Name of the Project: Trading & Shipping Data Quality and Operations Support
Vice Presidency: Sustainability and Operations Development
Region: Central
Intern’s Location (Office): Margain Offices
Eligible Semester(s): 5th - 8th semester
Careers of Interest: Business Intelligence, Finance, Global Business, Accounting, Industrial Engineer, Logistics, Supply Chain or related
Schedule Availability: Between 25 and 30 hours per week
Period of Stay at CEMEX: 6 months, with the option of renewal
Tentative Start Date: June 2026
The intern will support Trading & Shipping Americas by maintaining Document Center information, monitoring shipping documentation, and performing first-level data validations in internal information tools. The role also includes daily follow-up of vessel ETAs and agents’ reports, supervised support for contract/document management (current and historical), and training to conduct preliminary laytime reviews to flag inconsistencies before final analyst validation.
Project Objective
Strengthen data quality, operational control, and process standardization across Trading & Shipping activities in the Americas. The project focuses on improving Trade Monitor (TM) adoption, ensuring accurate and complete transactional data, enhancing contract and document management (SharePoint), and supporting vessel and shipment tracking. The objective is to reduce operational risk, improve reporting consistency, and free up team capacity for commercial and strategic activities.
Challenges for the Students
- Learning and understanding Trading & Shipping processes, systems (Trade Monitor, SharePoint), and documentation standards.
- Developing attention to detail to identify data inconsistencies, missing information, and discrepancies in operational records.
- Gaining familiarity with shipping concepts such as laytime calculations, ETAs, freight components, and contract terms under supervision.
- Managing ad-hoc tasks that may vary in complexity, especially during month-end closing periods.
Main Responsibilities and Activities to Be Carried Out
- Organization, maintenance, and monitoring of the Document Center (SharePoint), ensuring documentation is complete and properly filed (estimated 1 hour per day).
- Monitoring and tracking of shipping documents and agent reports.
- Preliminary review of vessel ETAs and shipping status, including follow-up on agent reports (estimated 1–2 hours per day).
- Support in laytime reviews as a first-level filter to identify discrepancies, under supervision (training-intensive initially; later ~30 minutes to 1 hour per review, with some cases requiring more time).
- Preliminary review of Trade Monitor prices and adjustments in case of discrepancies, especially during month-end close (ad-hoc, ~1 hour).
- Support in managing Trading and Shipping contracts (current and historical), under supervision and final review by the analyst (ad-hoc, ~1 hour per shipment).
- Review of mandatory fields in Trade Monitor tool to ensure completeness (USD, Incoterm, insurance, price, freight, product type, etc.), mainly during month-end close (ad-hoc, ~1 hour).
Specific Requirements / Qualifications
- Availability to support daily operational tasks with flexibility for ad-hoc activities.
- Interest in Trading, Shipping, and supply chain operations.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Basic understanding of logistics, shipping, or international trade concepts (preferred, not mandatory).
- Ability to work with data, documents, and operational systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and SharePoint (basic to intermediate).
- Good organizational skills and willingness to learn.
- Ability to work under supervision and follow structured processes.
- Intermediate English (written and verbal) to support documentation and reporting.
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