New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Business Growth Advisor - Food & Beverage

New York, United States

No sponsorship$147k-$164kDetected 9 days ago

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About the role

This role is based in midtown Manhattan, New York.
We work with some of New Zealand's most forward-thinking companies, helping them grow bigger, better, and faster around the world.
New Zealand is home to some of the world's most innovative food and beverage companies.

Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of New Zealand Food & Beverage companies, working closely with a New Zealand based counterpart.
Support companies at different stages of growth, from early market validation through to expansion and market development.
Maintain and grow industry relationships that strengthen NZTE's understanding of the U.S. market.
Work collaboratively with colleagues across North America and New Zealand to deliver value for New Zealand companies.
As a Business Growth Advisor, you'll work with a portfolio of New Zealand Food & Beverage (F&B) companies to support their growth in the U.S. market.
You'll build relationships with company founders, key executives, and commercial teams to understand their goals, opportunities, and challenges.
Drawing on your commercial experience, market knowledge, and NZTE's services and networks, you'll help companies with their go-to-market strategy, access relevant information, and support to progress their growth ambitions.
Instead, you'll help companies better understand the U.S. market, identify opportunities and challenges, grow their knowledge, and support their strategic thinking.
You'll work closely with colleagues across North America and New Zealand, as well as the wider NZ Inc network, to support individual companies and broader food & beverage sector initiatives.
Success in this role comes from building strong relationships, understanding company needs, sharing relevant market insights, and connecting companies with useful people, opportunities, and resources.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in the U.S. Food & Beverage sector, with experience in one or more areas such as protein, dairy, seafood, ingredients, foodservice, private label, or nutrition.
Commercial experience in areas such as strategy, advisory, management consulting, business development, category management, distribution, sourcing, or related disciplines.
Please check out the Position Description and apply with a current CV and include a cover letter describing why you are interested and why think you are suited to this role.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
If you have any issues uploading your resume and cover letter, please send directly to: tas@nzte.govt.nz

Compensation

The total compensation range for this role is USD $ 147,000 -$ 164,000 per year.
Light travel (up to 3-4 times per year) within the United States may be required to attend customer meetings, industry events, and team activities.

Benefits

NZTE offers a flexible and stimulating environment with a unique opportunity to develop and access world-class business networks within a talented, diverse, and global group.
We're a public service organization that cares for our team and supports them with flexible working options, technology, development opportunities, and support so they can perform at their best.
This range represents a 'total package' approach to compensation and includes the value of a platinum medical insurance plan, including dental and vision coverage.
You may enroll in this group medical plan (pre-tax benefit) and the per-pay-period cash value of compensation will be adjusted accordingly.
Alternatively, if medical plan enrollment is not desired, its value may be taken as cash-in-lieu of coverage.

Company info

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand's international business development agency. We work with some of New Zealand's most forward-thinking companies, helping them grow bigger, better, and faster around the world.
New Zealand is home to some of the world's most innovative food and beverage companies. From premium dairy and seafood to cutting-edge ingredients and foodservice innovation, Kiwi brands have a compelling story to tell in the U.S. market. We're looking for a commercially savvy advisor with strong American market experience to help those companies turn opportunity into tangible business growth.
What you'll be doing:
As a Business Growth Advisor, you'll work with a portfolio of New Zealand Food & Beverage (F&B) companies to support their growth in the U.S. market. These companies range from those exploring opportunities in the market to established businesses looking to expand customer relationships, enter new channels, or strengthen their existing position.
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand's international business development agency.
From premium dairy and seafood to cutting-edge ingredients and foodservice innovation, Kiwi brands have a compelling story to tell in the U.S. market.
We're looking for a commercially savvy advisor with strong American market experience to help those companies turn opportunity into tangible business growth.
These companies range from those exploring opportunities in the market to established businesses looking to expand customer relationships, enter new channels, or strengthen their existing position.
This is primarily an advisory and strategic management role.

Visa & Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

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