Partnerships & Marketing Manager

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus structure

Competitive pension scheme

Medical and dental insurance

Life assurance

Collaborative work environment and文化

Job summary

CZ is seeking a Partnerships & Marketing Manager to drive engagement in sustainable supply chains across agricultural commodities, building relationships with major food and beverage companies and representing the VIVE Programme's tools, including carbon reporting and regenerative agriculture.

The role combines deep expertise in sustainable supply chains with branding, marketing, and stakeholder engagement to grow VIVE's reach, credibility, and impact globally.

Qualifications

• Substantial, senior-level experience (typically 7–10 years) in sustainable supply chain development, partnerships, or stakeholder engagement within the food & beverage, agricultural commodities, or sustainability sector.
• Strong understanding of sustainable supply chains, regenerative agriculture, and carbon accounting, with the credibility to represent programme tools externally.
• Strong marketing and brand-building experience, with track record of developing brand strategy, campaigns, and market presence.
• Excellent relationship-building, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, with a global outlook and ability to engage C-suite and procurement stakeholders.
• Degree in Agriculture, Sustainability, Business, or related field; travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow strategic partnerships with major food and beverage companies, representing VIVE’s tools and building a pipeline from initial engagement to onboarding and collaboration.
• Develop and execute the VIVE brand strategy, lead marketing activities, events, and thought-leadership content to raise the programme’s profile.
• Build and maintain a network of stakeholders across the food and beverage industry and wider agricultural supply chain through meetings, presentations, and workshops.
• Collaborate with Programme managers to align partner engagement with programme delivery and identify opportunities to grow sustainable supply chains.
• Track and report on partnership engagement, pipeline development, and marketing performance; monitor market trends and regulatory developments.
• Mentor and lead junior team members in partnerships, marketing, and engagement.
• Role may adapt with business needs; review requirements with post holder.

Job description

CZ is a global supply chain solutions company with 160 years of experience in commodity trading, whose purpose is to exert a positive economic and sustainable influence in its food, beverage, and energy supply chains. CZ buys, sells, moves and de-risks commodities through a range of services including trade finance, commodities trading, analysis, freight, logistics and price risk management.

We are an entrepreneurial company, with innovation at the heart of everything we do. We are open to change, as shown through the recent expansion of our product portfolio and move into energy. Our people are our most valued asset and make the business what it is today. We hope that you will join our team.

Why work at CZ

CZ offers the chance to join a dynamic and exciting team of professionals and learn in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

In addition, we offer a competitive starting salary, supported by a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Discretionary bonus structure
• Competitive company pension scheme
• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Life assurance
• A collaborative and collegiate work environment and culture
• Tailored learning and development
• Charity fundraising and volunteering opportunities

The Partnerships & Marketing Manager will drive engagement in, and development of, sustainable supply chains across multiple agricultural commodities, building relationships with major food and beverage companies and representing the VIVE Programme's tools, including carbon reporting, regenerative agriculture, and the VIVE verification and assessment framework. The role combines a strong grounding in sustainable supply chains and agriculture with brand-building, marketing, and stakeholder engagement to grow VIVE's reach, credibility, and impact globally.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Develop and grow strategic partnerships with major food and beverage companies, representing VIVE’s programme tools, including carbon reporting, regenerative agriculture, and the VIVE verification and assessment framework, and building a pipeline of prospective partners from initial engagement through to onboarding and long-term collaboration.
• Develop and execute the VIVE brand strategy, and lead marketing activities, industry events, conferences, and thought‑leadership content to raise the profile of the programme.
• Build and maintain a strong network of stakeholders across the food and beverage industry and wider agricultural supply chain, organising client and partner meetings, presentations, and workshops to deepen engagement.
• Collaborate with the Regenerative Agriculture & Carbon Programme Manager and the extended VIVE, white & raw sugar, food ingredients, and packaging teams to align partner engagement with programme delivery and identify opportunities to grow sustainable supply chains.
• Track and report on partnership engagement, pipeline development, programme progress, and marketing/brand performance, and monitor market trends and regulatory developments within the sustainable sourcing space.
• Mentor and lead junior team members, helping to build their knowledge and experience in partnerships, marketing, and stakeholder engagement.
• Changes in the business may occasionally require alterations in this job description and these will be agreed with the post holder as appropriate.
• Your role is related to the management of activities that ensure product safety, authenticity, legality and quality. Please reviewthe BRCGS objectives, policy and related requirements located on the Intranet. Applies to HR, Compliance, Trading, Marketing, Operations, and Insurance Roles.

About you

We are looking for someone with the following skillset and attributes:

• Substantial, senior-level experience (typically 7–10 years) in sustainable supply chain development, partnerships, or stakeholder engagement within the food & beverage, agricultural commodities, or sustainability sector, with an established network and demonstrated experience managing relationships with major food and beverage companies.
• Strong, well-underpinned technical understanding of sustainable supply chains, regenerative agriculture, and carbon accounting, with the credibility to represent VIVE’s technical programme tools, including the GHG Protocol, SBTi FLAG (Forest, Land and Agriculture), and frameworks such as the SAI Platform’s Regenerating Together Programme, to external stakeholders, clients, and industry bodies.
• Strong commercial understanding of commodity markets, mass balance systems, and supply chain dynamics, with the ability to help clients structure commercially viable, sustainable supply chains; specific knowledge of sugarcane and sugar beet supply chains and industry would be a big advantage.
• Strong marketing and brand-building experience, with a track record of developing brand strategy, campaigns, and market presence, and delivering high-profile industry events and conferences.
• Excellent relationship-building, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, with a collaborative, partnership-driven approach, a global outlook, and confidence engaging C-suite, procurement, sustainability, and technical stakeholders.
• Degree in Agriculture, Sustainability, Business, or a related field; a further qualification in sustainable supply chains or agriculture is an advantage, with willingness and ability to travel internationally and attend events as required.