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About the Role
As a Business Growth Advisor, you will support a portfolio of New Zealand Food & Beverage companies in their U.S. market expansion. This strategic advisory role focuses on helping companies identify opportunities, build networks, and navigate market challenges, rather than executing direct sales or managing commercial contracts.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of New Zealand Food & Beverage companies in collaboration with New Zealand-based counterparts.
- Assist companies in exploring growth opportunities across ingredients, foodservice, private label, and enterprise partnerships.
- Support companies in understanding U.S. market dynamics and building networks with customers, partners, and industry organizations.
- Facilitate access to NZTE services, tools, resources, and networks.
- Provide guidance to companies at various growth stages, from market validation to expansion.
- Maintain and expand industry relationships to strengthen market intelligence.
- Contribute to sector initiatives, customer engagement, and inter-agency collaboration.
- Collaborate with colleagues across North America and New Zealand to deliver value.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in the U.S. Food & Beverage sector.
- Experience in protein, dairy, seafood, ingredients, foodservice, private label, or nutrition.
- Commercial experience in strategy, advisory, management consulting, business development, category management, distribution, or sourcing.
- Understanding of U.S. market entry strategies for Food & Beverage products.
- Experience working with industry participants such as distributors, manufacturers, retailers, or foodservice operators.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Ability to work in the Midtown Manhattan office at least three days per week.
Skills
- Strategic advisory
- Relationship building
- Market intelligence
- Commercial judgment
- Solutions-focused approach
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Portfolio management
Location
- Midtown Manhattan, New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- USD $147,000–$164,000
Benefits
- Platinum medical insurance plan including dental and vision
- Flexible working options
- Professional development opportunities
- Cash-in-lieu option for medical coverage
About the Company
- New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand's international business development agency.
- Dedicated to helping forward-thinking New Zealand companies grow globally.
Equal Opportunity
- NZTE is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes diversity of thought and encourages applications regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, neurodiversity, or disability.
- Applications from Veterans are welcomed.