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Description
Flooring Alternatives/SuzeCo is a pioneer in Green Building material on local (San Francisco Bay Area) and national levels. We are considering expanding our market to include Mexico.
Position Overview:
This position includes researching logistics of import/export (such as identifying potential customs brokers, tariffs, trade requirements for agricultural/wood product); researching demand in Mexico (for wood flooring in general and for green products in particular); competition in wood flooring market in Mexico (in general and for green products in particular); and sources (including within the region, imported to Mexico from USA, or imported to Mexico from other regions).
The result will be a report showing costs, feasibility, and profitability of various flooring distribution models for trade with Mexico.
Qualifications:
- Able to take direction and work well on team
- Self-directed and able to work independently
- Well organized
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiar with Microsoft Excel
Spanish language skills helpful
Interest in Green building and business encouraged
Business administration skills and/or interest a plus
This is a part-time internship (6-8 hours a week). Work can by performed at our Berkeley office or offsite with weekly meetings and written progress reports.