Development of products for women owned/run businesses

Consultancy Services

“Development of products for women owned/run businesses”

Background:

Within the framework of the BWF project titled “One Stop Shop for Sustainable Businesses-OSS”, in partnership with Agility Management and Financial Consulting and the Palestinian Shippers Council (PSC), under the regional joint programme between the European Union and UN Women, “Spring Forward for Women”, which is funded by the European Union, and under the SDGs-F “Creating One Stop Shop for sustainable Businesses” Joint Programme, where the project targets 45 women Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs); 30 from the West Bank and 15 from the Gaza Strip; in terms of empowering them with technical and managerial skills and capacities needed to maintain cultural sustainable businesses and compete in local, regional and international markets.

Objective:

The Business Women Forum (BWF) and the Palestinian Shippers’ Council (PSC) are seeking to hire a qualified consultant andor designer to be responsible for the assessment and development of cultural products for women owned/run businesses in 4 main product categories: Soap, embroidery, jewelry and handicrafts. The selected consultant andor designer is expected to benchmark and assess existing product categories and guide women MSMEs in developing their products to be marketable, competitive, and exportable in local, regional and international markets. The consultant is also responsible for creating market linkages and business deals for these products.

Qualifications and skills:

-A BA degree in design, packaging and labeling, marketing, quality assurance, product development or any relevant field. An MA degree is an asset;
-Proven knowledge and experience in creating market linkages, and negotiating business deals;
-Proven knowledge of the Palestinian economic and trade contexts;
-At least 3 years of extensive working experience in providing consultancy and design services in a relevant field; previous knowledge and working experience with women MSMEs in the cultural sector;
-Excellent English Skills; Arabic is an asset
-Excellent time management and networking skills on the local, regional and international levels.

Main Tasks and responsibilities:

-Review project document, work plan and profiles/ of beneficiaries and prepare a detailed work plan with a timeframe, including objectives and actions.
-Review business, marketing and promotional plans of the 43 MSMEs under the OSS project and the results of the raw material mapping exercise and recommend specifications of substitute raw materials to be able to find new sources with better quality and less price.
-Review the results of the product baseline survey which reflects the trends and preferences in the local market for the above mentioned 4 product categories.
-Conduct field visits to assess the current products of the 43 MSMEs (develop a brief SWOT analysis andor developmental plan for each product).
-Benchmark existing products specifications to local, regional and international  markets requirements and standards
-Develop a set of practical recommendations/approaches through providing the 43 MSMEs with designs, sketches and guidelines resulting in the development of commercially successful products locally, regionally and internationally.
-Provide a set of recommendations of packaging and branding of the different products of the 43 MSMEs.
-Create a collection of 3-4 product items for each MSME that are correspondent to the local, regional and international markets’ standards.
-Create a database (including contact information and type of business for each agent/buyer etc.) for agents/buyers in local, regional and international markets to conduct business deals through providing information on relevant potential clients and distribution channels.
-Searching for designers’ brands locally, regionally and internationally on line sellers, mail orders, direct sales and marketing companies.

Application Deadline: 10-08-2016, at 3.00 pm.
Time frame: August – October 2016

Application: Interested candidates should submit their technical and financial offers accompanied by a recent CV, a cover letter, company profile (where applicable), relevant experience in conducting similar assignments, methodology and implementation plan to conduct the whole assignment (with clear identification of tasks, no. of days and daily rate).

For local consultantscompanies: sealed envelopes and by hand to BWF office, located in Al Balou’, Al Fare’ Building, 2nd floor, Ramallah.

For regional and international Consultants companies: via email on [email protected]

For any further details, please send an email on [email protected]

Notice:

-This ToR is open for local, regional and international consultants
-This ToR is open for individual consultants and companies.
-This ToR can be fully or partially applied for (in terms of deliverables) in accordance with the experience of the applicant.
-BWF and PSC have the right to assign more than one consultant to implement the above tasks.
-BWF and PSC have the right to remove any task of the above mentioned from the agreement, where applicable.

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