Operations Manager- Crop Science

- To create robust strategies for planning and managing the growth of products across different portfolios

with regard to their crop-wise usage and sales

- Take complete ownership of the assigned product category and leverage key skills to utilize the extensive

rural channels to promote the products within India

- Lay out the strategy for product (Asset) and portfolio (crop) wise sales

- Create annual budgets for the function and ensure adherence to the same

- Lead the plan for all product wise sales of Assets in conjunction with the Branding and Advertising team

and the Sales team

- Create customer value propositions according to market segments & present to leadership team

- Manage Marketing Budget for the Asset and Crop portfolio

- Liaison with Branding and Advertising Head to give an understanding on which products to emphasize

on more than others & how and crop

Profile:

- 4 to 8 years of experience in managing the marketing of FMCG product categories in rural India

- Should have a BSc/ Msc Agriculture degree with MBA in Marketing from a good institute

- Should have exposure of utilizing rural marketing in consumer space

- Should have exposure of the entire gamut of activities within product management- STP, market

research, budgeting, sales planning, competitor analysis and 4Ps

- Understanding of agricultural products and markets is an added advantage

- Should have great communication skills with zeal for a fast-tracked career growth

- Good leadership skills and should be able to hire, engage and retain talent within his team

- Should be open to extensive traveling- even to agricultural/rural centers

Industry - Agriculture

Category - Sales & Marketing

Skills - Agriculture, Crops, Product Management, Rural Marketing,

Job Type Permanent