Analyst - Food & Agri Practice - Consulting Firm

Seeking an expert Agri and food expert for a leading Internal business council

- Build, manage and strengthen relations with different partners and stakeholders: technology providers, agri-businesses, development organizations, non-profits and other service providers and implementation partners to facilitate scale-up of the PAD service

- Understand end user's requirement and support the development of the optimum product

- Follow relevant trends in precision agriculture, innovations and best practices in government extension services

- Carry out any other responsibility as assigned by the India Country Head, Practice Head and the global management team

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications and Experience :

- A master's degree in food and Agri business, management, economics, public policy, or a related field

- At least 4 years' experience managing/leading projects

- Experience of managing a diverse team

- Strong writing and oral communication skills in English

- Experience speaking and giving presentations in public

- Ability to manage multiple partners and stakeholders

- Strong understanding of data analytics and statistics

- Willingness and ability to work under tight timelines, and willingness to travel to project areas and internationally

- Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision

- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead the team of diverse professionals

Desired Qualifications and Experience :

- Experience and ability to work in multicultural settings

- Experience in smallholder agriculture and the developing world

- Experience in marketing of agricultural inputs and farm machinery

- Consulting or other private sector experience