Export Trade Analyst

Export Trade Analyst

Charleston, United States

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Job Summary/ Key Responsibilities: Analyses market and customer data, trends and internal KPIs to maintain, expand, and evaluate the current and future business prospects. Provides support to commercial divisions, while offering excellent customer experience to current and future clients. Works with the trade/business development managers based on their needs, requirements of the department, market conditions and in-house expectations.

• Assists the trade/business development managers in providing statistical data on market trends for the assigned region.
• Tracks, measures, and analyzes commercial metrics specific to the trade region.
• Gathers business intelligence to support the trade studies, and market strategies.
• Provides customers, sales, other agencies with pricing and services based on demand, while interacting with MSC Head Quarters.
• Interacts with multiple departments across divisions to make sure that customer needs are met.
• Presence required on-site 5 days per week
• Performs other related duties as assigned to support the trade/business development managers daily activities.

This role requires working on-site in the office for five days a week, from Monday to Friday. There is no option for fully remote or hybrid work in this role, unless required off-site duties are being performed.

Qualifications & Key Competencies:

• Experience analyzing data and trends
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with emphasis in Excel, PowerBI and other reporting tools
• Basic knowledge of supply chain environment (ocean maritime industry preferred)
• Ability to stay updated on market changes & industry news: Fundamental
• Analytical: Fundamental
• Commercially minded: Intermediate
• Customer orientation: Intermediate
• Decision making: Fundamental
• Goal orientation: Fundamental
• Leadership: Fundamental
• Organizational skills: Intermediate
• Planning: Intermediate
• Problem solving: Intermediate
• Team player: Advanced
• English: Expert
• MS Excel: Intermediate
• Conflict resolution: Fundamental
• Communication skills: Intermediate
• Negotiation skills: Fundamental

Required education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economy, marketing, supply chain or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience
• At least 2 years of proven work experience in sales (including inside sales and sales reporting), marketing, data analysis, business analysis, or reporting

Preferred education and experience

• Maritime Degree (preferred)
• Experience in shipping, supply chain, transportation

Preferred skills & abilities

• Languages other than English
• Experience in International Environment is a plus

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time
• Must be able to commute to the designated office location
• Presence required on-site 5 days per week

Work Authorization

• Authorization to work in the U.S

What We Offer

• Health, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance: one-time annual salary up to $50,000
• Long-term disability benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts - (Health, Dependent Care, Transit/Parking)
• Supplemental Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Plans

You will also have access to additional benefits, effective day one:

• Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan – 3% Safe Harbor Contribution with option for additional 3% employer match
• Wellness Program initiatives
• Corporate Partner Discount Programs

Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type including but not limited to characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this contact method.

For more information, visit MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company.