Rags2Riches Looking for Talented Changemakers to Join the Cause :)

Dear Friends and Partners-In-Change,

I would like to invite you to become part of Rags2Riches, Inc.; a social business enterprise (Corporation) creating Eco-Ethical fashion bags and home accessories, created by empowered women from Payatas, who upcycle scrap materials discarded by factories around the Philippines. We create Eco-Ethical lifestyle products with our partner designers Mr. Rajo Laurel and Ms. Amina Aranaz-Alunan.

Rags2Riches is the recipient of the 2008 Social Enterprise Award from the University of San Francisco Business Plan Competition, the Body Shop Grant, and the Business In Development Challenge, Philippines, and Business in Development Challenge International.

We are looking for dynamic, creative, and Eco-Ethical Partners-In-Change who could join us in enriching the Rags2Riches Social Business Enterprise!

Are you interested in Sustainable Design? Do you believe that the world could be changed by designing Eco-Ethical lifestyle products? You could be our next Product Development Manager (Full-Time)!

Job Description:

• Manage the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to field implementation, customer training and product suppo
• Work closely with  multidisciplinary experts to ensure effective, efficient, and Eco-Ethical Product development that meets the customers’ needs
• Interface and work with Production and Community Product Development team to properly and effectively communicate product development processes
• Develop partner and customer specific product service plans covering troubleshooting, product repair and field service strategies over the product lifetime
• Develop guidelines for product development and quality control that comply with local and international Eco-Ethical standards (e.g. Cradle to Cradle)
• Continuously search for innovative products and product processes that follow Eco-Ethical and Sustainable Principle

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Graduate Degree in Industrial design, fashion design, or sustainable design (preferable but could be evaluated further depending on the qualifications of the applicant)
• At least two years experience in sales, marketing and/or product management in fashion, sustainable design, or industrial design
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including public speaking, and the ability to communicate with openness and transparency
• Interest in social entrepreneurship, Sustainable Design, and/or Eco-Ethical Businesses and processes

Are you into advocating for Eco-Ethical lifestyle products? Then you could be our next Sales and Marketing Associate (Full-Time)!

Job Description:

• Coordinate public affairs for Rags2Riches, Inc and Rags2Riches communities
• Assist in the preparation, issuance, and delivery of sales materials, exhibits, events, and promotion programs.
• Promote positive relations with partners, vendors, and distributors.
• Recommend and administer policies and procedures to enhance operations.
• Assist the Sales and Marketing Manager in monitoring inventory, delivering goods on time, and managing Rags2Riches distribution outlet

Qualifications:

• College level (any business-related course)
• Interested in Social Entrepreneurship
• Willing and able to travel
• At least one year experience in Sales and Marketing activities such as handling bazaars, creating promo materials, organizing events, and interfacing with clients.

If you think YOU or someone you know could be an Eco-Ethical Change-maker through Rags2Riches, send your CV and cover letter to reese.fernandez@gmail.com and r2r_matt@yahoo.com on or before January 15, 2010.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

–
Reese Fernandez
President, Founding Partner
Rags2Riches, Inc.
Unit 3B Cubao Expo, Araneta Center Cubao,
Quezon City, Philippines

Phone: +632 6664520
Mobile: +63 9178040406
reesefernandez@yahoo.com
reese.fernandez@gmail.com
www.rags2riches.ph

“We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?”–Cradle to Cradle

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