Vacancy title:
Business Planner

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Deadline of this Job:
19 March 2023  

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
We are hiring a business planner.
Job Description

We are looking for a Business Plan Consultant to join our team and provide strategic direction to agriculture enterprises all over Tanzania. The ideal candidate will have experience in running or advising early-stage businesses and will combine financial planning with market analysis with the broad vision of the CEO to create a roadmap for growth. You will be responsible for developing an understanding of the business, conducting market research, building detailed financial analysis, defining a go-to-market strategy, and reviewing compensation plans and organizational structure. The role requires advanced Excel proficiency, analytical and presentation skills, and excellent communication. If you are a curious problem solver with a "big picture" mentality, apply now!

Job Description

A business plan provides strategic direction by creating or methodically pressure-testing and refining a company’s business plan for an agriculture enterprise, using an understanding of the company’s core operations, competitive advantages, and goals to provide direction on how to structure, run, and grow the business with building on solid financial assumptions. The business plan consultant is based in Morogoro at SAT HQ and will visit clients all over Tanzania, including foreign travellers to research technologies and applicable approaches.

The ideal candidate will have preferably experience in running or advising early-stage businesses, combining the analytical abilities of financial planning with the broad vision of a CEO to provide a roadmap to growth.

Responsibilities
• Conducting research and analysis to develop an understanding of the business, including products/services, customers, competitors, market trends, and growth initiatives
• Building a detailed financial analysis for the next 3-5 years, accounting for a conservative, base, and aggressive case
• Conducting a total addressable market analysis and assessing major industry trends affecting the business
• Reviewing compensation plans and organizational structure to align incentives and ensure the health of the organization in the long run
• Defining a go-to-market strategy, including testing out potential marketing channels (if applicable)
• Reviewing research reports and conducting primary research to explore ideal buyer type and assess customer demand for the company’s existing products and services
• Mapping out direct and indirect competitors, including potential future competitors, for existing and potential revenue channels
• Communicating and interviewing the company’s management, employees, and customer base to gain insight into the business

• Develop an understanding of the existing business (including products/services, customers, competitors, the overall market and trends) through careful research and analysis
• Understand how major stakeholders are thinking about near-term growth, generally and in reference to specific growth initiatives, through interviews with these stakeholders
• Build a detailed financial analysis showing all of the assumptions, drivers, and financial statements for the next 3 – 5 years, accounting for a conservative, base, and aggressive case
• Conduct a total addressable market analysis for the business’s core market, assess major industry trends affecting the business, and describe what impact these trends may have on the business
• Review research reports and conduct primary research to explore ideal buyer type and assess customer demand for the company’s existing products and services
• Map out direct and indirect competitors, including potential future competitors, for existing and potential revenue channels
• Define a go-to-market strategy, including testing out potential marketing channels (if applicable)
• Review compensation plans and organizational structure to align incentives and ensure the health of the organization in the long run

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, operations, research, statistics, math, economics, or related analytical discipline preferred
• Financial management experience with planning, forecasting, and business analysis; prior experience as an advisor to or executive at an early-stage company a plus
• Preferably experience with agriculture projects
• Advanced Excel proficiency. 3+ years of practical experience using Excel for building and maintaining financial models
• Proficiency with analytical and presentation tools
• Experience within consulting
• A natural curiosity and a “big picture” mentality
• Experience conducting market research, including analyzing and synthesizing research reports and conducting primary research
• An understanding of marketing channels and go-to-market strategies
• Excellent spoken and written communication; comfort reaching out to and interviewing the company’s management, employees, and customer base

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Applications must be done online. Remember to attach a CV including the current contacts of three references, copies of relevant certificates, transcripts, application letter, a self-written business plan, and current and expected remuneration all to be submitted before 19th March 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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