Sector Manager, Meat & Livestock

Meat, Food & Beverages, Bord Bia

Dublin

Key Accountabilities. 1. Ensure that the Bord Bia strategy for meat & livestock and its annual plans with regard to the sheepmeat and livestock sectors are sufficiently ambitious and have the support of key clients and stakeholders. 2. Build and maintain strong working relationships with key clients and stakeholders across both sectors and act as the central contact point for them within Bord Bia. 3. Deliver ongoing, strong engagement with client companies, drive the development and implementation of agreed annual plans in relation to Bord Bia supports and services. 4. Build and maintain an in-depth knowledge of each sector. Develop sector overviews for the sheepmeat and livestock sectors; including profiles for the main players and forecasts for growth. 5. Identify and justify the priority markets for Irish sheepmeat and livestock in line with strategy. 6. In conjunction with the Insights team identify and deliver relevant trade market and consumer research in line with the strategy for meat & livestock. 7. Highlight significant trade risks and reputation risks for the sheepmeat and livestock sectors. Main Duties. 1. Develop and Implement Bord Bia’s strategy for sheepmeat & livestock and update sectoral overviews on an ongoing basis. 2. In consultation with the meat & livestock team; devise and implement the annual sectoral plans. 3. Meet with key relevant contacts in client companies at least quarterly to identify individual & sectoral requirements and implement individual client plans on a yearly basis. 4. Recruit sector clients for relevant Bord Bia services, programmes, trade fairs, events etc. 5. Build in-depth sectoral and individual client knowledge to respond to client needs and maintain ongoing contact. 6. Develop and maintain key client contacts in client companies and capture all client engagement through Salesforce CRM system. 7. Build sectoral knowledge of individual key targets and potential markets for sheepmeat & livestock. 8. Read and familiarise oneself with relevant 3rd party & Bord Bia publications. 9. Conduct market visits, trade show visits and engage with on the ground experts. 10. Target, organise and deliver inward buyer visits in conjunction with overseas offices. 11. Work with the Insights team to design and deliver relevant consumer or trade research. 12. Identify new areas for industry attention based on consumer trends, market opportunity, market research etc. 13. Achieve relevant media coverage in national, trade, sector and online through submitting editorial and advertorial pieces. 14. Speak and represent Bord Bia at relevant conferences/meetings/events. 15. With the overseas offices; target, organise and deliver inward journalist or government official visits. 16. Work closely with the meat & livestock team to service the needs of the Meat and Livestock Board. For full job description and details on how to apply: https://my.hirehive.io/bord-bia/jobs/64205/sector-manager-meat-and-livestock-dublin. Closing date: 12/06/2020. Please note that this advertisement is being hosted by the Public Appointments Service on publicjobs.ie. The Public Appointments Service has no involvement in, or responsibility for, the recruitment and selection process or the terms and conditions which relate to this post.

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