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Qualification and Experience An Agribusiness, Agriculture Marketing or Business Development Expert with MBA/ PGDBM having 08 - 10 years of experience in handling similar nature of assignment. Experience in sales and promoting market linkages with institutional buyers, conducting market assessment studies. Have worked towards establishing market linkages for farmer collectives such as FPOs/ Cooperatives, etc. Experience of working in North-Eastern states will be an added advantage Location Guwahati, Assam Would also need to take care of marketing requirements of other clusters in North East States (Arunachal & Meghalaya) Scope of Work Strengthening of Farmer Groups/ FPC/ Producer Enterprises on various management aspects and establishing linkage with potential buyers/ markets to improve their revenue and price realization by member farmers. Track progress of project deliverables and ensure its timely completion, preparation of PPT/ reports for review meetings, updation of project tracker, coordination with partners, vendors and stakeholders. Work on the market / business development interventions for selected value chains, clusters and geographies. Ensure execution of business transactions between targeted buyers and producer enterprises for the selected agri-food produce & value-added products. Support business development activities to bring in new business by identifying potential opportunities/ lead generation, prepare concept notes/ response to proposals, organize meetings with potential departments/ clients and other related activities. Support team in identifying locations for establishment of specialized/ advanced facilities in post-harvest management and value addition for the targeted agri-food produce. Map the existing facilities for post-harvest management and highlight key infrastructural gaps for such utilization of agri-food value addition across the NER. Assist Farmer Groups/ FPC/ Producer Enterprises in meeting the quality / product specifications, food safety compliances and necessary SOPs of strategic buyers of targeted agri-food produce. Conduct training and orientation of the AAE’s, Project Team & Farmer Groups/ FPC/ Producer Enterprises representatives on key aspects of post-harvest management, value addition & quality assurance in targeted agri-food produce. Ensure effective alignment / coordination between the supply side and the demand side of targeted agri-food produce in terms of pricing, quality requirements, delivery schedule and all key terms of transaction between producer enterprises and strategic buyers identified for targeted agri-food produce. Other activities as required.