Senior Account Manager Cocoa Sustainability
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Job Location:
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargills food and bioindustrialbusiness where manufacturers retailers and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.
Job Purpose and Impact
Location: Schiphol Netherlands (Hybrid working supported but 3 days per week is required in the office or with customers)
The Senior Account Manager Cocoa Sustainability runs and maintains commercially orientated systems by designing and implementing new processes and tools to support commercial enablement in a manner that delivers on our purpose to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way.
The position holder will lead the implementation of a comprehensive commercial sustainability product and service marketing cycle by reviewing identified market potential establishing pricing and market strategies estimating potential sales and target customers and defining promotional activities. This job collaborates with internal Cargill teams to provide technical support on commercial sustainability topics manages customer account management and business partnerships and helps to balance economic growth with environmental stewardship and social addition the job will coordinate customer reporting as per customer agreements.
Key Accountabilities
- STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION: Implements and manages commercial cocoa and chocolate sustainability account strategies andcommercial relationships with Key Accounts
- VALUE PROPOSITION DEVELOPMENT: Analyzes customer feedback and communicates insights on perceptions preferences and needs to support customer account management improving product offerings and defining the commercial sustainability value proposition.
- INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Stays updated on industry category and market trends regulations and emerging practices related to commercial sustainability and shares relevant insights across key business functions.
- CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS: Interacts with customers by reviewing needs assessments meeting to address concerns approving the development of resources to improve customer understanding of technical topics and designing commercial sustainability customer solutions.
- MARKET ANALYSIS: Reviews market research identified target customers and promotional activities for commercial sustainability products or services to enable informed decisions on production resources and revenue projections to improve sales and market impact.
- EDUCATION & INFLUENCE: Reviews sales enablement and educational material for internal and external forums workshops and meetings to ensure effectiveness in raising awareness of the organizations commercial sustainability purpose and goals educating on the importance of sustainability and demonstrating how individual roles contribute to sustainability efforts.
- COLLABORATION: Collaborates with internal teams including sales marketing operations and supply chain to implement commercial sustainability initiatives to align commercial activities with sustainable practices products and services that address customer demands for sustainability solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Agronomy Business Development Environmental Science Sustainability or a closely related field
- Over 8 years of experience in customer-facing and multi-stakeholder roles within large international corporations
- Cocoa Sector Expertise: 35 years or more managing Agribusiness and Smallholder Sustainability Programs with a strong focus on Cocoa supply chains - Essential we cannot considercandidates without Cocoa experience
- Fluent in English (written and spoken); French language skills are an asset
- Willing and available to travel internationally to support program delivery and stakeholder engagement
- Deep understanding of key Cocoa and Chocolate industry sustainability issues including: Human Rights and Labor Practices Deforestation and Agroforestry Carbon Accounting and SBTi/GHG Frameworks
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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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Key Skills
- Program Management
- Data Collection
- Environmental Services
- Industrial Cleaning
- Root cause Analysis
- OSHA
- Project Management
- Team Management
- EPA
- Leadership Experience
- EHS
- Manufacturing
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
