Merchandiser - Food (Seafood)

1) Business development:

• Explore new business opportunities in Vietnam for seafood together with our team in Hong Kong

• Search actively for suppliers who are already exporting to Europe

• Find alternative suppliers for products we already export from other Asian countries

• Responsible for monitoring market and competitors trends, and actively providing our team in Hong Kong and customers with relevant information and new business ideas.

2) Sourcing:

• Responsible for screening all relevant seafood products in Vietnam and neighboring countries and actively searching for suitable suppliers and products.

• Keep close relation with our team in Hong Kong and support them for all sourcing and order follow up activities for your products

• Responsible for the organization, conduction and follow-up of customers’ buying trips in Vietnam.

• Responsible for providing customers with all the necessary information which enables them to make order decisions (e.g. quotations, samples…).

3) Product and supplier management:

• Responsible for selecting and managing an appropriate product portfolio and offering suitable products to the customers according to specific customers’ needs.

• Responsible for negotiating best purchasing prices within the agreed quality standards.

4) Order management:

• Responsible for ensuring and controlling the placement and shipment of customers’ orders with suppliers from order placement till shipment.

• Responsible for ensuring on time shipment of the right goods, including all the necessary production and shipment control measures.

5) Quality assurance and control / other services:

• Responsible for involving in-house and outsourced service providers, such as QC/QA, packaging, design, logistics etc. in all relevant processes and decisions and securing a communication flow between service departments, customers and suppliers.

• Responsible for ensuring that all the necessary QA/QC-measures are carried out and a final product quality meets customers’ requirements in collaboration with in-house QC.

6) Planning and reporting:

• Responsible for planning and reporting on relevant KPIs for the assigned product group.

• Responsible for planning, managing and reporting the activities in accordance with the defined goals, budget and timescales.

Yêu cầu công việc

• Degree holder with 1-3 years merchandising/purchasing experience or experience in seafood industry, immediate availability is an advantage

• Computer proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint is a must

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Vietnamese (mother language), additional skills in other languages are welcomed.

Benefits:

• International opportunity in the dynamic Vietnamese Seafood sector in Eurogroup’s Ho Chi Minh City Office

• Business Development, Sourcing, Supplier and Product management, Order management, Quality assurance: Help to bring seafood from Vietnam’s waters onto European tables.

Workplace:

No 51, Hoang Quoc Viet street, Phu My ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam