Job Description

Job Title: Vessel Performance Manager

Location: Shanghai
Department: Marine Performance Advisory

Are you passionate about maritime data, vessel efficiency, and delivering tangible value to customers? We are looking for a Vessel Performance Manager to join our Marine Performance Advisory team in Shanghai. In this role, you will be the crucial link between advanced data analytics and client success, managing a portfolio of customers and guiding them on hull performance and maintenance strategies.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage a portfolio of customers and conduct regular performance reviews to present data-driven recommendations.
• Promote and enroll customers on our range of digital solutions and platform.
• Analyze customer data using advanced analytics to interpret vessel performance KPIs.
• Assess vessel performance based on multiple data sources, including fuel data, visual inspections, and operational profiles.
• Provide expert advice on hull maintenance strategies leveraging data insights and coatings knowledge.
• Support and train the sales team to utilize performance evidence for promoting high-end coatings.

What You’ll Bring:

• University degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or equivalent experience in hull performance.
• Proven experience in data analysis to identify key insights and formulate recommendations.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to deliver complex technical content clearly.
• Collaborative mindset with a desire to work alongside cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of vessel operations, performance systems, biofouling growth, or hull coatings impact.
• Thorough, disciplined, and reliable with strong planning, follow-up skills, and a customer-centric approach.

Sounds like a match?

If you are a data-driven maritime professional who thrives on improving vessel performance and advising clients, we would love to hear from you!

More about Hempel

At Hempel, you'll join a team of passionate and motivated individuals and become part of a global family with over almost 7,000 colleagues around the world. Hempel is committed to creating an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of our employees and the customers we serve, providing equal opportunity for all.

Application due

2026-08-31

Seniority Level

Associate

Job Functions

Analyst, Business Development, Consulting, Engineering, Information Technology, Training

Industry

Chemicals

At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work.  We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.