Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Development
Heifer International
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare FPO enterprise and market development strategies and roll out plans and track progress periodically.
- Develop digital interactive platform with Product-Price Market Information System (in goat value chain) for the use and benefit of all value chain actors and stakeholders.
- Identify and recommend the best suited market (promotion) strategies and pricing system for the business ventures.
- Identify new businesses ventures (medium and large-scale business ventures) in the selected value chains and coach/facilitate entrepreneurs.
- Provide technical assistance through formal/informal trainings, coaching, exposure, and other methods.
- Guide, coach and facilitate the Smallholder Farmer Organizations (SFOs)/other value chain actors in the process of branding the products.
- Conduct market research on demand and supply, value chain analysis, and feasibility studies to identify viable enterprise opportunities.
- Support the development of bankable business plans and connect with relevant financial and non- financial service providers.
- Identify branding options for farmers' products and ensure compliance with legal requirements and protocols.
- Identify potential value chain actors/stakeholders (forward market linkages) and facilitate new ventures.
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder consultation meetings, workshops, and business-to-business (B2B) meetings.
- Organize B2B meetings with potential value chain actors for stronger market linkages.
- Explore joint initiatives with public, private, and producer organizations to establish viable and sustainable business ventures.
- Establish functional relationships with market actors to overcome bottlenecks in the market system.
- Develop and implement a goat market investment plan on public, private, and producer partnerships.
- Align organizational and business development and build capacity among stakeholders.
- Prepare capacity-building plans for project staff and partners on market system development, enterprise, and value chain development.
- Orient FPO staff and follow up on job-related functions to achieve targets.
- Manage enterprise, market, and value chain-related activities and functions.
- Develop market development and private/public sector engagement strategy for the project.
- Ensure systematic documentation of successes and lessons learned for internal use and external sharing.
- Develop project implementation plans for the market development component with clear timelines and deliverables.
- Ensure timely delivery of milestones related to the market development component.
- Produce periodic reports and knowledge documents.
- Ensure partner compliance with PGPL monitoring and evaluation requirements.
- Review project progress with the project team on a monthly basis.
- Participate in ongoing partner activities for quality control and improvement.
- Prepare activity-based reforecasting following the participatory method and coordinate with stakeholders.
- Document and share best practices and promote the PSRP process at each level in the project.
- Work collaboratively with the various departments of PGPL.
- Bachelor's degree plus seven (7) years of relevant experience OR Master's degree plus five (5) years
- Experience in working with FPOs and their businesses is highly recommended.
- Clear understanding of goat, backyard poultry, vegetable, and agri-product value chains.
- Innovative, analytical, and solutions-oriented mindset.
- Knowledge of enterprise development and linkages to poverty alleviation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to navigate challenging situations to achieve goals and deadlines.
- Demonstrate a high degree of honesty and integrity.
- Motivated to work responsibly with little supervision.
- Ability to meet and deal with others in a courteous and tactful manner.
- Ability to work with sensitive information and to always maintain confidentiality.
- Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule.
- Fluent in Hindi, English, and local language, both spoken and written.
- Must have an interest in animal/agriculture community development.
- Willingness and ability to travel locally and internationally.
- Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, web designing, collaboration platform and tools, and electronic mail software (Microsoft preferred).
- Constant sitting, standing and walking, with occasional bending and lifting; may work at a computer for extended periods of time.