and negotiate with them and other port stakeholders, to ensure that the company attains optimum productivity and most economical operational costs.5. Manage vessels operations in the most economical manner possible by thorough planning of the ships voyage, and ensure that all operational nodes of the voyage are cost effective.6. Review and supervise hold cleaning prior to loading various cargoes.7. Plan stows with vessel masters and port captains and coordinate the execution of same to maximize freight.8. Bunker planning and coordination.9. Speed / performance monitoring & weather routing.10. Travel to the load / discharge ports to attend ship and port operations, when required to do so.11. Finalisation of voyages including laytime calculations and accurate posting in the information system (IMOS) of all inputs associated with the voyage. 12. Freight and demurrage collection.13. Report finalised voyages to the operations manager and/or chartering for approval.14. Provide operations support for the Melbourne chartering team in fixing vessels and negotiating CP terms.15. Maintain close communication with various team members in ship operations, chartering, insurance and legal, fleet management and technical and bunkering. 16. Follow up on rules and regulations related to cargo and cargo handling. Show less

  • Senior Voyage Operator

    Jan 2016 - May 2017

  • Voyage Operator

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016
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  Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG

  May 2017 - now

  • Senior Operations Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Operations Manager

    May 2017 - Apr 2023