Robert Bransfield
Garden City,NY
Summary
Experienced Vessel Operations/Chartering Professional with over 20 years of experience in the Maritime and Ship Brokerage industry with a proven history of meeting company goals through consistent and organized practices. Extremely detail oriented with an excellent reputation for problem solving and negotiation. Highly skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Shareholder / Partner
McQuilling Partners, Inc
04.2014 - 11.2022
Vessel Operations
McQuilling Partners, Inc
01.2018 - 11.2022
- Worked directly with management, ship brokers, and client operations departments to brainstorm, discuss strategy and mitigate challenging issues.
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, improving communications and meeting deadlines.
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practices.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to client demands.
- Supervised daily operations of multi-million dollar voyage contracts.
- Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase team affectiveness.
- Monitored large number of clients' day-to-day activities and made plans to rectify issues resulting in savings of time and financial exposure.
Ship Broker
McQuilling Partners, Inc
03.2003 - 12.2017
- Arranged chartering Contracts between Oil Majors and Vessel Owners, acting as representatives for either party.
- Oversaw contract performance with preferred partners by managing operation performance along with freight projection.
- Adhered to laws and regulations based on voyage locations.
- Researched and analyzed daily market conditions thoroughly and kept up-to-date on latest trends in marketplace in order to help better serve our customer base.
- Responded via telephone and email to questions from clients regarding daily market conditions, trends, as well as long range forecasting.
Ship Broker
Charles R. Weber
06.2001 - 01.2003
Ship Broker
Poten & Partners Inc
04.1999 - 06.2001
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marine Transportation
SUNY Maritime College
The Bronx, NY05.1992
Skills
- Policy and Procedure Implementation
- Maritime Charter Party and Contract Negotiation
- Ability to build and maintain professional customer relationships and effectively negotiate with customers
- Project Management
- Operations Oversight
- Regulatory Compliance
- Leadership
- Experience in working effectively with work groups across global organizations
- Drive/Work Ethic/Persistence
- Ability to take initiative
- Self-confidence and Self-awareness
- Maritime Transportation and Logistics
- Freight Calculation and Forecasting
- Knowledge & understanding of heavy lifting activities
- Professional commercial and contractual understanding of financial impacts of decisions with respect to project budgets
- Effective change and conflict management
- Proven decision-making skills with balanced risk taking
- Functions effectively in time-sensitive setting in environments
- Professional English communications skills (verbal, active listening, written, meeting management, presentation)
Timeline
Vessel Operations
McQuilling Partners, Inc
01.2018 - 11.2022
Shareholder / Partner
McQuilling Partners, Inc
04.2014 - 11.2022
Ship Broker
McQuilling Partners, Inc
03.2003 - 12.2017
Ship Broker
Charles R. Weber
06.2001 - 01.2003
Ship Broker
Poten & Partners Inc
04.1999 - 06.2001
Bachelor of Science - Marine Transportation
SUNY Maritime College
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