Business Manager (Fixed Term - Parental Leave) - Plant & Food Research

at  Science New Zealand

You will be maintaining effective industry-research relationships; working with project leaders and customers to develop proposals and secure R&D projects, with appropriate work plans, budgets and contracts; and helping customers to identify and obtain external funding, or co-funding, to leverage their R&D investments.

Some of the key deliverables will be:

• Developing great customer and industry partnerships through working on PFR Key Account Manager (KAM) principles.
• Ensure that corporate legal and commercial requirements are embedded in new proposals so that rapid approval of new business deals is gained from the General Manager, Business Management and the General Managers of Science.
• Assist the General Manager, Business Management and the General Managers of Science, Operations Manager, Science Group Leaders, customers and collaborators with the development of business cases to achieve long-term growth targets for PFR and its customers.
• Leading the identification and development of new business opportunities and clients, in association with relevant internal stakeholders.