Coffee Board Invites Application for Business Development Executive Recruitment 2022

Vacancy Circular No:

Coffee Board of India invites applications for recruitment of Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive

Number of Vacancy: 1 Posts

Educational Qualification: B.B.A, BBM

Coffee Board, a statutory organisation under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, with its headquarters in Bengaluru, invites applications from eligible candidates to work as Business Development Executive on a purely ad-hoc basis in the above mentioned collaborative project.

i. The project activities involve promoting sustainable coffee farm-based livelihoods for Scheduled Tribe farmers in Biligirirangana Hills of Chamarajanagar District, Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district and Mudigere taluk of Chikamagaluru district.

ii. This project has the objective of enabling the tribal farmers’ community based organizations (CBOs) to realize higher returns for its members by directly marketing the branded coffee and allied products in domestic and international markets.

iii. The above-mentioned project seeks to engage one (1) technically qualified person as ‘Business Development Executive’, to coordinate the sales and marketing of the CBOs’ products.

1. Post Name: Business Development Executive

2. No of Post: 01

3. The responsibilities of the ‘Business Development Executive’ include:

a. Planning, directing and coordinating the sales activities between producer organizations and its representatives, logistics service vendors, financial institutions and consumers/distributors. 

b. Negotiate contracts with customers and distributors to manage product distribution, establishing distribution networks and developing distribution strategies. 

c. Maintain optimal inventory by tracking, collating and interpreting sales figures.

d. Maintain financial statements and records of budgets, expenditures, sales revenues, customer accounts, return-on-investment and profit-loss projections. 

e. Attract potential customers and retain existing ones through social media, advertisements, promotional campaigns and presentation in trade shows;

f. Analyzing business developments, monitoring market trends for sales forecasting and strategic planning to ensure the sale and profitability of products.

g. The Business Development Executive would report directly to the Project Coordinator and would be based out of the Coffee Board’s head office in Bangalore

4. Engagement duration: Eleven (11) months from the date of offer letter indicating selection.

5. Essential qualifications:

i. The candidate must possess a minimum qualification of an undergraduate degree in Business Management/Administration. Post-graduates in Business Management / Administration would be preferred. Candidates should possess atleast one year’s experience in sales / business development (preferably in food products or FMCGs).

ii. They should possess strong written & oral communication skills and be willing to travel to interact with channel partners and farmers’ representatives. Candidates upto 35 years of age may apply. Excellent abilities in spoken Kannada are essential.

6. Remuneration:

i. The consolidated remuneration for the said position will be Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five thousand only) per month. Additionally, the Executive would be eligible for reimbursement of travel and travel-related expenses at actual, as per norms that would be defined in the offer letter.

ii. No other allowance would be payable. Upon successful completion of the first eleven months, the ad-hoc engagement could be extended for a further period based on a performance appraisal. At any point of time, the selected candidates shall not have any Locus standi to claim permanency in Coffee Board or in the Government of Karnataka.