Market Linkages and Export Manager - VN (Long term)

Market Linkages and Export Manager - VN (Long term)

Date: 10-Feb-2023

Type of Employment: Permanent Full Time

Location:

Hanoi, Hanoi, VN

Background

Improving Private Sector Competitiveness (IPSC) is a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) technical assistance project, and the Agency for Enterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is the project owner. The project is implemented by Deloitte Consulting LLP (“Deloitte”) and runs from 2020 to 2025.

The purpose of the USAID IPSC Activity is to remove constraints and build the competitiveness of small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam, including those led by vulnerable populations. With this activity, USAID/Vietnam is supporting Vietnam's competitiveness: vertically at the policy, market and firm level; and horizontally by working along the entire spectrum of enterprise growth models, from household businesses transforming into registered firms to small firms on the cusp of scaling up. The Activity is made up of four interrelated Objectives:

Objective 1. Building business management capacity of SGBs, including those led by vulnerable populations (particularly women and ethnic minorities),

Objective 2. Improving efficiency and productivity by promoting innovation, technology adoption, and sustainable business models,

Objective 3. Enhancing business enabling environment for a broad-based inclusive economy,

Objective 4. Strengthening business-to-business (B2B) and cross-sectoral linkages.

Summary of Activities

The Market Linkages and Export Manager will contribute to supporting the SGB Team achieve the objective of providing technical assistance to 5,000 SGBs, of which at least 240 SGBs access regional and international markets.

Specific Tasks

The Market Linkages and Export Manager shall perform the following tasks:

• Take the leading role in identification, screening, and selection of SGBs with potential products for export from IPSC's technical assistance activities.
• Conduct market research and develop strategies to identify potential buyers in export markets and facilitate linkages with specific SGBs to increase transactions and sales.
• Identify and coordinate with trade promotion organizers on linkage events to facilitate potential export oriented SGBs participation in relevant initiatives and connect them with potential buyers.
• Facilitate budding relationships between buyers and specific SGBs, identifying issues and offering solutions as to pricing, quality, logistics, customer visits, etc. towards successful linkages of increasing transactions and sales.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders, including departments of planning and investment (DPIs) and other relevant provincial agencies and organizations (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Taxation, and business associations) to search, screen, and assess potential SGBs export products that satisfy IPSC selection criteria to invite them to register and participate in IPSC support programs.
• Collaborate with other SGB Portfolio Managers to undertake selected SGB training needs analysis, identify SGBs' capacity improvement priorities, and design support programs including recruitment of appropriate service providers to implement training and technical assistance.
• Supervise selected service providers to deliver technical assistance for potential export oriented SGBs.
• Coordinate with IPSC's Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team on monitoring and reporting of selected SGBs, technical assistance progress, milestones, achievements, and challenges.
• Establish and maintain relationships with project stakeholders and maintain high ethical standards, avoiding any actual or perceived conflicts of interest to achieve project goals.
• Offer inputs/suggestions on the project planning documents and project activity budget.
• Contribute to periodical or ad hoc reports for USAID and government counterparts.
• Undertake other task as may be assigned by the SGB Director or project senior leaders to contribute to the achievement of IPSC's goals and objectives.
Qualifications
• Master's degree in Foreign Trade, Economics, Business Administration, or related field with a minimum eight years of full-time professional experience.
• Proven experience working on private sector development projects, particularly with SGBs and PEs.
• Experience in supporting enterprises to develop a Vietnamse brand or bringing Vietnamse products to regional and international markets.
• Strong knowledge of private sector economic development including an understanding of domestic and international markets, trends, and business directions.
• Proven experience in designing capacity building and technical assistance programs for SGBs and PEs.
• Proven experience in effective strategic planning and direction setting, with strong conceptual and analytical skills.
• Practical understanding of social inclusion, gender equity, and women's economic empowerment.
• Demonstrated high level organizational and time management skills, including the ability to manage workflow and balance competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
• Experience working in a team environment, possessing excellent people skills.
• Vietnamese nationality.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Vietnamese and proficiency in reporting and presenting.
Reporting Requirements

This position will report to the SGB Director

Place, Period of Performance and Level of Effort

Expected start date: 2023

End date: December 2025

Location: Hanoi, Vietnam with travel to other provinces as required

USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness Key Concepts and Definitions

• Small and Growing Business (SGB): An organization/economic unit of Vietnam, including enterprises, under the provisions of the Law on Enterprises, cooperatives operating under the provisions of the Law on Cooperatives, and business households registered in accordance with Vietnamese law, which employs no more than 500 full-time employees, has growth potential but lacks the resources of knowledge, finance, human resources, and technology to realize its goals and growth potential.
• Pioneering SGBs or Pioneering Enterprises (PEs): A growing Vietnamese enterprise with Vietnamese-branded products, good competitiveness, the ability to lead and expand in the industry, sector, and locality, good management capacity and willingness to innovate and produce products with high added value, with the vision/objective to build a Vietnamese brand in the international market.
• Business Development Service Provider (BDSP): Agencies, organizations and enterprises in both the public and private sector with functions, duties/business lines providing non-financial services to support enterprises to improve operational efficiency and business development.
• Business Support Organization (BSO): An organization with the function and mission to connect and support business development, often including business associations/clubs, industries, etc.

Requisition ID: 98071

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