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Jean-Luc COTTE
[email protected]
+230 5970 2100
Church Road, Notre Dame, Long Mountain
22/01/1982
Mauritian
Divorced
Male
Profile

Results-driven professional with extensive experience in team management, vessel management and operations, logistics,freight & sales operations. Seeking a challenging position where I can utilize my skills and knowledge to contribute to the success of an organization.

Professional Experience
10/2013 – 06/2023Port-Louis, Mauritius

Operations / Crew Manager Assistant

INDIAN OCEAN SHIP MANAGEMENT SERIVICES / SAPMER SA
  • •Managing the crew for the 9 purse seiners and 2 supply vessels of which some are French (5 vessels), Mauritian (2 vessels) and Seychelles (2 vessels) registered fishing vessels and one Mauritian Supply vessel and one Seychelles supply vessel.
  • •Ensuring that each vessel is properly manned with experienced and qualified sea farers.
  • •Acting as the link between the authorities (Ministry of fishing, regulatory services, Maritime Affairs etc..) and the company itself for certificate and licenses.
  • •Ensuring that every vessel is correctly up to date with all certificates issued by various authorities and Maritime Affairs of each country (France, Mauritius and Seychelles).
  • •Ensuring that every vessel is up to date with all the fishing licenses issued by the regulatory service from each country (France, Mauritius and Seychelles).
  • •Making reservations and dealing rates from travel agencies to organize promptly the crew changes in various regions on the globe mainly Seychelles, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius Island and Dubai). The seafarers come from various countries such as France, Indonesia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Ukraine, Mauritius and countries on the west coast of Africa such as Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ghana, Togo to name a few.
  • •Payroll is also a big part of the work load
  • •Invoicing (Various suppliers which include payroll from our seafarers employers, the agents’ invoices pertaining to each vessel’s call in the ports of Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar)
    • 09/2009 – 09/2013Port-Louis, Mauritius

    Import/Export and Marketing Executive

    SPEEDFRIEGHT LTD
  • •Ensuring that all inputs/documentation/operations pertaining to the import & export of cargo are manipulated error free.
  • •Reporting to the business manager on a weekly basis on the volume of cargo imported/exported
  • •Visiting existing and new potential customers and negotiating to constantly securing businesses on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
  • •Finding quick and simple solutions to customers’ problems & complaints.
  • •Using my extensive logistics knowledge and good relationship with service providers such as liners, co-loaders, Port officers, and Customs officers etc… in the shipping industry to quickly solve disputes and problems so that in the end, the customer is always the winner.
    • 01/2008 – 08/2009Ebene, Mauritius

    Team Supervisor

    Generation Contact +
  • •Ensuring that my team sticks to the minimum objective set by the company is accomplished daily.
  • •Managing and motivating my team so as to be well beyond the minimum objective of 10 sales per day.
  • •Constantly guiding and monitoring the phone calls of my team to offer the best possible service to customers.
  • •Brief and debrief my team before and after each day work to constantly improve the quality of the sales.
  • •Reporting weekly to the manager the general outcome of briefing/debriefing sessions.
    • 07/2005 – 12/2008Port-Louis, Mauritius

    Junior Customs House Broker/Procurement Officer

    CNOI (Chantier Naval De L'Ocean Indien)
  • •Employed as junior customs house broker.
  • •Ensuring that all activities regarding import, export, selling and mainly buying of materials for the construction of ships, are done with the minimum of expenses.
  • •Coordinating all the logistics so that operations in our zone are done smoothly and trouble free.
    • 10/2004 – 07/2005

    Operations Officer

    IBL Shipping Department / IRELAND FRASER
  • •Ensuring that all the container operations reporting are accurately provided to the Principals.
  • •Ensuring that all activities and reporting, pertaining to Import and Export documentation are accurately provided to customers and suppliers.
    • 11/2003 – 10/2004Port-Louis, Mauritius

    Boarding and Operations Officer

    IBL Shipping Department
  • •Ensuring that the various activities associated with the purpose of call and the boarding of vessels are closely monitored to provide the Master and the Principal with an outstanding service.
  • •Ensuring that all activities pertaining to discharging, loading, transshipment, reporting, and tracking of containers are closely monitored so that our Principal and the agency are provided with an outstanding service. This also covers all logistics movements from time of offloading up to such time the container leaves the island, either full or empty, including delivery to receiver, return to depot and delivery to shipper.
    • 04/2003 – 11/2003Port-Louis, Mauritius

    Surveyor

    Marine and General Surveillance Co Ltd

    Assisting in the stuffing/unstuffing of containers.

    Skills
    Sales and Negotiation
    Import and Export Operations
    Team management and motivation
    Communication skills
    Procurement
    Logistics Management
    Customer Service
    Problem-solving and dispute resolution
    Word, Excel
    Languages
    French
    English
    Certificates
    Clearing, Forwarding & Shipping Management
    Customs Brokers Proficiency Course
    Interests
    Music
    General Science
    Magic
    Entertainer
    Astrology