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BRAC’s vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. The organisation was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and acts as a catalyst, creating opportunities for people to transform their lives. BRAC believes in integrity, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and innovation in all areas of work. BRAC uses an integrated model to change systems of inequity, through social development programmes, humanitarian response, social enterprises, socially responsible investments and a university. It operates in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings in 11 countries across Asia and Africa.

BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes, and has been ranked the #1 NGO in the world for the last five years consecutively by NGO Advisor.

BRAC Enterprises, the social enterprise and investment division of BRAC were initiated as intervention to serve a need or create market access for the marginal producers. BRAC social enterprises provide value chain linkages, support employment for poor communities and generate profits which contribute to our development programmes. Aspiring to meet the triple bottom line we incorporate serving the needs of the poor and being friendly to the planet with making a profit. Profitable and scalable businesses make significant contributions to the local economy through market linkages, entrepreneurial activity and better employment opportunities. BRAC Enterprises, currently based in Bangladesh, are committed to ending conditions of poverty and also generate significant revenues, fifty (50) percent of which are reinvested into BRAC development activities.

Position

Product Manager, Vegetable (BRAC Seed and Agro Enterprise)

Job Description/Responsibilities:

Prepare product plan and marketing tactics of vegetable seed aiming to enhance business of portfolio and build stronger brand compliant to BRAC’s strategic goal of value creation.
Prepare annual marketing plan and for controlling advertising, promotion and sales aids in accordance with the annual marketing plan. Prepare product forecasts, and constantly monitoring inventory levels held at central and interface warehouses including liaison with production to ensure supply timelines.
Design the crop as product through proper packaging, information, organize product demonstration, field day, meeting, seminar, and fair at different beneficiary levels.
Communicate to principles; propose purchase of product based on future demand or competitors’ variety.
Propose crop/variety-wise sales commission and incentive plan for both trade members and sales and marketing team and design other product offer to increase sales.
Formulate price structure analyzing different cost elements and profit objective, and provide input to sales force to increase the market share.
Carry out market research to assess customer attitudes to the current product range and new product introductions.
Positions the new products (segmentation, technical / commercial positioning) and coordinates the PDS and sales team
Prepare product plan and marketing tactics of vegetable seed aiming to enhance business of portfolio and build stronger brand compliant to BRAC’s strategic goal of value creation.
Prepare annual marketing plan and for controlling advertising, promotion and sales aids in accordance with the annual marketing plan. Prepare product forecasts, and constantly monitoring inventory levels held at central and interface warehouses including liaison with production to ensure supply timelines.
Design the crop as product through proper packaging, information, organize product demonstration, field day, meeting, seminar, and fair at different beneficiary levels.
Communicate to principles; propose purchase of product based on future demand or competitors’ variety.
Propose crop/variety-wise sales commission and incentive plan for both trade members and sales and marketing team and design other product offer to increase sales.
Formulate price structure analyzing different cost elements and profit objective, and provide input to sales force to increase the market share.
Carry out market research to assess customer attitudes to the current product range and new product introductions.
Positions the new products (segmentation, technical / commercial positioning) and coordinates the PDS and sales team
Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Requirements

Educational Requirements:

The candidate should have Graduation, Post Graduation (Graduate / Masters preferably in Agriculture/BBA/MBA) from any government approved institute with minimum GPA or CGPA 2.50 or 2nd division/ class or equivalent result in all academic examinations.
Post graduate certificate course on Seed Technology is required.

Experience Requirement:

Atleast 5 Year(s)

Additional Requirements:

Age Na

Age: N/A

Salary and Benefits

Salary:Negotiable

Other Benefits: Health & Life Insurance Benefit, Festival Bonuses, Compulsory Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity and others

Job Location: BRAC Head Office

Last Apply Date: 16/Jan/2021

BRAC believes every one of its employees, suppliers, downstream partners, visitors, clients and community including children, youth and vulnerable adults that come into contact regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability or ethnic origin has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We guarantee assessment of candidates with disabilities who meet the essential requirements. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in disqualification of candidature.

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