Strategy And Business Development Manager
Strategic Management Jobs
- GMB - Grain Marketing Board
- Expires 17 Jul 2020
- Bulawayo
- Full Time
Job Description
Industrial Psychology Consultants (Pvt) Ltd has been contracted by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to assist with the recruitment and selection of a suitable candidate for the position of Strategy and Business Development Manager.
Overall Job Purpose
To identify the organization's business opportunities, market demand, gaps and short & midterm strategies, and generate insights to help inform; research & development of current and new services.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Conducts research for new business ideas to identify potential markets for new products.
• Develops business plans/proposals/cases for new business investments.
• Analyses viability of new business projects and recommend financing strategies.
• Conducts project evaluations to advise management as well as recommends way forward.
• Identifies, analyses and monitors industry trends with business strategy implications and recommends response strategies
• Conducts market research and collate data to guide decision making by Executive Management
• Analyses regional and international economic developments and trends and recommends response strategies.
• Reviews the organization's Standard
Operating Procedures and recommends improvements
• Reviews corporate performance quarterly within the context of the approved strategic plan.
• Analyses the organization's corporate plans to assist in the alignment of business activities with market conditions.
• Produces and presents reports and papers to the Board Committee and Main Board meetings on new business and related matters.
• Evaluates the implications of crop production levels on National Food Security and on the GMB business operations.
• Maintains an up to date statistical database for the organisation's business activities (Food Security).
• Analyses policy to assist in the alignment of business activities with macro - economic conditions.
Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture Economics/ Statistics/Economics/Business Studies
• Master's Degree in Agriculture Economics/ Economics/Strategic Management/ Business Administration is an added advantage
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role
How to Apply
Interested applicants are requested to send their CVs via Email to: ipc@ipcconsultants.com Closing date for applications is Friday 17 July 2020 at 1600 hours
