Damen
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About us
Damen Song Cam Shipyard is a joint venture between Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands and Song Cam Shipyard, based in Haiphong, Vietnam. The shipyard is a strategic and preferred production location within the Damen Shipyards Group, producing tugboats and workboats. Currently, the shipyard
outfits, commissions, and delivers approximately 40 vessels per year to clients worldwide. In the future, Damen Song Cam will increase its production facilities to deliver approximately 80 vessels a year and will start to produce some of the hulls that are currently sub-contracted to other yards.
The role
The purpose of this role is to provide high-level secretarial, administrative, and executive support to the General Director, while also assisting in monitoring, coordinating, and following up on selected management and operational matters as assigned. The General Director Assistant (GD assistant) acts as a trusted partner to the General Director, helping to enhance effectiveness, organization, communication, and execution of day-to-day managerial activities.
Key accountabilities
Your tasks are the following:
• Prepare, edit, and manage executive correspondence, reports, presentations, and official documents.
• Draft letters, emails, and internal communications on behalf of the General Director as assigned.
• Translate documents and communications between English and Vietnamese with accuracy and professionalism.
• Screen, prioritize, and manage incoming and outgoing correspondence for the General Director.
• Maintain systematic and confidential filing of documents, contracts, reports, and correspondence (hard copy and electronic).
• Making minutes of meetings as per requirement of GD.
• Manage the General Director’s calendar, appointments, meetings, and business activities.
• Proactively coordinate schedules to ensure efficient use of executive time.
• Prepare meeting agendas and coordinate collection and distribution of materials in advance.
• Attend meetings when required; record clear minutes, key decisions, and action items.
• Organize meeting logistics including meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, and materials.
• Business trip arrangement for GD and receiving VIP guests.
• Handle and screen phone calls professionally; respond or redirect appropriately.
• Coordinate information exchange across departments to support effective execution.
• Ensure timely follow-up on communications, requests, and instructions issued by the General Director.
• Assist in tracking progress of selected assignments, projects, and action plans across departments.
• Follow up on deadlines and task implementation; identify delays or issues and report status to the General Director.
• Support preparation of management reports, summaries, dashboards, and presentations.
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze basic data and information for managerial review.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion.
Qualifications & Requirements
To be successful in this role you bring:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, International Trade, English, or related fields.
• Excellent command of English and Vietnamese, both written and spoken
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Strong document preparation, formatting, and presentation skills
• Proactiveness in handling and attention to details
• Know how to handle the sensitive information and confidential aspects
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in executive assistant, management secretary, or similar support role for senior management.
• Experience working in a professional, international, or manufacturing environment is an advantage.
What we offer
Here at Damen, we realize supporting and managing many talented individuals is of great essence. We understand that the key to success is to find the right person for the right job. That’s why we continually invest in your development. Damen offers you:
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Damen Song Cam does not approve of a commercial, contractor and/or agency acquisition or commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and will not be considered.
Recruiter:
Email:
vuong.tran.duc@damen.comPlease apply through the Apply Button. Due to GDPR reasons we cannot accept applications by email.
Are you ready to sail into a new adventure?
Damen was established by two brothers back in 1927. Today, with more than 12,000 employees, operating over 35 shipbuilding and repair yards, the Damen Shipyards Group has earned a leading position in the shipbuilding world. We are an international company that is, at heart, still a family business with family values and a deep respect for our maritime heritage. It is our aim to combine our proven standardisation with the innovations of digitalisation to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder
Newbuild
Damen has delivered more than 6,500 vessels in 100 countries and delivers some 175 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels on stock leads to short delivery times, low total cost of ownership and reliable performance. We offer a wide range of products including tugs, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, ferries, dredging, offshore vessels and superyachts.
Shiprepair & conversion
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has a worldwide network of 18 repair and conversion yards with drydocks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. DSC yards have extensive experience – completing more than 1,300 projects every year, from normal drydockings for scheduled maintenance to damage repair, right up to extensive refit and conversion projects.
Services
Being active in the maritime industry demands continuous vessel reliability. For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of services, including maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and the transfer of shipbuilding know-how.
Components
Damen is also specialised in the design and production of various marine components including propeller nozzles, rudders, special towing winches, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.
Always looking for talent
At Damen we are always looking for professionals, starters and students with a passion for ships. We offer challenging jobs, internships, premium placements or graduation projects both locally and globally, in various job areas.
Investing in talent
As professionals we offer you the ideal environment to continuously develop yourself both technically and personally by coaching you on the job and through various programmes found in the Damen Academy.
We also offer students diverse unique opportunities to get to know the Damen Shipyards Group. Boost your personal development, even before beginning your professional career, through various events and activities.
“Damen has always been a company with a clear focus on innovation. From ground-breaking concepts such as standardised shipbuilding to advanced products such as the SEA Axe Hull, innovation has provided the means for Damen to grow into an established global group of companies.”
We are active across the entire maritime sector and offer jobs in different areas allowing you to grow, develop and define your own career. Whether you are looking for a job in Sales, Design & Proposal, Engineering, Research & Development, Yard Support or Project Management, we will do our best to find the right fit in our Newbuild, Shiprepair & Conversion, Services or Components activities.
Steer your own career
From the first day you join our company, you will have the freedom and responsibility to steer your own course. Damen stands for challenging jobs, personal and professional development and for numerous career opportunities. And, above all, it’s fun to work at Damen!
Are you up for the challenge? Are you a team player who likes to work independently and thinks critically and are you ready to take the lead? Then feel welcome at Damen and spend your future best years with us!
‘’We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. Our ambitions lie in circularity and zero-emission sailing!’’
Facts about
Number of employees: 9.000+
Sector: Yacht building, Marine Energy, Maritime, Offshore, Shipbuilding & repair
Preferred educational level: Vmbo, Mbo, Hbo, Wo bachelor, Wo master
Career level: Student, Starter (< 3 years), Young professional (3-5 years), Professional (5-10 years), Senior professional (>10 years)
Preferred education: Marine technology, mechanical engineering, offshore engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, marine officer, ICT, information technology
Open vacancies: Check career.damen.com
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