Trading Assistant - Coffee

Overall Purpose and Objective of Position:

As a Trade Assistant for the Coffee Platform at Louis Dreyfus Company, you will provide vital support to the Marketing team by managing day-to-day operations, facilitating communication between stakeholders, and ensuring seamless execution of transactions. This role requires strong organizational skills, data management and entry, reporting/analyzing and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assist commercial sales team; position reporting, sample requests, AR reporting, pricing, etc.
• Become an expert of business execution flows and processes.
• Assist in tracking inventory levels and managing stock.
• Provide backup on Sales desk, price fixations, contract entry, sampling/allocations, CRM entries, etc.
• Ad-hoc projects and day-to-day tasks to be assigned.

·  Sales Support:

• Help manage customer relationships and respond to inquiries as a support to the marketing teams
• Accurately manage and update SPOT inventory list

·  Team Collaboration:

• Work closely with the trading team and other departments to streamline processes and improve efficiencies.
• Liaise with traders, freight, and LDC coffee origins to support execution of trade

Additional Responsibilities:

• Arrange and schedule trade shows: SCTA coffee Dinner, World of Coffee, etc
• Assisting with onboarding of new clients

Company Conformance Statements:

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with co-workers, Company business associates and the general public.
• Work together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the Company.
• Operate in fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company policy.