Import/Export Manager - Fruits and Vegetables (Remote)

About Tridge:

Tridge is a global agricultural trading platform that makes cross-border trade easy and frictionless. With our proprietary global sourcing hub, we go beyond matching buyers and sellers of 15,000 agricultural goods. This is facilitated through our one-stop fulfillment service that includes due diligence, supplier certificate verification, contract negotiation, packaging, shipping, customs, and many more. Powering the global sourcing hub is our data and intelligence services. Our exclusive database covers 11 million data points of agricultural goods and collects 50,000 data points each day. With greater transparency and real-time updates in price, quality, and trade volumes, Tridge removes the information asymmetry prevalent in many markets.

Job Description:

A Supplier Engagement Manager (SEM) will act as a key liaison between local suppliers and Tridge HQ. As the local representative, SEMs will deliver our mission by building strong relationships with local suppliers through introducing Tridge and laying the foundation for successful trade deals. SEMs will collaborate with Tridge HQ daily to fully align the tasks and strategize ways to build and manage a pipeline of prospective suppliers. The performance of SEMs will be evaluated by set targets and assessed based on results regularly. A high level of ownership, a result-oriented performance, and a genuine willingness to help suppliers export successfully through Tridge are the keys to this position's success.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Establish and maintain an active communication line with the suppliers with objective to build long-term partnerships
• Visit the suppliers’ production facilities to validate their reliabilities.
• Organize the whole supply activity in cooperation with fellow Tridge Engagement Managers (EMs) located in Spain and in more than 60 countries.
• Negotiate constantly the offer prices, delivery terms, payment terms with the vendor suppliers to maximize product competitiveness, based on the buyer inquiries handled by the HQ.
• Manage the daily business, resolving demanding situations occurring throughout whole fulfillment process (quality aspects, products availability, claims, etc.)
• Support Seoul Headquarters with establishment of market penetration strategy by providing valuable insights collected from local stakeholders.

Qualifications

• College degree (Economics, Int’l Business, Agribusiness majors preferred) or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in agriculture industry (Experience in the Fresh Fruit & Vegetable sector is mandatory)
• Understanding of agricultural value chain in the global trade business
• Spoken and written English proficiency of business level or higher recommended
• Hands-on experience with MS Office.
• Residents in Valencia, Murcia, Andalucia, Extremadura regions are preferred.

Working at Tridge provides the following Extra Benefits:

• Work from Home: You will be engaging directly with suppliers and buyers. You will be working in your region and reporting remotely to the Operations Team of Tridge HQ.
• Career Advancement: You will enhance career skills by encountering and overcoming challenges in working with the fast-growing team. Join us in our mission to make disruptions and solve inefficiencies in the traditional trading industry.

Get to know more about Tridge from our press release:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/business/global-food-trade-tridge.html