Trader CentroAmerica

About Andes

Founded in 2011, Andes Global Trading is a leader for the America’s in the frozen and refrigerated meat trading industry, focusing on Pork, Beef, Poultry, and Vegetables.

Our offices, customers, and vendors arelocatedaround the region and the globe, including 25 countries we sell to and +20 countries we currently buy from.

We are looking for a highly driven, and motivated individual with a passion for sales in the meat industry for the Central America region.

This position willbe responsible for prospecting new customers and generating profitable sales of fresh or frozen Pork, Beef, Poultry,Seafood and Vegetables to existing accounts on the assigned portfolio.
Our target clientele base includes retailers, processors, food service and local market distributors, meat shop owners, and other trading companies in the assigned market.
At ANDES we are proud to be a hands-on, fast-moving, and entrepreneurial company.

The ideal candidate should be able to thrive under these circumstances.

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 structure to ambiguous, often rapidly changing environments.

• Responsible for managing assigned portfolio of customers and leadsinthe
  
  Central America region.
• Responsible for developing positive relationships with customers and prospects.
  
  Retain and grow all client relationships whileidentifyingrevenue opportunities.
• Responsible for managing andmonitoringpending sales orders to ensuretimelyand effective execution.
• You will be expected to meet or exceed our goals in terms of profitability, pounds, and dollars sold, as per our pre-determined monthly, quarterly, and yearly quotas, and KPI’s. You must Work on your clientele’s demand planning as per the company’s standards.
• Work closely with our purchasing and operations teams to satisfy our customers’ needs.
• Work closely withtradingteam to support company’sefforts on positions and inventories.
• Work closely with our credit and collections teams to ensure our accounts and receivables in assigned portfolio meet our standards.
• Provide guidance tocustomersleveragingavailable data and market trends.
• Must travel to markets to interact with customers and leads as needed and in coordination with management.
• Mustparticipatein company sponsored events, trade shows and events as needed and in coordination with management.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in similar positions in sales orpurchasingdepartments at other trading companies, food service distributors, retailers, and/or processors in the Central America region.
• The candidate must be based in Central America.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the meat industry and dynamics in the Central America region.
• Ability to nourish long lasting relationships with team, customers, and industry peers.
• Ability to create its own account portfolio. Commitment to continuously prospecting and growing portfolio of accounts.
• Organized and with attention to detail. Open to continuously learn and adapt to changes either within the company and/or business environment.
• Ability and desire to follow the company’s procedures and practices, direction, and goals.
• Driven, persistent, self-motivated, and curious towards pertinent available information, data, and trends relevant to the business.
• Desire to manage andmonitorportfolioas per company’sguidelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn, use, and leverage available technology and platforms.
• Bilingual Spanish and English.

At ANDES, we recruit and hire people who think like owners as we are entrepreneurial in spirit. 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.

We value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits package including health insurance for our employees, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, and access to individual retirement account plans with company matching.

We pride ourselves on our fun and energetic environment that also provides our employees witha great senseof belonging as people are at the heart of all we do!