JOB DESCRIPTION
Sourcing International tobacco for Asia market and cigarette manufacturer
Liaising with growing origins and customer maintaining relationship and developing new business
JOB REQUIREMENT
Able to communicate and present effectively at all levels
Strong account management and relationship building skills
Lead, motivate, develop and achieve KPIs set by management
Proven knowledge and execution of successful development strategies
Minimum 10 years' experience in tobacco industry
Be able to travel regularly at short notice, regional and international
Universal Corporation is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and is the leading global leaf tobacco supplier, with fiscal 2024 revenues of $2.7 billion. Tobacco sourcing and processing has been the company's principal focus since its fouding in 1918. The largest portion of the company's business involves growing, procuring and processing flue-cured, burley and dark air cured leaf tobacco for manufacturers of consumer tobacco products.
Universal conducts business in more than 30 countries on 5 continents and employs over 27,000 permanent and seasonal workers and contracts over 175,000 farmers within our operations .
At Universal Corporation, we believe we have a fundamental responsibility to our stakeholders to set high standards of social and enviromental performance to support a sustainable supply chain and operations.
Our commitment to sustainability encompasses a wide array of programs and initiatives. As a global agriproducts supplier with partnerships in countries around the world, we primarily focus our sustainability efforts on our own operations and the contracted farmers from whom we source racw materials.