Senior Trader (Grain & Oilseed)

Ho Chi Minh City Permanent USD2,500 - USD3,000 per month (USD30,000 - USD36,000 per year)
  • Global MNC Company
  • Great Place to work

About Our Client

Our client is a global multinational trader house with good reputation and firm business foundation in Viet Nam.

Job Description

Key areas of responsibility

  • Daily communicate with offshore offices for pricing and update local market environment, competition activity, government regulation
  • Daily contact customers and potential buyers.
  • Build strong relationship with customers. Have good understanding of counterpart business and requirements via which to secure repeated trades.
  • Make recommendation on reliability of local buyers. Expand customer base
  • Understand cost structure of commodity traded.
  • Implement business plan. Fulfil company target.
  • Understand balance sheet of commodities trade. Able to work on and give up-date.
  • Understand world trade flow as well as local.
  • Able to come up with initiatives / solutions to solve problems or create new business.
  • Cooperate with other traders and logistics for smooth execution.
  • Monitor meat & feed sector in order to provide offshore offices with synthetic updates on trends.
  • Monitor local supply and demand of various animal feed raw materials, and highlights trading opportunities in the domestic market.
  • Explore new business opportunities, in particular new product lines, and upon green-light from Singapore, actively pursue business development in those in cooperation with rest of Vietnam & SG teams

The Successful Applicant

  • Graduated from University of Economics major in Foreign Trade or equivalent
  • Have experience in commodity trading/marketing agri-products (wheat, corn, soymeal…) and global regulator
  • Have at least 3-4 year experience working in a multi-national corporation
  • Have good, in-deep knowledge of local feed and flour-milling industry.
  • Good rapport with buyers and good reputation in the industry.
  • Have analytic skill.
  • Being pro-active and result-oriented.
  • Effective communicator. Have great communication skills and negotiation skills in interaction with internal and external partners.
  • Effective command of spoken and written English to work with foreigners & English speakers
  • Able to work independently and under pressure. Have teamwork spirit.
  • Able to travel upcountry and abroad

What's on Offer

  • Competitive Base salary
  • Bonus
  • Health care benefit
Contact
Huyen Ly
Quote job ref
JN-062023-6072868

Job summary

Function
Sales
Specialisation
B2B Sales
What is your area of specialisation?
Business Services
Location
Ho Chi Minh City
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Huyen Ly
Job Reference
JN-062023-6072868

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