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07-27-2009, 10:48 PM
The Trade Advisor is based in New York City

Organization:

The Trade Advisor is based in New York City and reports to the Distribution and Retail Director of the Consumer Goods Department.


The Trade Advisor assists the Director in covering the US markets for :

- E-commerce
- All retail concepts including franchise
- Private Label
- And others


The Consumer Goods Department assists French companies with their business development in the United States. We consult to French companies regarding the best channels of distribution for their products, and provide market knowledge and information related to communications/press, logistics, import regulations, etc. We organize promotional events for French products and invite groups of French companies to show their products in the U.S. We publish market studies researching trends and competition and introduce French companies to potential U.S. business partners including importers/distributors, agents, representatives, and retailers buyers.

Responsibilities:

The Trade Advisor will provide support in covering the above-mentioned industries for entire US territory. Under direct supervision and upon training by the Distribution Director, the Trade Advisor will contribute to the following activities:

• Organize, prepare, and attend business meetings with French and U.S. partners (importers/distributors, agents, and retail buyers). Brief French companies before and after business meetings.

• Research, information-gathering and content development for publications/articles

• Annual event-planning

• Networking / Develop relationship with importers/distributors, agents, and retail buyers through trade show visits, telephone calls, and store visits

• Generate sales and promote the department activities to French exporters through partnerships, emailing, phone calls…

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or higher

• Mastery of written and spoken French

• Two to three years work experience in sales, retail industry. Strong networking skills required

• Knowledge of distribution channels in the US particularly E-commerce, Web applications and Retail

• Strong sales and networking skills

• Pro-active individual who possesses the ability to take initiative and work independently

• Team-player, able to integrate, contribute to, lead, and coordinate projects with other members of the Consumer Goods team

• Capacity to multi-task, and high attention-to-detail

• Willingness and ability to travel within the U.S. as well as in France

• Working knowledge of basic computer applications, specifically search engines and databases



Benefits:

$49,800 salary (not negotiable) and 5 weeks paid vacation, bonus potential.



To apply:

You must have legal papers for working in the US, we do not sponsor visas for this position

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