Category Business Development Manager - Food & Beverage/Agri Industry

Universal Analytical Export Technologies (uaXport.com) is a small creative export-consulting business with ambitious plans to give prominent manufactures from around the world a direct-to-consumer access in the markets with the highest consumer buying power.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Category Business Development Manager - Food & Beverage/Agri Industry
Job Location: Nigeria

Description

• We have started with Ukraine and now testing other emerging commodity-based markets. Our focus is high-quality food, beverage and agricultural manufacturers, and getting them excited to adapt and export their products together with us right to the US consumers.
• We're looking for a young and ambitious sale person who is keen to deliver this opportunity to manufacturers and is capable of closing deals fast.

Responsibilities

• Drive consulting services sales with prominent manufacturers
• Be proactive, ready to take a new responsibility
• Address ad-hoc customer issues
• Position and Sell additional services to customers
• Develop clear understanding of clients' export department needs
• Provide supply chain planning expertise and high level consulting to customers
• Lead First Flag customers in solving customer and product problems of export
• Maintain all customer and pipeline information in CRM system

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree required
• 2+ years of experience with Sales/ Business Development
• Be positive, open-minded, flexible, creative and proactive
• Preferable experience or understanding of principle and “laws” of moving products between the markets
• Preferable experience of work with few manufacturers in agri, food, beverage segments, or food retail chains in the positions of Food Buyer, Food Sourcing Manager, Food & Beverage Product Manager, Agricultural Procurement.