Coffee Trading and Sales Manager

**About Tridge**:
Tridge is looking for a Coffee Trading and Sales Manager who would be overseeing and expediting Tridge's green coffee beans sales strategy in the target market and potentially neighboring countries

The Coffee Trading and Sales Managers will be part of the Commodity Trading Team, housed under the Global Growth and Operations Division. S/he will work closely with Commodity Trading Team's analysts/traders at HQ and Tridge's Coffee Sourcing Managers in origin countries. Tridge is set to be one of the biggest investors in the global coffee industry and the Coffee Trading and Sales Managers' daily work will comprise a wide spectrum of tasks from researching the local buyer side market to building relationships with local coffee market players (e.g., participating in seminars held by local coffee importers)
- This position is to be fully remote.
**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Developing a sales/marketing strategy 100% catering to the local buyers' (e.g., Manufacturing companies, global/local coffee chains, distribution companies) needs
- Developing sales leads by being involved in various seminars held by market players in the destination markets
- Gathering destination market intelligence and reporting it to HQ Commodity Trading Team to aid in sales strategy development and Tridge platform feature development
- Working closely with Coffee Sourcing Managers in the supplying country to help diversify Tridge's coffee bean portfolio
- Reporting changes in destination market policies that may affect Tridge's coffee trading business in the short/long run
- Becoming a pioneer for Tridge's Commodity Trading Team in the destination market to take Tridge to the next level of becoming an all-round trading platform

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- College degree or equivalent work experience
- Passion for communicating, negotiating, and developing close relationships with people
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Spoken and written English skill of business level or higher
- Ability to adapt quickly to the fast-paced working environment
- Strong self-motivation and willingness to learn and deal with new industries
- Capability to handle multiple works with great time-management skills and responsibility

**Preferred backgrounds**:

- BS/BA Degree or higher in top global universities
- 3 - 5 years of experience in any relevant field including international coffee trading houses, coffee manufacturers, coffee bean importers
- Native or excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
- Active and eager to grow fast with a "roll up your sleeves" mentality
- Presentation and client communication skills are essential
- Open to new ideas, and comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Comfortable with engaging in multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines

**We deeply care about the personality and values of each of our team members and even more importantly, about those in key leadership positions. We would like to work with individuals who share these common values**:

- Pursuing authenticity of their work and mission and engaging in good faith
- Care about the people with whom they work
- Live with a high-level purpose in life
- Love to communicate with the customers as well as the internal team
- Share the vision with the Tridge team about achieving and delivering an equilibrium in the global agricultural commodities markets
- Born with integrity and capable of operating with high self-discipline
- Pursuit of entrepreneurship in a fast-growing organization with high authority as well as discipline

**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 solve inefficiencies in the traditional trading industry.
- **Get to know more about Tridge from our press release**: