Business Advisory & Capacity Building/ Conseiller en Développement Commercial et Renforcement des Capacités - WEECAP Cashew Program (Senegal)
À propos de WEECAP
Le programme Women’s Economic Empowerment through Cashew Processing (WEECAP) est une initiative de cinq ans, soutenue par la Fondation Mastercard et déployée en Côte d’Ivoire, en Guinée-Bissau et au Sénégal. WEECAP transforme la filière anacarde ouest-africaine en alignant inclusion et compétitivité pour capter la demande mondiale, attirer l’investissement et ouvrir de nouvelles opportunités économiques aux jeunes femmes et hommes.
WEECAP agit sur les principaux leviers de la filière en connectant fournisseurs et acheteurs stratégiques, en structurant des chaînes de valeur résilientes et en mobilisant des solutions financières ciblées. En parallèle, nous renforçons les capacités des jeunes entreprises, appuyons la mise en place de cadres politiques solides et générons des résultats concrets grâce à une approche pragmatique et orientée marché.
Notre ambition collective : faire de la filière anacarde un moteur régional de compétitivité, de valeur ajoutée et d’inclusion.
WEECAP agit comme un catalyseur : en alignant les chaînes d’approvisionnement, en déployant des modèles d’entreprise performants à grande échelle, en mobilisant des capitaux adaptés aux cycles réels des entreprises, et en appuyant des réformes de politiques sectorielles pour stimuler la croissance. L’inclusion n’est pas un objectif social annexe, mais un vrai levier de performance et de succès commercial. Notre ambition : une filière moderne, compétitive et inclusive, où femmes et jeunes occupent toute leur place.
Principales responsabilités :
Planification stratégique
Renforcement des capacités
Optimisation de la chaîne d’approvisionnement
Communication et sensibilisation au projet
Qualifications :
Expérience souhaitée :
About WEECAP
The Women’s Economic Empowerment through Cashew Processing Program (WEECAP) is a five-year initiative, funded by the Mastercard Foundation, operating in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal. WEECAP is transforming the West African cashew sector by aligning inclusion and competitiveness to capture global demand, attract investment, and open up economic opportunities for young women and men.
WEECAP tackles sector bottlenecks by connecting suppliers with strategic buyers, structuring resilient value chains, and mobilizing targeted financial solutions. At the same time, we strengthen the capacity of emerging businesses, help build robust policy frameworks, and foster concrete results through a practical, market-driven approach.
Our ambition: To make the cashew sector a regional engine of competitiveness, value addition, and inclusion.
WEECAP acts as a catalyst—aligning supply chains, scaling up promising business models, deploying capital adapted to real business cycles, and supporting policy reforms that unlock sector growth. Inclusion isn’t an afterthought; it’s a lever for performance and market success. Our goal is a modern, competitive, and inclusive industry where women and youth are full economic actors.
The Business Advisory Manager plays a vital role in supporting processors, producer organizations and business development advisory service (BDSP) providers in Senegal with capacity building, strategic guidance, financial planning, and operational improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning
- Develop in collaboration with the Competitiveness & Supply Chain Regional Director
a work plan with tangible goals and timelines to deliver business development advisory services to cashew producers and processors in Sénégal
- -Lead the development of a local BDSPs network for cashew producer and processor support in Senegal.
- In collaboration with the BDSPs, develop periodic and ongoing intervention plans
- Utilize information from market assessments to support development of a roadmap for the development of the cashew sector in Senegal.
- Conduct business assessments for cashew processors and producer organizations, identifying needs and opportunities
- Advise MSMEs on strategies for growth, partnership development, and market access
- Integrate gender inclusion and youth employment into all advisory activities
Capacity Building
- Assess processors and producer organization need of business development advisory services in terms of operations, management, access to finance, traceability, sustainability- Link tailored business advisory services to cashew processors and producer organizations to enhance efficiency and profitability
-Collaborate with the BDSPs to provide trainings and services to WEECAP supported producers and processors in business management, financial planning, and operational best practices
- Develop training material/programs on business management, financial planning, and operational best practices
-Ensure tight integration of Advisory activities with other WEECAP activities related to competitiveness, supply chain access to finance, policies and gender.
- Strengthen connections between cashew producers, processors, and service providers to improve value chain integration
- Provide input for the cashew promotional campaign addressing local consumption, including a media campaign
-Organize participation in various cashew industry trade events including national, regional, and international trade fairs and conference in relation with Senegalese Cashew.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Agricultural Engineering, or Food processing. Master's preferred.
Preferred Experience
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