ED&F ManBusiness Development Manager - Cocoa Division - South America
Jun. 2005 - Apr. 2008Implemented the cocoa operation in the region, main responsibilities involve infrastructure development, logistics operation, trading and market analysis. • Developed and implemented an aggressive strategy to quickly penetrate the target markets: Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
• Created an efficient logistic infrastructure to gain competitive advantage (cost and time) when importing and commercializing cocoa products. • Identified appropriate products from different origins to major potential customers with competitive prices. • Deep global market analysis to identify buying and selling opportunities.
• Fundamental and technical analysis: crop forecast, cocoa grinding, prices and ratios, import/export volumes, futures open position, origin reports, internal analysis, etc.