Buyer Engagement Manager - Vietnam (Cashew Nuts)

About Tridge :

Tridge offers a solution to one of the earliest commercial challenges in the whole of human history: information asymmetry in agricultural trading. With Tridge’s cutting-edge technology, we aim to solve the traditional global trade industry's market inefficiencies by creating a bridge between suppliers and buyers to connect. Our vision is to become a global trading hub to provide a one-stop solution to reliable cross-border trade across the globe with our extensive networks and market intelligence. 

Tridge is a pioneer in utilizing technology to develop a safe trade ecosystem where both buyers and suppliers can access global trades executed by Tridge based on up-to-date prices and specialized market data. Tridge works as one team to fulfill our mission across various functions and geographical regions - to make global trade easy for everyone. At Tridge, we prioritize our mission at the heart of everything we strive to achieve. 

Job Description :

A Buyer Engagement Manager (BEM) will act as a key liaison between local buyers and Tridge HQ. As the local representative, BEMs will deliver our mission by prospecting and qualifying a list of local buyers through introducing Tridge and laying the foundation for successful trade deals. BEMs will collaborate with Tridge HQ daily to build and manage a pipeline of prospective buyers. A high level of ownership, a result-oriented attitude, "whatever it takes" mentality are the keys to this position's success.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop buyer network on importing raw cashew nuts from South Africa
• Develop supplier network on exporting kernel cashew nuts
• Deal and find a solution to compensate buyers in case cargo has trouble
• Do quality check after cargo arrives/ before loading cargo
• Contact and evaluate the credibility of businesses based on the measurements and
• guidelines provided by Tridge
• Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions
• and territories; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products
• Achieve sales goals by following a defined selling process with buyers and suppliers, often
• utilizing product demos and presentations
• Identify new opportunities to capture and win new businesses
• Ensure that supplier or buyer agreements are executed
• Collect market information by doing research and communicating with suppliers and
• buyers
• Manage other Engagement Managers and business development in the market
• Any other tasks that are necessary in maintaining the Tridge system and business
• partnership

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in the sales/business development background
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills in the local language
• Spoken and written English skills of conversational level or higher recommended
• Understanding of agricultural value chain in the global trade business
• College degree or equivalent work experience

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 a 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

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/rubyleung/2021/07/13/softbank-backed-korean-agriculture-marketplace-valued-at-500-million-after-latest-funding/amp/