Piramal Water Private Limited (Sarvajal)
Manager Business Development
Company Website: www.sarvajal.com
Company Background
Piramal Water Private Limited was established in mid-2008 to find viable mass-market solutions to India’s drinking water crisis. Piramal Water operates under the brand “Sarvajal”; we are a for-profit franchising business that is structured to provide cost leadership, technological innovations, and the appropriate incentives to create market-based solutions that can reach enough scale to impact the health of India’s masses.
Piramal Water’s mission is to make pure drinking water accessible and affordable for everyone.
Piramal Water believes that the existing water infrastructure model is fundamentally flawed for rural and underserved areas. Rather than centralized systems, Piramal Water believes that the treatment of water should be as close to the customer as economically feasible – isolating points of failure and driving community ownership of infrastructure.
Sarvajal currently has more than 125 franchisees, and is currently focused on finding ways to significantly grow both the number of franchisees and the performance of each individual franchise unit.
Role Description
The Manager - Business Development will focus on improving per unit revenue by assisting franchisees in developing growth-oriented strategies, creating training materials and programs for village entrepreneurs, forging partnerships with others who can create further revenue through Sarvajal’s franchise channel, and developing opportunities to improve capacity utilization of Sarvajal’s distributed filtration equipment. This role will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess Sarvajal’s potential to improve revenue at unit levels
- Evaluate and implement opportunities for multi and master franchise solutions
- Forge partnerships and evaluate potential products that can leverage Sarvajal’s distribution channel
- Develop training materials and programs to improve individual franchisee performance
- Deliver, evaluate, and improve regular trainings for franchisees and operators
Qualifications
- A college degree in a field related to business and/or relevant experience is a plus
- Demonstrated capacity to work in a challenging, fast-paced environment
- Passion for small-scale entrepreneurship
- Willingness to serve as a mentor/teacher to numerous constituents
- A working/conversational knowledge of Hindi is required
- Dedication to the mission of the organization
Logistics
- This role is based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India
- A/C and internet access may not be available on a continuous basis
- Travel into villages with periods of stay will be required
