Job Description

[What the role is]

The Health Promotion Board’s vision is to make Singapore a nation of healthier people.

Come be a part of this journey if you’re passionate about creating boundary-pushing work that drives behavioral change.
You will be a part of HPB’s Corporate & Industry Partnerships, where you’ll have the unique opportunity to create and build long-lasting relationships with our partners, and to cultivate these partnerships to develop mutually beneficial collaborations that will support our programmes and strategies.

[What you will be working on]

As a key member of Corporate & Industry Partnerships team, you must be a dynamic team player. Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to see and seek win-win opportunities with partners are key traits to succeed in this role.

• You will implement strategic partnership initiatives, with key partners and identify partnership opportunities, and share associate policies and processes to support these initiatives.
• You will intimately understand partners’ and internal stakeholders’ needs and develop plans that bridge partner and HPB’s interest to reach mutually beneficial partnerships agreement.
• You will execute and implement the partnership programme through working with internal stakeholders and partners; conduct end-of-programme review with customers and thereafter provide feedback to internal stakeholders, including engagement with senior management.
• You will constantly update on partnership retention, acquisition, selling, development, implementation and retention, and showcase professionalism and partnership satisfaction.
• You will take accountability in the execution of key initiatives and projects, to launch initiatives successfully and on time.

[What we are looking for]

• An ideal candidate will be a dynamic and self-motivated individual with at least 3 years of working experience in retail management, supermarket operations, or FMCG industry in business development, sales, marketing, or category management roles with proven successes of implementing health and wellness initiatives through relationships with retail partners at various levels including buying teams and category managers.
• Strong project execution skills, be able to effect change, garner resources, and influence people and projects to extract value for both partners and internal stakeholders
• Proven track record in executing mid to large scale retail partnership programmes and initiatives including product launches or promotional campaigns; and demonstrated competency in project management, stakeholder coordination, and programme launches within retail environments
• Possess understanding of retail dynamics, consumer shopping behaviour, and category management principles with experience in health and wellness product categories or healthy food promotion initiatives being advantageous
• Creativity, resourcefulness and is results-focused in establishing and sustaining partnerships. A strong customer-oriented mindset and good business acumen with understanding of retail profit drivers
• Possess excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills to maintain strong partnerships and communicate effectively at all levels
• Have good leadership and teamwork qualities to engage, motivate and work with team members
• Possess strong verbal, written and presentation skills coupled with strong negotiation and influencing skills particularly in retail partnership discussions and category planning sessions.