Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) invites applications for the post of ‘Young Professionals’ based at its Head Office, Apparel House at Gurgaon
Apparel House, Sector-44, Institutional Area, Gurgaon-122003
The Young Professional will be primarily responsible for facilitating promotion of exports of ready-made garments from India. This involves helping the Council in developing and implementing export promotion strategies, liaising with key stakeholders, and providing handhold support to AEPC members/RMG exporters on market intelligence and policy dissemination.
Minimum Qualification: Master’s degree in economics/MBA in International Business
Work Experience: Preferably 2 years of experience in handling issues pertaining to International Trade, WTO, Trade Agreements, Foreign Trade Policy and Global Business Environment, Trade operations and documentation.
Other required skills:
- Must be thorough with the fundamentals of data analysis, analytical tools( MS excel, powerpoint, Stata etc)
- Possesses good command over English language
- Must have good presentation and analytical skills
- Developing Market intelligence reports capturing export-import market trends, trade regulations, and opportunities using trade data mining, compilation, and interpretation of available secondary information
- Efficient handling of various economic and related databases and relevant websites like DGCI&S, ITC, UNCOMTRADE, WITS, Trade Map. WTO, OTEXA, Eurostat, EPB etc.
- Curate domestic and national trade promotion events via identifying key focus products-markets for exports and developing promotional initiatives and facilitating access to these markets.
- Responding to Ministry on ongoing trade agreements, export performance and FTP issues
- Engage with a range of stakeholders including member exporters, Indian embassies/ Consulate General of India, fair authorities & PR agencies, industry associations, government bodies, internal departments, and international partners to build relationships and collaborate on initiatives to promote exports.
- To support in organizing various international fairs