Associate Manager - Agribusiness and Innovation Platform
ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic professionals for the position of Associate Manager for its Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP) - Global Research Program โ Enabling Systems Transformation (EST). This incumbent will be responsible for development of markets of various products & services developed from the rural / local community projects of the Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP) in the Global Research Program โ Enabling Systems Transformation (EST). This position will report to CEO-AIP and is based at ICRISAT- Patancheru, Telangana.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.
ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit โ www.icrisat.org
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Marketing of AIP programs and incubation services to the public and private sector organizations
- Development of marketing strategy for the various projects of AIP for creating sustainable revenue stream for the project
- Facilitate marketing of various products developed as part of AIP projects by offering better pricing to the rural / local community of the project
- Assist in development of project website, project brochure and pamphlets on various products for effective implementation of marketing strategies
- Providing direct linkage of farmers with the processors and retailers avoiding middlemen to the extent possible
- Assessment of quality standards and price linkages of various products in the local market
- Identification of best marketing channel for farmers and exploring alternative market channels in addition to the current existing channels
- Preparing a database of vendors / traders operating in the project areas
- Assessment of quantity requirements of the vendors / industry for various products for effective aggregation
- Provide market linkages to farmers through the sorghum products SME/mid-size companies using it as raw material
- Identify innovative ways of marketing the project and the related products
- Identification of transportation requirements and availability of service providers in the regionCompetencies:
- Expertise on marketing plans, marketing strategies, and its implementation for various projects
- Able to break down problems into meaningful parts and come to rational and well-thought-out conclusions
- The candidate should have high integrity and able to exercise sound judgment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Ability to effectively interact with a wide range of staff at all levels in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environmentRequirements:
- Masterโs Degree in agribusiness or business management (with marketing as specialization) with under graduation in agricultural sciences
- Candidate with min 4-5 years of experience in marketing
- Candidate should essentially be a good communicator and a team player, resilient and capable of supervising and leading a team of staff, to the success of the Instituteโs mandateHow to apply:
Applicants should apply on or before 24 July 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
General:
This is a contractual role for a period of 36 months (3 yearsโ)
ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer