The Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) serves as Singapore’s lead scientific platform under the Singapore Food Story R&D Programme, to bring together researchers, regulators and industry to build up Singapore’s food safety science and R&D capabilities to secure Singapore’s food supply and economic value proposition.
FRESH will embark on R&D and talent development activities to help enhance Singapore’s local food regulatory capabilities and allow “first-in-market” food products to be safely launched in Singapore, as well as help promote Singapore-developed food standards internationally. FRESH is part of the Singapore Food Story R&D Programme (SFS), with partner organisations being the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), A*STAR and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
The Senior Assistant Manager, Operations & Business Development will be responsible for supporting business development functions for FRESH, with direct responsibility for managing industry contractual relationships.
Working together with FRESH’s scientific leads and the Deputy Director of FRESH, the incumbent will put in place processes to project manage external engagements and ensure key operational functions are appropriately managed across FRESH projects. This includes contracting, IP management, budget planning, cashflow management invoicing, and payment.
In addition, this post will support the Deputy Director of FRESH in the development of our business development strategy, including the development and execution of FRESH’s long-term sustainability plan.
This is a key role that has both external and internal facing responsibilities and is essential to ensure FRESH operates as a valued service provider to Singapore’s rapidly expanding future food ecosystem.
Responsibilities:
- Contract management for FRESH external engagements
- Financial management of FRESH core accounts and projects (includes administration of invoicing, payment, and account receivables and financials accounting and reporting. Assists FRESH Director and Deputy Director on annual budget planning.
- Implementation and maintenance of SOPs and administrative processes to ensure efficient day-to-day operations of FRESH
- FRESH partnership management, act as secretariat for the FRESH Executive Committee
- Implement FRESH business model and industry engagement strategy
- Help broker partnership deals with industry and public sector collaborators
- Help identify and secure new funding resources/revenue streams for FRESH, including exploring consortium partnership model(s) for FRESH
Requirements:
- Bachelors and/or Masters degree in scientific management preferred or science degree with a minor in business related studies
- Direct experience and aptitude for finance and operations management, project management training a plus.
- Strong commercial and business acumen, knowledge of the food industry a plus
- Motivated individual who is able to work both independently and in a team setting
- Agile and analytical mind with good writing, organizational and communications skills (including negotiation skills), with ability to analyse and summarize complex subjects in simple terms
- Proficient in using Google docs, MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint, experience with Workday and SAP a plus
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
Hiring Institution: Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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