SIPPO Export Promotion Manager

Огляд

Swiss Import Promotion Programme SIPPO is a well-established mandate of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) with the overall objective to integrate developing and transition countries into world trade. The program aims to support Business Support Organizations (BSOs) in 12 countries in exploring and accessing new markets and opportunities for their export-ready companies. Since April 2017, SIPPO has been implemented under the direction of Swisscontact. The company is looking for an Export Promotion Manager (EPM) to facilitate the strategic planning, coordination and implementation of export promotion activities agreed upon with the Business Support Organisations (BSOs) in the three sectors of activity in Ukraine: Natural Ingredients (NI), Processed Food (PF) and Technical Wood (TW).

Обов'язки

• represent SIPPO in Ukraine in alignment with the global mission of the programme, as well at relevant events, conferences, and meetings
• be responsible for planning and implementing program activities in Ukraine in a timely and coordinated manner, following the defined country strategy
• create and roll out effective annual workplans per BSO in line with SIPPO’s regional/global approach and exchange with CR
• organise field missions/interventions and other program-related meetings, seminars, and workshops, further elaborating specific content for all events related to SIPPO
• be in charge of overall communication on the country level, as well as preparing presentations, meeting minutes, informal translations and interpretations, providing logistical support; communicating and coordinating with program participants and consultants
• monitor and track the implementation of the BSOs workplans and corresponding country activity budget spending
• implement SIPPO’s monitoring and results measurement (MRM) system in close contact SIPPO’s Lead MRM (Berne) and with BSOs
• prepare and provide country progress reports (including text and KPIs) to the CR on a 6-month basis
• develop and maintain good communication and cooperation with all relevant stakeholders (BSOs, company representatives, governmental agencies, other projects/mandates)
• facilitate the strategic planning and export promotion activities of the partner BSOs based on annual workplans and coordinate with external consultants
• enable institutional strengthening of the partner BSOs through internal capacity building for improvement and/or expansion of their export promotion services
• contribute to setting the objectives for the programme’s mission, and strategically combine long term goals with the process of planning and rolling out relevant activities around them
• participate in strategic capacity building appraisals with BSOs to identify their needs and gaps, improve and/or expand their export promotion services
• establish and maintain an excellent network of contacts and in-depth relationship with the BSOs

Вимоги

• university degree: International Economy, Business Studies, Marketing, Management or equivalent
• at least 3 years of hands-on experience in private sector (Natural Ingredients, Processed Food or Technical Wood sectors) in the role of export promotion manager
• fluency in Ukrainian and English
• an active listener, able to empathize and understand different needs of BSOs and companies
• well-organised and an efficient project manager
• goal-oriented and open to learning by doing and even making a few mistakes along the way
• willing to be proactive in tackling a challenge rather than reactively responding to the problem at hand
• quick to adjust and adapt to new circumstances, remaining agile in your approach to work
• ready to share your experience and knowledge, while also being open to learn from your peers
• readiness to travel domestically and internationally
• an experience in managing Ukrainian exports in the above-mentioned sectors to EU and Switzerland will be considered as an advantage

Умови

• work in Kyiv
• official employment
• minimum period of employment will constitute more than 1 year