Trader/Sales Manager

About Us

It is an exciting time to build your career at Tricon! Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Tricon has been built on a foundation of perseverance, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking, powered by some of the industry’s top talent. Our culture values independence and accountability, where we empower our employees to make an impact.

With 30 years in business, Tricon has become a global leader in the trading and distribution of petrochemicals, polymers, and raw materials. Today, we are one of the largest privately held companies in Houston, the world’s second-largest chemical distributor according to ICIS, and ranked #35 on Forbes’ list of Top Private Companies in America. We conduct business in over 120 countries, supported by a truly multinational workforce of 1,000 employees across 40 countries.

Our team delivers value to customers and partners through deep market expertise and integrated capabilities including logistics, risk management, financing, and market intelligence. Guided by our purpose to efficiently and sustainably connect the world with essential goods, Tricon plays a critical role in enabling global commerce while helping suppliers and customers focus on what they do best.

At Tricon, you’ll join a global organization where scale meets agility, and where your ideas, ownership, and ambition can help shape the future of international trade

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve the annual sales budget in sales volume and profitability as committed.
• Understand a daily market, market trend such as supply & demand, competitive landscape and then timely communicate with all stakeholders.
• Grow the sales at existing customers and identify new sales opportunities in the assigned region.
• Build and expand relationships with key purchasing decision makers for selling of products and with key decision makers for sourcing of products.
• Support to develop annual budget and mid and long-term growth strategy for the assigned region.
• Initiate and conclude profitable trading transactions with minimum risks and maximum returns.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Pro-active, self-motivated individual with a high energy level and sense of urgency.
• A "self-starter", who is able to work with minimum supervision, recognizing potential opportunities and taking timely, appropriate action.
• "Bottom-line" orientation, utilizing creative problem-solving skills to bring transactions to profitable conclusion.
• Sales experience of Polymers.
• Able to travel intensively for business.
• Effective time manager who keeps commitments and consistently meets deadlines.
• Good communicator, throughout all levels of the company, ship owners/brokers, suppliers and customers.
• Good research and analysis skill.
• Undergraduate and above degree. Fluent English.
• Experience with South East Asia market is a plus.