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SIBLEY
INTERNATIONAL, CORP.
Sibley International seeks candidates for the following positions in association with its Enterprise Support Project in the Republic of Georgia. To apply, please email resume to careers@sibleyinternational.com All positions require experience working in developing countries, CIS preferred.
H/She
will serve as the primary SME advocate, intervening with business organizations,
designing solutions to SME business problems, and managing SME products
development and delivery. The SME
Specialist Manager will work with staff of the Project’s local offices to
identify specific interventions that will bring about tangible and realizable
benefits to the enterprises; examine the entire value-chain for each selected
industry and design solutions to industry value-chain blockages. Successful
candidate will oversee the Project’s technical departments (e.g.
Business Association, Business Services Providers, and Financial Services
Providers) and will be responsible for reporting on division work plan tasks.
Personal experience managing business operations preferred;
diverse industry experience a plus.
Development of the Georgian enterprises is key to stimulating the local economy. Part of the Project’s strategy is to work with enterprises of defined industry sectors found within identified geographical areas in the Republic of Georgia. The Markets Specialist/Markets Division Manager will have personal experience managing a business’s marketing and sales operations. H/She will identify, track and analyze the markets’ needs - by industry - for Project support services and report on economic indicators in the selected regions. Successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in creating research tools/engines and ultimately conducting market research; and be able to evaluate viability of domestic & export markets for selected industries. H/She will forge strong relationships with core markets, thereby providing a constant stream of customers for the business service providers. Diverse industry experience a plus. Responsible for managing and reporting on division work plan tasks as well as supervising divisional staff and public education campaigns.
Enterprise
Management Specialists
2.
Winery Management
The
successful candidate will preferably have at least ten (10) years of experience
personally managing a business operation and in personally using the business
tools and business systems associated with his/her respective industry (as
listed above). The assignment will
be for approximately 12 weeks, in 3-4 week segments spaced to fit the
industry’s business cycle. H/She
will meet with participating business owner-managers as a group to discuss
personal experiences in managing a business;
discuss successes, failures, and key learnings; and discuss core management
tools used. H/She will also visit each participating business, evaluate
the business development/viability level, management skills levels, production
technical skills levels, production equipment viability, and identify
company-specific problems (internal to the company). The successful candidate will provide solutions for i) core
business systems and ii) solutions to common problems in his/her respective
industry. In addition, h/she will brief local trainers and consultants in these
‘best practices’ and management tools to continue the monitoring process
after expatriate’s departure from project.