Trading Jobs in India

Indian economy is the twelfth largest in the worldpacking, invoicing, shipping, marketing and other such
and is developing at a rapid pace every year. It istasks. Executive and managerial jobs for business,
one of the most robust economies as evident duringproduct, area sales, marketing, brand and others
the prolonged phase of global economic slowdown.have huge scope in India.
Not only did it manage to withstand the fiscal flu butTrade industry is picking up fast after the global
also bounced back much faster as compared toeconomic downturn two years ago. Job creation in
other developed economies of US, UK and others.India has outdone envisions made by Ma Foi
With its fast recovery, the outlook for India's tradeRandstand, a global manpower consulting firm.
sector has brightened creating thousands of JobMoreover, trading is among the top 13 industries that
opportunities.promise rapid growth and high recruitment numbers in
Trade- the voluntary exchange of goods andcoming future. Jobs in trading sector have been on a
services- is the most indispensable for a country'srise ever since the economy took a U-turn from
economical growth. The Government formulates andrecession and showed signs of recovery. National
announces a trade policy that is altered from time toimports and exports have improved considerably as
time according to the requirements. The mostcompared to the figures of years 2008 and 2009.
important department concerned with promotion andThe kinds and choices of jobs in trading have also
regulation of foreign trade in India is the Ministry ofbecome wider with fast paced expansion and
Commerce and Industry. The two other importantdevelopment of the sector.
offices for the trade industry are (a) The DirectorateAs India is engaged in trade agreements and
General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) andnegotiations at multilateral, regional and bilateral levels,
(b) The Directorate General of Commercialthe potential is immense. It is interacting with global
Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S).agencies like WTO (World Trade Organization),
-DGFT is involved in implementation of the ForeignUNCTAD (United National Conference on Trade
Trade Policy or Exim Policy while working toward the& Development), ESCAP (Economic and Social
main objective of promoting Indian exports. Also, itCommission for Asia and Pacific), etc. on various
issues licenses to exporters and actively monitorstrade related issues. It is in talks with individual
their ascribed obligations with the help of a networkcountries or group of countries on numerous
of regional offices.concerns including tariff and non-tariff barriers,
-DGCI&S is responsible for collection, compilationinternational commodity agreements, preferential/free
and dissemination of trade statistics and various kindstrade arrangements, investment matters, etc. The
of commercial information required by the importers,latest is India and the 27 nation Europe Union trade
exporters, traders, policy makers, researchers as welldeal that aims at protecting and promoting trade
as overseas buyers.industry and its jobs.
Trading jobs in India are available across variousIndia has successfully entered into some of the
areas like Purchase, Supply, Logistics, etc. Jobs inmajor regional trading arrangements like Agreement
Purchase, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Deputy,on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA);
Logistics, Materials/ Procurement, Stores/ InventoryAsia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA); Framework
and Analyst departments are open in all major citiesAgreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
of the country. The remuneration in the profession isbetween ASEAN and India; etc. Trading jobs in the
excellent depending upon the qualification andcountry are definitely on a rise and hold huge
experience. It includes international business i.e. importpotential for well trained professionals.
and export as well, thus, extending to production,