Retail Export Manager

The Manager for Retail Export is responsible for coordinating and managing all export-related activities for a retail business. This includes ensuring the timely and compliant export of products to international markets, optimizing logistics, and maintaining strong relationships with overseas clients and partners.

Working Conditions:

The Manager for Retail Export typically works in an office environment but may also need to travel internationally to meet with clients or oversee export operations. The position often requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate time zone differences.

In summary, a Manager for Retail Export is responsible for overseeing all aspects of exporting products from a retail business to international markets. This role requires a combination of strategic planning, regulatory compliance, logistics management, and customer relationship building to drive successful international expansion and sales growth.

Responsibilities:

Export Strategy Development: Develop and implement an export strategy that aligns with the retail business’s goals and targets specific international markets.
Regulatory Compliance: Stay up-to-date with export regulations, tariffs, and trade policies in different countries to ensure legal compliance. Obtain and maintain necessary licenses and permits for export.
Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with overseas customers, distributors, and partners to ensure a smooth export process and promote long-term business growth.
Order Processing: Manage export orders, including order entry, tracking, and fulfillment. Ensure orders are accurate, and the required documentation is complete.
Logistics and Shipping: Oversee the logistics of shipping products to international destinations. Coordinate with freight forwarders, carriers, and customs brokers to optimize shipping routes and minimize costs.
Documentation: Prepare and review export documentation, such as invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, and bills of lading. Ensure all required documents are accurate and submitted on time.
Quality Control: Ensure that exported products meet international quality and safety standards. Implement quality control processes as necessary.
Inventory Management: Manage export inventory levels to meet demand while minimizing carrying costs.
Cost Control: Monitor export-related expenses, negotiate with service providers, and identify cost-saving opportunities in the export process.
Market Research: Stay informed about market trends, competitor activities, and demand fluctuations in international markets. Adjust export strategies as needed.
Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks in the export process, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, geopolitical factors, and supply chain disruptions.
Reporting: Generate regular reports on export performance, including sales, revenue, and expenses. Use data analysis to make informed decisions.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in business, international trade, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
Proven experience in export management or a related role in the retail industry.
Strong knowledge of international trade regulations and compliance.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Proficiency in using export management software and Microsoft Office applications.
Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and global environment.
Strong leadership and team management skills.

About Du Anyam:

Founded in 2014, Du Anyam is an award winning and leading social enterprise in Indonesia. Our main goal is to empower women artisans in rural Indonesian villages through the co-creation and sale of handmade indigenous craft products. Our business model adopts an end-to-end concept, giving us the full control to co-creating, designs, skills training, quality standard, supply chain and marketing.

Du Anyam is built with the firm belief of social impacts to the underprivileged communities, especially women and their families. Our non-stop dedication has been recognized multiple times including winning the World Craft Council and Good Design Awards consecutively in 2018, 2020 and 2021.

The Du Anyam collection includes corporate souvenirs, hotel amenities, and home decorations available in local and international markets. We have crafted special edition items as promotional merchandise in international events, such as Asian Games 2018, IMF World Bank Conference, and G20 Summit. We also actively partner with international banks, airlines, government-owned and private sectors in furthering their social missions and CSR goals.

Behind our accolades is a small intimate team of strong-willed people like you, who thrive in the face of challenges by joining hands, hearts and hopes. Every step is made possible by the contribution of each individual. We are bold and hungry to do better than yesterday but we’re also a compassionate bunch with good sense of humour. We see every experience as a success or a lesson for our team. We stand by our 1400+ strong women weavers in remote parts of Indonesia, helping them gain access to better socio-economic conditions while spreading the beauty of Indonesian culture.

Send your job application and resume to tika.duanyam@gmail.com

With subject : MRE 2023 – Du Anyam Job Application