Our client is a leading niche Professional Services firm with a presence in major developing economies where they work with local governments and donor organizations focusing on social, financial, and economic inclusion. The individual will be responsible for planning and executing various interventions required for demonstrating and facilitating market linkages and value addition for fruit, vegetables, and other perishables. Extensive experience in marketing of a range of fruit and vegetables is a must. He/she will also be responsible to support the project team in laying out and executing other project interventions related to marketing and/or value addition, aligned with the overall objectives of the project. 1) Leading Market Linkages and Marketing Initiatives a) Lead execution of value chain studies of fruits, vegetables and other perishables. Identify various opportunities for market linkages and value addition by PGs and FPCs b) Develop marketing strategies and execution plans for the priority commodities and community institutions. c) Identify institutional buyers, processors and intermediaries with business interests in the aforesaid commodities and associated value chains. d) Support in the development of B2B, B2B2C and direct retail models e) Support in establishing relationships and long-term partnerships between market buyers and the community institutions promoted by BRLPS, driven by commercial interests and to create differentiation compared to competitors (e.g. traders / dealers). f) Identification of opportunities to promote micro-enterprises for higher value capture for the priority commodities. g) Lead the process of development of a conducive eco-system to promote micro-enterprises. h) Lead development of relevant infrastructure such as procurement centres, collection and distribution centres and so on as required for the agreed business i) Logistic planning and facilitation for execution of planned market linkages interventions. j) Support in developing differentiated branding leveraging sourcing from women based community institutions. k) Formulate and execute branding and communication strategies for planned market linkages. 2) Project Planning and Strategy Formulation a) Preparation of project execution plan b) Designing and establishing an eco-system for successful execution of various market linkages c) Project resource planning for market linkage related responsibilities d) Designing and executing overall project deliverables strategies. e) Lead and support the team in execution of the overall project f) Lead a small sub-team to work on various aspects of responsibilities outlined. g) Support in training and capacity building for the community institutions and other stakeholders 3) Client Communication and Reporting Educational Qualifications Masters in Agribusiness / Agri Marketing / Rural Development from Tier I institutes. Under graduation preferably in Agriculture or Food Processing. Desired Experience and Skills - Minimum 10 years of experience in agriculture marketing with leading supply/value chain organizations. - Proven in creating market linkages, value addition opportunities and similar interventions in agri commodities. - Sound understanding and experience in procurement and marketing of the aforesaid mentioned agri commodities. - Sound understanding of the entire value chain from farm to marketing and processing opportunities for dry agri commodities. - Existing relationships with a range of institutional buyers and processors, along with an understanding of their businesses and requirements. - Consulting experience in agribusiness will be an added advantage. - Understanding of functioning of community institutions. - Experience of working on state / central govt. projects related to market linkages, value chain development, value chain finance etc. - Data analytics skills to analysis market linkages related field data. - Experience of managing large teams and excellent team management and leadership skills. - Experience of working on market linkages for FPOs will be preferred. - Experience of derivative markets, including structuring of futures/options products for dry commodities will be an added advantage. - Excellent report skills, oral communication in Hindi and English. - Ability and experience to work under semi-structured environment.

Bihar

Marketing Expert - Perishable Produce 

Marketing Expert - Perishable Produce  ,Job Description for Marketing Expert - Perishable Produce  in KNR Management Consulting in  Bihar for (6-10) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Marketing Expert - Perishable Produce  in KNR Management Consulting in  Bihar for (6-10) years of experience. Apply Now!