Gary Polmeer Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, Gb

Southampton, United Kingdom

• People manager to three team members, supporting the whole employee life cycle from new hires to performance reviews and developing the team both personally and professionally• Manage the recovery of government fees and taxes on U.S. bookings (£20m+)• Prepare annual port cost budget for 11 cruise ships and 2,000+ port calls (£100m) and adjust forecast as and when necessary.• Lead the commercial planning process liaising, as required, with port agents, vendors and internal… Show more • People manager to three team members, supporting the whole employee life cycle from new hires to performance reviews and developing the team both personally and professionally• Manage the recovery of government fees and taxes on U.S. bookings (£20m+)• Prepare annual port cost budget for 11 cruise ships and 2,000+ port calls (£100m) and adjust forecast as and when necessary.• Lead the commercial planning process liaising, as required, with port agents, vendors and internal business partners• Design, build and manage a model to provide the high level year on year deployment movement• Oversee the management of the Port Waste Planning Tool and ensure the fleet are supported in planning cost effective waste off-loads• Create, develop and manage a process to evaluate the risk of waste vendors available to CUK for all available ports• Oversee monthly report of discretionary costs by ship/month/port Vs budget and prior year• Responsible for the payment of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection taxes (£1m+)• Commercial analysis of port costs to aid in negotiations and cost savings• Identification and implementation of port cost savings• Approval of port cost payments up to £60k• Resolve queries submitted from the fleet through the End of Cruise ReportAchievements: -Created and introduced a Duty of Care process of our waste vendors, used to award environmental compliance scores. -Newly implemented waste management and Duty of Care process shared with our other brands and is currently being considered as a corporate standard. -Awarded the ‘Carnival UK: HESS Hero’ for Q2, 2019. -Streamlined Environmental Questionnaire process so we could remove an administrative process from the fleet. Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

• People manager to two team members, supporting the whole employee life cycle from new hires to performance reviews and developing the team both personally and professionally • Manage the recovery of government fees and taxes on U.S. bookings (£20m)• Prepared annual port cost budget for 11 cruise ships and 2,000+ port calls (£100m) and adjust forecast as and when necessary• Responsible for the payment of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection taxes (£1m+)• Commercial… Show more • People manager to two team members, supporting the whole employee life cycle from new hires to performance reviews and developing the team both personally and professionally • Manage the recovery of government fees and taxes on U.S. bookings (£20m)• Prepared annual port cost budget for 11 cruise ships and 2,000+ port calls (£100m) and adjust forecast as and when necessary• Responsible for the payment of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection taxes (£1m+)• Commercial analysis of port costs• Identification and implementation of port cost savings• Approval of port cost payments up to £25kAchievements: -Created and introduced the Port Waste Planning Tool to the fleet which enabled the ships to plan cost effective waste off-loads and save the company in excess of £50k. -Awarded the ‘Carnival UK: Maritime People’s Champion’ for Q2, 2018. -Identified port cost savings of £250k. -Selected for Maritime’s ‘K2: High Performance Programme’. Show less

• Responsible for the assignment of accurate government fees and taxes to passenger bookings in line with launch and true-up processes• Established port charges and identified those fees paid to a government or quasi-governmental organisations• Analysed and validated fees returned from the port agent, ensuring rates and formulas used matched the most up to date port tariff. Including any applicable company discounts• Queried discrepancies in formulas, rates and discounts returned… Show more • Responsible for the assignment of accurate government fees and taxes to passenger bookings in line with launch and true-up processes• Established port charges and identified those fees paid to a government or quasi-governmental organisations• Analysed and validated fees returned from the port agent, ensuring rates and formulas used matched the most up to date port tariff. Including any applicable company discounts• Queried discrepancies in formulas, rates and discounts returned directly with the port agent• Uploaded port costs into database, after fee had been verified• Carried out compliance checks to guarantee all port agents had completed and returned required information and port costs• Maintained port costs spreadsheet with tariff updates for all ports visited by our fleetAchievements: -Finished runner-up for the ‘Carnival UK: CRUISE Champion Award’ for Q4, 2014. –Identified port cost savings of £100k+. Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the assignment of accurate Government Fees and Taxes to passenger bookings in line with Launch, 120 Day and 7-14 Day processes• Established port charges and identified those fees paid to a Government or Quasi-Governmental organisations• Analysed and validated fees returned from the port agent, ensuring rates and formulas used matched the most up to date port tariff. Including any applicable company discounts• Queried discrepancies in formulas, rates and discounts… Show more • Responsible for the assignment of accurate Government Fees and Taxes to passenger bookings in line with Launch, 120 Day and 7-14 Day processes• Established port charges and identified those fees paid to a Government or Quasi-Governmental organisations• Analysed and validated fees returned from the port agent, ensuring rates and formulas used matched the most up to date port tariff. Including any applicable company discounts• Queried discrepancies in formulas, rates and discounts returned directly with the port agent• Uploaded port costs into database, after fee had been verified• Carried out compliance checks to guarantee all port agents had completed and returned required information and port costs• Maintained port costs spreadsheet with tariff updates for all ports visited by our fleet Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

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