Market Development Associate — Metals & Minerals

VeloceTalent; Mumbai; On-site; INR 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

VeloceTalent in Mumbai is seeking a Market Development Executive/Associate for metals and minerals to drive India-based market development from day one, opening buyer conversations and mapping demand. You will coordinate sampling and shipment with the head office, track regulatory updates, and represent the company at industry events; some travel within India is expected.

Fluent business English and Hindi for procurement floors, 1–3 years in related roles, and familiarity with Incoterms are

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in metals, minerals, commodities, or related commercial roles.
• Fluent business English; working Hindi for procurement floors.
• Experience with Incoterms, international payment terms, and shipment coordination.
• Willingness to travel 20–30% within India.
• Relationship-driven B2B commerce over months, not transactional emails.

Responsibilities

• Map and build Indian buyer universe for mandate products (smelters, refractories, battery materials, etc).
• Open and qualify end-to-end conversations: outreach, spec sharing, sample coordination, price discovery, offer follow-through.
• Coordinate documentation and logistics with head office for shipments into India.
• Maintain a live account file and pipeline read weekly by head office.
• Track India price marks, tariff updates, and trade-regulation notes.
• Represent the company at India trade forums and industry events.
• Support onboarding of new mandates through qualify-sample-close motion.

Skills

Metals & minerals trading

Incoterms

B2B sales

Logistics coordination

English/Hindi communication

Job description

Market Development Executive/Associate - Metals & Minerals

Location: Mumbai (Occasional travel within India).

Reports to: Desk Head (international head office), with daily coordination across other regional offices.

Employment: Permanent, full-time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

We are an independent physical commodity supply and intelligence house, with offices across several international locations. We connect verified producers with industrial buyers building supply-chain security. Our India book is already live, with active sales mandates on certified metal and mineral inputs, and an expanding pipeline across additional strategic raw materials.

ROLE SUMMARY

The Mumbai seat runs India-side market development for the company’s metals and minerals mandates: opening buyer and processor conversations, mapping demand, coordinating sampling and shipment with the head office, and building the India intelligence layer. This is a conversion role with a running start: live customers are already on the book from day one, not a cold-territory build.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Map and build the Indian buyer universe for the products under mandate: smelters, refractories, battery anode, brake linings, and the crucible cluster.
• Open and qualify commercial conversations end-to-end: outreach, spec sharing, sample coordination, price discovery, offer follow-through.
• Coordinate documentation and logistics with the head office for shipments under various payment terms and Incoterms into India’s major ports.
• Maintain a live account file and pipeline register that the head office reads weekly.
• Track India price marks, tariff notifications, and trade‑regulation updates, and share short intelligence notes.
• Represent the company at India trade forums and industry events.
• Support onboarding of new raw-material mandates as they land in the portfolio, following the same qualify‑sample‑close motion.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3 years in metals, minerals, commodities, ferro-alloys, refractory or raw‑materials commercial, trading, sourcing or category role.
• Fluent business English; working Hindi for procurement floors.
• Demonstrated comfort with Incoterms, international payment terms, and shipment/documentation coordination.
• Willingness to travel 20-30% within India (the buyer map spans multiple regions of the country).
• Comfortable with phone‑first, relationship‑driven B2B commerce over months, not transactional email.

PREFERRED / GOOD TO HAVE

• Prior desk exposure to antimony, natural flake graphite, ferro-alloys, minor metals, refractory minerals, or lead/zinc alloys.
• Existing India buyer contacts in one of the relevant product lines.
• Knowledge of India’s foreign trade regulation and import licensing landscape.
• Working Mandarin, Korean, Japanese or Spanish, for direct coordination with other offices in the group.
• Regional Indian languages relevant to the coverage area.