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.