Business Development Manager(BDM)

Position: Business Development Manager(BDM)

The Business Development Manager will be reporting to the Director of Business Development (DBD) and will have the following tasks and responsibilities:

1.Proactively build and maintain effective working relationships with all agricultural/agro-business stakeholders in all area of PASS operation to develop the visibility and growth for PASS business.
2.Assist and couch the branches in identification of demand for assistance and support from target groups in accessing finance from banks. This will cover SME's in Primary and Secondary agriculture including agro processing.
3.Ensure timely submission of various periodical operation reports, operational results as required for the monitoring and evaluation framework.
4.Assist branches in design and establishment of feasible models of activities at the smallholder farmer's levels, including diversification of crops, improvement of production practices etc.
5.Making pre evaluation of proposal presented for support, - and assisting entrepreneurs in - improving on proposals into business plans of acceptable standards.
6.Identification and preparation of solution for solving bottlenecks in agricultural value chains e.g. production, market access, processing, appropriate mechanization etc.
7.Assist clients to obtain credit facilities from collaborating banks.
8.Monitoring the performance of the clients in relation to respective business plans and budget.
9.Managing and updating the Trust's website
10.Planning, organizing and managing the Trust's marketing events such as
sponsorship/donation, new product launches, outlet opening, annual reports, press releases,
announcing the Trust's outreach and impact to community and other activities that the Trust
supports to gain public attention through media.
11.Performing other duties as assigned by management from time to time.

Qualifications and Experience
1.A business development specialist with good knowledge/experience in Tanzanian agriculture and agribusiness development, with minimum experience of 3 years in business planning, project analysis, evaluation and monitoring.
2.A good academic background, minimum Masters Degree in agricultural field, preferably in agricultural economics, Business Administration or any similar qualification backed up by extensive experience in business planning, project analysis, evaluation and monitoring.
3.Must demonstrate experience in credit guarantee schemes and other financial or non financial business development services required to accelerate investments in small and medium scale farming and agro enterprises.
4.Adequate experience in agricultural supply chain interventions for enhancement of small/medium scale agricultural development.
5.Knowledge in agricultural financing and experience in facilitation of lending to smallholders including experience in negotiating with Banks.
6.Should have hands on experience in business planning and project appraisal; familiarity and use of tools for agricultural and investment projects analysis is essential.

Term of employment
The Business Development Manager (BDM) will be employed on a three years' renewable contract; the renewal of the contract will be on the basis of performance. PASS offers competitive remuneration package. The duty station will be in Dar es Salaam.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

The management of PASS now invites applications for the positions mentioned above. To apply for these position please send your application in confidence including an elaborate Curriculum Vitae via chiapalermo@kimconsulting.net

You can also get more details including the Job Description of the I position by visiting our website (www.pass.ac.tz).
Closing date for receipt of applications is 20th November 2015·