Job Title: Business Development Officer:

Reporting to: Plant Manager

Location: Bombo/main office

Vacancies: 1,

Job summary:

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Within the delegated authority, the Business Development Officer will be expected to provide timely, efficiently, and appropriate Sales & Marketing, Procurement & Logistics and Admin support services to B&S Produce.

Roles in brief.

Sales & Marketing: Identify potential clients through prospecting, telemarketing, sales database management, and other form of networking, build strategic relationships/partner with key industry players, agencies, clients, community, and vendors, devising and presenting ideas and strategies, prepare and implement comprehensive business plans to facilitate achievement by planning cost-effective operations and market development activities, actively collect and analyze market intelligence information, be on top of the regional market trends.

Procurement: Act as the focal point with farmers/venders, actively participate in produce procurement directly from farmers, develop plans & strategies to lower costs, improve deliveries timeliness and assure supply, implement procurement strategy/policies, ensure that local market surveys are regularly carried out, to ensure a full knowledge of the availability and price of local items, support coordinate and track shipments and arrange appropriate transportation, freight consolidation, cost analysis, routing, and scheduling.

Admin: Produce a range of documents including letters/emails and presentations as required, handling office tasks, such as filing, generating reports, presentations, setting up for meetings, and reordering supplies, maintain record-keeping systems for recording and monitoring service processes and provide regular summary reports to management to ensure that relevant updates and reviews take place in a timely manner.

Requirement: University Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Logistics Supply Chain, Management, Agriculture, or other related fields, at least 2-3 years’ experience in a corporate company preferably service industry. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

How to apply

Qualified interested candidates who meet the above requirements can submit their letter of interest including updated CV (Maximum 3 pages) to hr@bsgcompanies.com and copy to info@bsproduce.ug not later than Tuesday 13th April 2021 the email Subject Line must show the job title of the position.

Important notes:

1. No academic documents required at this stage (This requirement will be coordinated in the separate communication to only shortlisted applicants).

2. No consideration will be made on applications received after the deadline.

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