Senior - Business & Partnership Manager (Anglophone Africa)

DepartmentCorporate Services

LocationAccra, Kumasi

 

 

Learn About Farmerline

Do you want to improve millions of lives and leave a lasting legacy at the same time? Do you want to use your talents and skills to make a difference and not just a living? Do you want to help feed the world now and in the future? Farmerline works to reinvent how the world thinks and invests in the lives of small-scale farmers. We are working to help farmers produce and sell food. We are bold and systemic thinkers but operate lean and nimble.

Since 2013, Farmerline has directly helped farmers to improve their productivity and profit in Ghana and also provided technical support to other organizations to do the same. Farmerline started its operations serving 400 farmers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana with information via mobile information services. We have supported many organizations with our tools and knowledge to improve the way they work with farmers. Over the past 8 years, Farmerline and its partnership network has profiled and served over 1million farmers and digitized over 1,000,000 acres of farmland across 16 countries in Africa. 

Farmerline is a learning organization and you will have the chance to apply your ideas and creativity to solve problems every day.  If you work well in a dynamic collaborative culture, set high standards, and meet challenges with determination and a sense of humour, you’ll thrive at Farmerline. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from all candidates. We believe that diverse perspectives help our teams to create innovative solutions and understand our global clients’ needs. In alignment with our values, we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse global workforce without discrimination. 

Role Overview

The overall purpose of Senior - Business & Partnership Manager (Anglophone Africa) is to meet and exceed sales targets and business goals by bringing Farmerline’s tools and services to clients and partners around the world. The role involves building a deep understanding of Farmerline’s technologies, products, services, and potential tools, translating these to fit the needs of a wide range of organizations (including but not limited to Local agribusinesses, Global Traders and Manufactures, Food Brands, Cooperatives/ Farmer groups, NGOs, Donors, Government institutions) working to improve the livelihoods of farmers and help create lasting profit for farmers everywhere. You will be evaluated based on partnerships initiated and managed successfully, and sales closed. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and a team player, has strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills and a deep understanding and network of the global commodity supply chain (especially Cocoa), agricultural digitalization and business intelligence and insight services.
 

Responsibilities

  • Generate sales leads, actively engage and manage a growing pipeline of potential partners (Local agribusinesses, Global Traders and Manufactures, Cooperatives/ Farmer groups, NGOs, Government institutions),  prioritize and build strategic relationships with them based on needs and alignment to Farmerline’s mission and business goals.
  • Assess and convert leads with sales potentials from the Marketing and Communications team 
  • Grow Farmerline’s market share across Africa in the digitalization of commodities sector, prospecting, cold calling, and networking within the global commodity trading/ sourcing, agricultural and nutrition security, and other relevant sectors with a primary focus on countries in Anglophone West Africa.
  • Conduct professional presentations to prospective and existing customers and partners
  • Consultative sales and account management of new and existing partner  base 
  • Meet and exceed sales quota targets and goals 
  • Become fully conversant on Corporate and Farmer Services operations, historical and current, and be able to support, advise and recommend to team and partners best approach for collaboration in order to achieve sales target and business goals

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors or Masters Degree in an appropriate field of study
  • Successful track record in building partnerships, relationship management, and business development in the commodity industry (especially Cocoa) with increasing responsibilities with a minimum of 4 years of experience.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the business community, industry players in agriculture, customers, and colleagues
  • Excellent organization, problem-solving and time management skills.
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills; especially budget and proposal writing
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new processes and adapt quickly to changing requirement and roles
  • Proven experience in client prospecting,  negotiation, closing,  client relationships and meeting sales goals
  • Advanced use in productivity tools and Sales CRM such as Pipedrive.


 

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