Market Section Manager at Propcom Mai-karfi

The Market Section Manager will supervise and lead a market section comprising a number of Intervention Managers. This team will oversee interventions in several target markets and identify further opportunities for the programme to
pursue.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing overall strategic direction for the. market sector and all interventions within the sector; monitoring and quality assuring all intervention guides and resulting outputs
• Identifying new markets in order to contribute to the overall programme strategy and liaising with the senior management team on potential markets
• Initiating and managing all market related value chain analysis ensuring study designs, contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards
• Driving the stakeholder analysis of the selected commodity chains as well as identifying potential agents of change
• Overseeing the implementation of all market interventions ensuring initiative is taken and setting work plans for the intervention
• Identifying and establishing strategic partnerships within the market and playing a lead role in managing all established partnerships

Ensuring

• Administrative guidance is followed for grants, MoUs, and general administration
• Budgets are managed for the markets being supervised
• Security guidelines are followed by all team members
• Improving the performance of the team through men or Hl:}:;d.nu coaching
• Ensuring good linkages with the Results Measurementteam
• Contributing to the overall leadership of the programme as part of the management team

Required Skills & Experience:

• A Master's degree in a related discipline
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience and knowledge of the agricultural inputs market in Northern Nigeria is a definite advantage.
• Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports
• Excellent analytical skills
• Hausa is desirable
• Willingness to travel domestically, especially to the north of Nigeria
• Strong skills in business software (Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint)
• Previous experience on M4P projects preferred
• Team management experience
• Evidence of the ability to form strong partnerships
• Credibility within the business community
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English