Assistant Trade Manager

HC Trading

Turkey

Ref: QP114-02

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

- Assisting to Trade Manager for Procurement, trading and coordination of seaborne dry-bulk materials (cement and other cementations materials).
- Liaising with suppliers and customers to record consumption, deliveries and forecasts.
- Working with our shipping team, documentation team, and suppliers to secure logistics and vessels for deliveries.
- Invoicing and reconciling any related operational issues
- Finding new business opportunities
- Researching and processing customs & trade data.
- Involvement in projections of trade flows to trade manager

Requirements

- University degree, preferably in engineering, logistics, business management or a related field with graduation in top 20% of a reputable university
- Knowledge / experience in Commodity Trading Business, International Trade, Cement Industry or Logistics field in North African and Middle Eastern countries will be an asset.
- Fluency in Arabic language will be an asset. (Native Arabic speakers will be preferred)
- Excellent command of English language (CBT: 250+, iBT: 100+) any other foreign language will be an added advantage.
- Self-motivated professional, team-player, excellent communication
- Proven track record of being dynamic, goal oriented, highly flexible and hardworking
- Able to handle stress with full dedication to work in a challenging, multinational, complex and fast-paced environment
- Strong customer focus (internal and external)
- Willingness for extensive overseas travel and international mobility
- Strong analytical skills
- Good PC skills; Proficiency with Microsoft Office software – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Good negotiation and presentation skills
- A hardworking team player with corporate professionalism and the ability and enthusiasm to work long and flexible hours

About the Company

HC Trading was founded in 1996, with a mission to conduct the trade activities of the Group companies worldwide, as well as serving the needs of other companies with improved quality and providing service through all trade operations.

HC Trading's main role within HeidelbergCement is to spread the vast potential of the Group around the globe, matching demand with existing stocks and placing the surplus where it is most needed. By allocating and delivering surplus goods to where the demand is, HC Trading fulfils the aim of "serving civilization" by meeting needs of the developing world.

HC Trading is the International Trading Arm of the HeidelbergCement Group with trade offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Malta, Shanghai and Singapore. With 65 employees, HC Trading comprises trading operations in more than 60 countries. It is one of the leading international traders of dry bulk cargo meeting the needs of cement industry worldwide.

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