Description

About AJC International:

AJC is a world leader in frozen and refrigerated food products, marketing poultry, pork, meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruits around the globe. Our business and customers are located across more than 140 countries on six continents. Our multicultural workforce represents over 40 nationalities speaking more than 36 languages. For more than 45 years, we have focused on one goal — making our clients more successful. To learn more about AJC, visit our website at www.ajcfood.com

Our Opportunity:

AJC is looking for a savvy sales professional to join our team in Atlanta, Georgia. The International Trader will be responsible for generating profitable sales of mixed container loads of various frozen poultry, pork, and beef products to customers in the Pacific Islands. This role will require occasional domestic and international travel to maintain key customer relationships and attend food shows. The ideal candidate should be passionate about sales, naturally curious, a fast learner, has a strong ability to multi-task, and is excited by the opportunity to work in an international environment.

Your Day-to-Day:

• You will work out of our Atlanta headquarters where you will be exposed to our fun and interactive culture and diverse and talented global team.
• You will interact with people from all over the globe daily who speak multiple languages.
• Your primary focus will be to generate profitable sales of frozen food commodities like poultry, beef, and pork by calling on customers on a regular basis. You will have constant communication with customers via phone to build long-term relationships.
• You will be expected to meet or exceed clearly laid out sales metrics and goals by effectively selling our core products and developing new business.
• You will be responsible for maintaining gross profit and tonnage for an assigned account base while managing inventory.
• You will assist the team to grow market share and diversify products and origins sold into the market.
• You will maintain current and develop new customer accounts mainly via phone and email.
• You will travel to your destination countries 15% of the time or less to visit customers or attend tradeshows.
• You will build relationships internally with purchasing, credit, operations and other departments as well as externally with outside vendors and partners.

• You will assist operations team with information for transportation movement to meet desired shipment schedules and avoid unnecessary costs.

Tools For Success:

Essential Skills

To be considered candidates must:

• Have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Must speak, read, and write in English fluently. Proficiency in a second language is a huge plus!
• 1-2 years of sales or international sales experience is required. Commodity trading or meat/frozen export sales experience is a plus.
• Be an energetic relationship builder driven to drive business results.
• Have competent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Essential Traits

To be successful in this role the ideal candidate should be:

• Detail oriented, organized, and able to multi-task.
• A self-starter and quick learner.
• Adaptable and creative.
• Persistent and tenacious.
• Excellent communicator and team player.
• Able to set sales goals and achieve them.
• Curious about international trade and learning the trends.

Additional Candidate Requirements