Business Manager - Agriculture

Responsibilities:

- Develop support programs to strengthen chosen value chains and oversee the execution of value chains

- Facilitate the promotion of linkages among value chains, larger businesses, private financiers and govt. agencies.

- Technical supervision of annual work planning process and development of program activities

- Supervise value chain assessments and oversee the value chain selection process. This includes developing scopes of work, providing leadership and mentoring to the local technical team

- Design activities to increase agricultural production and market linkages that lead to increased profitability of enterprises. This includes the development and implementation of upgrading plans in targeted value chains with a focus on improving productivity and net revenues;

- He/She will need to support the specialist or regional team with research and analysis; and lead communication with stake-holders in building the development eco-system.

- Developing materials, presentations, organizing events and meetings to present the value chain development plans and idea

- Develop SOPs for business operations to be taken up by the Producer Enterprises including procurement, logistics, storage, materials management, financial management, value addition, marketing/trading

- To participate and input necessary strategies and tools to position the organizations for high performance

- Building relationships with identified knowledge partners, also developing mechanisms for knowledge capture

- Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications and experience Required:

- Bachelor's degree Agriculture and allied, food technology, commerce or other relevant fields.

- MBA in Agribusiness/Rural Management from an institution of repute or a Chartered Accountant

- Minimum 1-2 years of relevant experience in agri-business with a reputed company of which at least 1 year should be in field level engagements in agriculture sourcing or in food processing.

Skills/Knowledge:

- Strong business skills - financial analysis, operations management, supply chain management, market analysis

- Ability to identify business opportunities in scale

- Development of business plans including market analysis, business model, financial projections and other relevant skills required for bankable business plan development

- Strong organizational and planning skills

- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with demonstrated strength in relationship management

- Are able to work independently to structure complex problems, develop business plans and, support recommendations with data / analysis

- Excellent computer skills (word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases) are required.

Other: Fluency in English and Hindi is required