Key Expert 2: Business Development Manager - Operations

EURO-FUNDING Multilateral Projects, S.L. is looking for a Business Development Manager - Operations, for the following WB financed project: Technical Services Provider for the Program for Suriname’s Growth Enterprises (SURGE).

SURGE will be an MEA (Ministry of Economic Affairs) program managed by the MEA PIU (Project Implementation Unit) for the Suriname Competitiveness and Sector Diversification Project; the group of experts will support MEA in the day to day implementation to ensure a market-driven and commercially oriented approach to supporting growth enterprises.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager - Operations, with following qualifications and areas of responsibility:

This position will be an operations coach that will support SMEs in their production operations and/or manufacturing practice, certifications and standards, procurement of inputs, production planning, supplier negotiations, costing, and pricing. This Operations Manager should meet the following requirements:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, production management, operations management, or a related field;
• Minimum of ten years of experience in a manufacturing company or similar private sector operations experience;
• Highly analytical, capable of identifying problems and developing solutions to identify market needs;
• Understanding the challenges of MSME operations and experience working with small companies;
• Understanding of food processing technologies would be a plus;
• Understanding of ‘green’ production technologies would be a plus;
• Based in Suriname, knowledge of Surinamese economy and culture is a pre. Must be fluent in Dutch and Sranan Tongo.

Candidates will be evaluated on the following basis:

1) General qualifications (general education, training, and experience): [weight 20 %]
2) Adequacy for the Assignment (relevant education, training, experience in the sector/similar assignments): [weight 70%]
3) Relevant experience in the region (working level fluency in local language(s)/knowledge of local culture or administrative system, government organization, etc.): [weight 10 %]

Notes:

1. The Business Development Manager - Operations, must be independent and free from conflict of interest in the responsibilities they take on.
2. Expected start date of the project: November 2022, with a duration of 36 months.

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV (in English and WB format), highlighting the above-mentioned qualifications, to Khrystyna Rachynska: krachynska@euro-funding.com; with cc to Almudena Rivero: arivero@euro-funding.com