Tasks
- identifying local and overseas business opportunities
- developing and implementing business plans, and marketing, operating, human resource, pricing and credit policies and procedures
- determining the mix of products and services to be provided and negotiating conditions of trade
- liaising with local and overseas suppliers and distributors about orders and products
- researching regulatory and statutory requirements affecting the importing, exporting, wholesaling and distribution of goods
- monitoring business performance and preparing estimates, financial statements and reports of operations
- appointing agents and distributors
- arranging the shipping of goods into and out of the country
- overseeing the display and sale of merchandise and preparation of product information for customer service staff and customers
- implementing after-sales service procedures
A skill level equal to Bachelor Degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience is usually needed to work in this job.
Around one in three workers have Year 12 as their highest level of education.
Tertiary Education Providers
Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Catholic University
- Australian National University
- Charles Sturt University
- University of Canberra
- University of New South Wales
New South Wales
- Australian Catholic University
- Charles Darwin University
- Charles Sturt University
- CQ University
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie University
- Southern Cross University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Torrens University
- University of New England
- University of New South Wales
- University of Newcastle
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Victoria University
- Western Sydney University
Northern Territory
Queensland
- Australian Catholic University
- Bond University
- CQ University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Southern Cross University
- Torrens University
- University of Queensland
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Victoria University
South Australia
- CQ University
- Flinders University
- Torrens University
- University of Adelaide
- University of South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
- Australian Catholic University
- CQ University
- Deakin University
- Federation University
- La Trobe University
- Monash University
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Torrens University
- University of Adelaide
- University of Melbourne
- Victoria University
Western Australia