Business Development Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Duma Work is recruiting a Business Development Manager on behalf of one of our clients. 

The company is a regional leader in trading agricultural commodities.

Location:
 Nairobi
 
Job Summary: We require a very experienced and a senior level business development manager who is specialized in the agriculture field who has studied agronomy. 

The candidate will be required to go out and speak to farmers and get the correct crops to be grown and get the supplies directly with the farmers
Duties
  • Create linkages between cooperative leadership, farmers and suppliers of recommended inputs and other farm requirements
  • Participate in the implementation of the defined project monitoring, measurement and evaluation activities that ensure accurate and consistent capture of date for project reporting and documenting of the impact of our work.
  • Develop supply chain of agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers
  • Implement existing strategies to provide assigned cooperatives with agronomy training and with structured post-training farm visits to improve adoption.
Qualification and Skills
  • Confident and effective in decision-making
  • Capable to adjust and work with various teams
  • Active team player and should communicate well to the entire team by interacting enthusiastically and motivated manner.
  • Ability in implementing strategies and user or adapt tactfulness.
  • At least 3 years work experience in a similar capacity
  • Diploma or Degree in Agronomy or in a related field
  • This position requires a person who can be able to travel regularly

Apply

Cover Letter and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2553”, Your Full name &  Phone number e.g. 2553. Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through.

Deadline for receiving applications: 10th December 2016

N.B.* You will receive a confirmation email and an alert to take a basic screening test over SMS or online. The email with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The email/SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test. If you have any issues with the process, please reach out to +254702093793.

If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to forward your application to the employer.