View Vacancy - Strategic Accounts Analyst
Main purpose of job
Working with the Strategic Accounts Manager you will be responsible for assisting our Trade Promotion efforts for British and Brazilian companies, aiming at increasing UK exports and supporting inward and outward investment.
You will assist the development and management of a pipeline of commercial opportunities in Brazil for UK companies with particular focus on, but not limited to, Food & Drink and Agri-tech. You will also be responsible for the team’s administrative tasks and for regularly updating our client-management database.
Roles and responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity to work on improving bilateral trade and investment between the United Kingdom and Brazil, especially through supporting the increase in UK exports. The Strategic Accounts Team works to support High Value UK and Brazilian companies with significant trade potential as well as large UK investors in Brazil.
Supporting the production of content for events, missions and commercial meetings about the UK offer for business;
Lead the preparation of market research reports, internal briefings, visiting programmes
Your success in this position will be measured on the value of exports and direct investment you assist British companies to achieve in the Brazilian market. These companies will be clustered around the Food & Drink and Agri-tech sectors.
You will support exporting companies in the UK to access the Brazilian market by delivering a number of high profile events, market information and marketing campaigns in Brazil, as well as assisting on the understanding of the market access barriers. This position will see you exposed to ministers and high profile contacts in the private sector; therefore, a high level of resilience and professionalism are essential. An intern will assist this position.
The position will suit an energetic team player, motivated self-starter with an interest in the commercial sector. It will require a positive and proactive attitude that thinks in terms of unlocking opportunities for UK companies in Brazil.
University Degree in International Relations, Economics or related areas; 3 years minimum experience in business development and/or client relationship management role. Outstanding command of MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
Language: English and Portuguese.
Level of language required: Fluent in both languages.
The UK government promotes and encourages professional development. You will have access to UK government courses and on-the-job learning and development opportunities (seminars, workshops, job shadowing, training programmes etc.), as well as the option of bidding for external courses through a competitive process.
This opportunity is closed to applications.