Foreign Trade Assistant Specialist

YILDIRIM HOLDİNG A.Ş.

QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION

About YILDIRIM Group:

YILDIRIM Group is a group of companies established in 1963. The company has expanded through entrepreneurism and innovation, evolving into a global industrial group, and one of the fastest growing Turkish companies. YILDIRIM started trading internationally in 1993, and acquired its first asset abroad in 2008. Since then, the company has grown to become a global force based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, YILDIRIM operates in 9 sectors in 56 countries, employing more than 25,000 people around the globe. The company is active in metals & mining, ports & terminals, fertilizers & chemicals, energy & power, energy commodities, and international trade.

We are looking for a Foreign Trade Assistant Specialistfor one of YILDIRIM Group’s energy commodities subsidiaries,YILYAK, to be assigned at our headquarters in Maslak, Istanbul.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in International Trade, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Mining Engineering
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar position under a foreign trade company
• Experience in international trading operations, including documentation, preparing contracts, payment and delivery terms, (INCOTERMS) in international trade, banking and logistics transactions
• Outstanding use of MS Office programs; SAP is a plus
• Team worker with good human relations
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, strong initiative skills, research and result-oriented personality
• Ability to deal with stress and meet work deadlines
• No military obligation for male candidates
• No obstacles to traveling and residing abroad

 Requirements:

• Perform banking operations of the realized contracts; follow up all documentation of the related LCs
• Coordinate logistics with factories, suppliers, customers and/or warehouses, in compliance with contract conditions
• Organize customs and inspection transactions
• Deal with the customers for any operational concern when needed
• Preparing the stock reports of the warehouses, based on both quality and suppliers.

• Reviewing agreement drafts with the legal, finance, and logistics departments.

• Monitoring both receivables and payables and keeping track of payment status in line with the cash flow.

• Planning and organizing the department's cash flow and checking payments for raw materials based on their prices, agreements, and conditions.

• Monitoring vessel nominations and arranging insurance and inspections.