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Business Development Manager – Poultry & Sustainable Sourcing

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on driving the transition to cage-free egg sourcing among producers in India, responding to global sustainability and animal welfare concerns. You will collaborate with teams across various regions to facilitate outreach and share market insights.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 2 years of B2B sales, business development, or advocacy-related experience.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Proactive and extroverted with strong networking abilities.
  • Fluency in Telugu or Tamil; conversational English is essential.
  • Preferred: Personal interest in sustainability, animal welfare, or food systems.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and connect with medium and large egg producers through outreach and networking
  • Build relationships with egg producers to encourage cage-free production methods
  • Provide industry updates and develop resources to support producer relationships
  • Coordinate outreach strategies and share market intelligence with internal teams

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Relationship Building
  • Negotiation
  • Social Skills
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Proactivity
  • Resilience
  • Strong Work Ethic

About the company

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Arthan

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Arthan is a social enterprise committed to strengthening the impact sector ecosystem. Arthan works with social organisations to build their capacity and capability in the areas of human capital (executive search), organisational development and thought leadership.Our impact sector dedicated impact sector dedicated platform (www.arthancareers.com) provides the following: - A jobs platform (www.arthancareers.com) that helps passionate people passionate people discover and connect with the best impact sector jobs, organisations, news and events- An events directory that aims to support awareness about the social impact sector, by empowering people to attend events from around the world - A funding directory which provides a searchable database of grants, donors, and proposals to help social organisations access funding information.Arthan's thought leadership work encompasses knowledge creation, curation and dissemination through research pieces, workshops, and convenings to strengthen the social impact ecosystem (www.arthansocialforum.org).Visit our website at https://www.arthancareers.com/contact to get in touch.

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Job description

Location: Remote | Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

In response to growing global concern for sustainability and animal welfare, thousands of companies worldwide and hundreds of leading food brands across Asia have pledged to transition toward cage-free egg sourcing. Cage-free eggs represent a more humane standard for animals and carry significant food safety advantages for consumers. 

As a BD Manager – Poultry and Sustainable Sourcing, you will drive this transition on the supply side in India.

What You Will Do

  • Identify and connect with medium and large egg producers through outreach, industry events, trade groups, cold visits, and networking
  • Build relationships with egg producers and persuade them to transition toward cage-free production methods
  • Provide industry updates and develop resources to nurture producer relationships and encourage adoption of cage-free practices
  • Work closely with internal teams across geographies to coordinate outreach strategies and share market intelligence

Work Structure

This is a fully remote role with flexible working hours. You will collaborate with colleagues across Asia, Europe, and other geographies through calls, email, and shared platforms.

What We Are Looking For

  • Minimum 2 years of B2B sales, business development, or advocacy-related experience
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills — you are engaging, persuasive, and comfortable with relationship-building
  • Proactive and extroverted with a strong ability to build and maintain personal and professional networks
  • Ability to work independently with a strong work ethic and resilience when faced with rejection
  • Personal interest in sustainability, animal welfare, or food systems
  • Fluency in Telugu or Tamil is required; conversational English is essential; Hindi proficiency is strongly preferred
  • Prior experience in the poultry or agri-food industry is an advantage but not required

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