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**Position:** Business Development Manager **Location:** Ambattur, Chennai (with Pan India exposure) **Experience:** 3–5 Years **Industry:** E-commerce / Marketplace / Handmade / Women Entrepreneur Products **Apply to:** hr@shero.in Job Summary: We are looking for a passionate and field-smart Business Development Manager (BDM) to lead the onboarding and expansion of women-led and home-made product businesses across India. This role is key to Shero’s mission of empowering 1 million women by enabling them to monetize their skills in food, craft, and cultural products. The candidate must be comfortable with travel, field engagement, and partner nurturing. Key Responsibilities: · Identify and onboard women-led businesses and homepreneurs offering food, snacks, masalas, crafts, garments, herbal, or homemade products. · Drive partner acquisition in both urban and rural clusters with a strong sense of cultural and regional diversity. · Develop a pipeline of trusted makers and sellers aligned with Shero's standards, values, and categories. · Support onboarding, product sampling, catalogue setup, and initial training in coordination with internal teams. · Track the performance of new partners and guide them on packaging, pricing, quality, and customer feedback. · Build relationships with NGOs, SHGs, and community networks to access credible and skilled women entrepreneurs. · Generate insights on product trends, region-specific potential, and scale-up opportunities for national rollout. · Work closely with operations and marketing teams to ensure product readiness and partner motivation. Key Requirements: · 3–5 years of experience in onboarding partners or sellers in e-commerce, social commerce, or artisan/handmade businesses. · Hands-on experience working with women-led businesses, homepreneurs, or SHG clusters is highly preferred. · Pan-India exposure and comfort in handling diverse cultures, languages, and regional business practices. · Process-driven and able to manage large-scale onboarding while maintaining partner engagement and retention. · Fluent in Tamil and English; additional Indian languages are a plus. · Willingness to travel for field visits and events across India. Ideal Candidate Profile: · • Candidates from platforms like Meesho, Amazon Saheli, Itokri, Jaypore, Swiggy Minis, etc. are highly preferred. • Prior experience working with women's cooperatives, NGOs, or government rural entrepreneurship schemes is a big advantage. Show more Show less
