Regional Business Manager

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Regional Business Manager

Kilimo Markets

Location Dar es Salaam

Qualification Level          Bachelor Minimum

Years of Work Experience     3 years

Description

Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above vacant position.

Details

 Kilimo Markets Ltd is a young, growing and innovative private business with a high social impact working in the agriculture sector providing business services to small holder farmers in Tanzania.

The company invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the following vacancy:

REGIONAL BUSINESS MANAGER

 Responsibilities:

• Strengthen business services to existing and new farmer groups in agribusinesses.

• Establish and manage legal and financial business contracts between farmer groups and Kilimo Markets

• Manage market contracts, logistics, and warehousing commodities directly to regional and international markets • Manage the district/regional office and warehouses and its staff

• Ensure quality of the grain in Warehousing through improved and implemented quality control and record keeping systems

• Implement a performance monitoring & evaluation system

• Manage financial reporting on daily basis between farmers and Kilimo Markets

 • Closely liaise with local Government, village and farmer groups leaders and other stakeholders • Promotion of Kilimo Markets to new villages and sensitization of new villages

 • Monitor and supervise seed growing and certification process • Develop business training material.

Qualifications:

 • Advanced degree in (Agri-)Business, Finance, Economics, Law, Logistics, Food Technology, Marketing or equivalent.

 • At least 3-5 years practical experience in agri-business or managing business in the agricultural sector.

 • Over 2 years of experience in leadership positions or demonstrated progressive responsibility in management.

• Preferred: Extensive knowledge of finance, farmer organization and training, and warehouse operation, logistics.

 • Experience in designing and implementing training material •

 Ability in managing and developing staff

• Demonstrated capacity in designing monitoring & evaluation/business development systems and reports in English and Kiswahili

• Highly driven and motivated, good communicator, initiator, strong in problem solving and solution finding,

• Passionate about working with farmers in a rural environment and supporting the company’s’ vision and mission.

 • Innovation with excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work independently and with a high focus on integrity

 • High attraction to work with a growing business and serve small farmers

 • Occasional domestic travels.

Please only apply if you fulfill the above requirements.

Kilimo Markets Ltd offers a competitive career opportunity to highly driven and motivated candidates who are eager to learn, to be involved in an innovative business model and to grow with and within the company.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested applicants are invited to request an Application Form from the HR office via human.resources@kilimomarkets.com below and send it together with their CV and a cover letter back to the same email-address by no later than 31st of August midnight. Please indicate the position on the subject line in your email. We will invite suitable candidates immediately.