We are looking for a Foreign Trade Senior Specialist with the following requirements;
· Having a bachelors degree in related fields,
· Fluency in written and spoken in English, any other foreign language is an asset
· Minumum 4 years experience in export sales
· Having experience in distributor management and foreign trade operations,
· Have discussed with international retailers for the listing and category management of food products, preferably with a product of Turkish origin, at least having direct contacts with their purchasing officials,
· Excellent communication and influent skills at all levels,
· Experience in import procedures is a plus
· No restriction to travel abroad
What Do We Expect From Our New Teammate?
· To reach the mid and long-term regional sales and distribution strategies,
· To constitute sales in accordance with regional strategies and; to ensure the achievement of them,
· To model “Route to Market” and “Value Chain” specific to each region/country and ensure them to be carried to an optimum level,
· In order to reach targeted positions in the market, to determine new customers and new channels and to assess them.
· To ensure continuity of the relations with existing customers, development of these relations and to follow up the activities to keep the information with relation to permanent customers and market up-to-date,
· To ensure customers and distributors to acknowledge and accept Balparmak’s strategies and targets and to act/perform in accordance with such acceptance and; to make a “Joint Business Plan” with the distributor and ensure fulfilment of the Plan,
· To reach annual, semi-annual and monthly sales and turnover targets and,following the pertaining approval process,
· To transfer necessary up-to-date information to the marketing department for the formation of marketing strategies with regard to its region and, to assist In determining appropriate strategies,
· To ensure the customers to receive products and services at highest quality by the provision of coordination with the marketing, Supply Chain, logistics and legal departments.
· Assure import process runs smoothly