Food for Development Director

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available everywhere; and we protect whats good: people food and the planet. By doing so we touch millions of peoples lives every day.

We are looking for a Food for Development Director to support the development of sustainable business opportunities through school feeding nutrition dairy development and food security this role you will collaborate with governments development agencies NGOs UN organizations customers and internal stakeholders to create shared value for communities while supporting business growth.

This position will be based in our Gurgaon India office and will report into Vice President Food for Development.

As a Food for Development Director you will:

• Develop and strengthen partnerships with governments NGOs development agencies and international organizations to expand participation in school feeding and nutrition programmes.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities while supporting and protecting existing programmes and partnerships.
• Support customers and commercial teams in developing nutritious products and solutions for school feeding and other social programmes.
• Collaborate with Tetra Pak customers to develop and implement Dairy Hub project and initiatives.
• Drive long-term development projects from opportunity identification through implementation and follow-up.
• Promote the benefits of nutrition and school and social feeding programmes through events conferences and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Coordinate with research institutions to assess and measure the impact of school nutrition programmes on childrens health attendance and development.
• Share best practices and contribute to the global Food for Development network

• A full time Bachelors degree or equivalent university education with at least 10 plus years of relevant experience.
• Experience in business development preferably within developing markets.
• Experience working with governments development agencies NGOs international organizations or public-sector stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and partnership-building capabilities.
• Understanding of customer value chains business drivers and commercial environments.
• Project management experience and the ability to manage multiple long-term initiatives.
• Strong communication presentation and influencing skills.
• Fluency in English both written and spoken. Additional language skills are considered an advantage.