What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commodity Meat Trader - USA (REMOTE POSITION) position at Andes Global Trading LLC?
About Andes.
Founded in 2011, Andes Global Trading is an international meat trading company, and one of the fastest growing exporter to butcher shops, retailers, food distributors and meat packers across Mexico, Latin America and Canada. Widely respected in the industry, ANDES has been named among the top 50 fastest growing companies and among the top 50 privatecompanies by the South Florida Business Journal.We believe in passionately building an extraordinary company, with a happy and respectful environment, living with an entrepreneurial spirit, where our people can contribute and grow.
Position Summary.
We are on the lookout for a driven individual with a passion for the meat industry. This position will beresponsible fortradingcommodity meat products (fresh or frozen pork,beef, chicken or turkey); while building and maintaining solid long-term relationships with counterparties in the meat industry across North America and potential foreign suppliers.The position clientele will include other traders, meat processors, foodservice and retail accounts.
At Andes we are proud to be a hands-on, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial company. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, has an entrepreneurial mindset, is a great cultural fit, and brings the appropriate structureto ambiguous, often rapidly changing environments.
Key Accountabilities:
At ANDES, we recruit and hire people who think like owners as we are entrepreneurial in spirit following the Rockefeller Habits. We own our unique values-based culture, and our work environment is deeply rooted in honesty, transparency, communication, commitment, responsibility, and most importantly, an amazingly genuine attitude.
ANDES has been named among the Top 50 fastest growing companies and Top 50 private companies by South Florida Business Journal and recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship from Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. The Company is a proud member of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
We value our employees and offer a robust benefits package including 100% company paid health insurance for our employees, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage and an Individual Retirement Account with company matching. We pride ourselves on our fun and energetic environment that also provides our employees with a great sense of belonging as people are at the heart of all we do!
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Founded in 2011, Andes Global Trading is an international meat trading company, and one of the fastest growing exporter to butcher shops, retailers, food distributors and meat packers across Mexico, Latin America and Canada. Widely respected in the industry, ANDES has been named among the top 50 fastest growing companies and among the top 50 privatecompanies by the South Florida Business Journal.We believe in passionately building an extraordinary company, with a happy and respectful environment, living with an entrepreneurial spirit, where our people can contribute and grow.
Position Summary.
We are on the lookout for a driven individual with a passion for the meat industry. This position will beresponsible fortradingcommodity meat products (fresh or frozen pork,beef, chicken or turkey); while building and maintaining solid long-term relationships with counterparties in the meat industry across North America and potential foreign suppliers.The position clientele will include other traders, meat processors, foodservice and retail accounts.
At Andes we are proud to be a hands-on, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial company. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, has an entrepreneurial mindset, is a great cultural fit, and brings the appropriate structureto ambiguous, often rapidly changing environments.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for managing portfolio of customers in within the US & Canadian market
- Responsible to execute on buy & selling (trade) to assigned accounts
- Work closely with procurement team and other sales teams in order to gain incremental business opportunities across all trade channels
- Work closely w/logistics and operations in order to satisfy customers’ needs and timelines
- Ensure daily analysis of market trends and data
- Develop and execute sales budgets as per company’s standards & requirements
- Serve as an advisor to both customers and our procurement team in order to capitalize on market opportunities and trends
- Work closely with accounting and collections in order to comply with all requirements, and to make sure aging is up to date and in within parameters
- Minimum of 3 years of experience
- Sound knowledge of North American markets across the protein industry
- Good connections with meat packers and end users
- Transferable portfolio of business is essential
- Can grow and manage their own book/portfolio of commodity meat
- Spanish language is a plus
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong focus on accuracy, while quick to learn
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Enjoys helping and interacting with other people; always friendly and courteous
- Excellent judgment and discretion in handling difficult situations
- Strong work ethics and a natural team player who helps others succeed
- Excited about enhancing its performance by leveraging the use of technology and our database to increase sales
At ANDES, we recruit and hire people who think like owners as we are entrepreneurial in spirit following the Rockefeller Habits. We own our unique values-based culture, and our work environment is deeply rooted in honesty, transparency, communication, commitment, responsibility, and most importantly, an amazingly genuine attitude.
ANDES has been named among the Top 50 fastest growing companies and Top 50 private companies by South Florida Business Journal and recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship from Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. The Company is a proud member of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
We value our employees and offer a robust benefits package including 100% company paid health insurance for our employees, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage and an Individual Retirement Account with company matching. We pride ourselves on our fun and energetic environment that also provides our employees with a great sense of belonging as people are at the heart of all we do!
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