Position: Business Manager (Eastern Region)

Organization: Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chains 

Location: Kharagpur

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Responsibilities:
As the Business Manager, the person will be responsible for the following activities:

• Implement the value chain development projects being undertaken by FDRVC in the region
• Facilitate the promotion of linkages among value chains, larger businesses, private financiers and govt. agencies.
• Technical supervision of annual work planning process and implementation of the same
• S/he will need to support the specialist or regional team with research and analysis; and lead communication with stake-holders in building the eco-system.
• 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, cost control, budget oversight
• To develop strategies and tools to position the organizations for higher performance
• Closely coordinate with the SRLMs for successful implementation of the projects in a time bound manner.
• Facilitate the pre-incorporation/incorporation/post-incorporation activities for Producer Enterprises as per SOP, identifying the location and facilitate set up of Digital Commodity Collection Centre (D3C) under each PE.
• S/he would ensure adoption and rollout of various modules (e.g. ERP, finance, procurement, ZOHO projects etc.) by the PEs
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Educational Qualifications Required

• Bachelors 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

Experience

• Minimum 5-6 years of relevant experience in agri-business with a reputed company of which at least 2 year should be in field level engagements in agriculture sourcing or in food processing.
• Experience of managing topline and bottom line targets.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong business skills – financial analysis, operations management, supply chain management, market analysis
• Ability to identify scalable business opportunities
• 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
• Ability to work independently to structure complex problems, develop business plans and support recommendations with data/analysis
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office, spreadsheets and databases) are required