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Agropur Cooperative

Sustainability Project Manager-Value Chain

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In-Office
Appleton, WI
103K-128K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Appleton, WI
103K-128K Annually
Senior level
Manages sustainability initiatives across Agropur’s dairy value chain, collaborating with commercial, supply chain, operations, customers, suppliers, and industry stakeholders. Oversees sustainability commitments, customer engagement, emissions performance, metrics, reporting, business cases, and ROI assessments. Supports strategy implementation and makes recommendations to senior leadership. The role requires strong project management, partnership management, business development, sales, customer relations, and food-industry sustainability knowledge.
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Job Description

People are at the heart of our success. Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, and accountability in order to generate value and achieve sustainable results. Being part of the team means committing to an environment where everyone’s impact truly matters.

At Agropur, each role aims to generate value and have a tangible impact on collective performance.

  • Salary range 006: $102,600 - $128,300 (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)

  • Monday - Friday

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance 

  • 401(k) with 7% company contributions 

  • 3 weeks Paid Time Off

  • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

  • Paid parental leave

  • Advancement Opportunities

Context to maximize your impact:

We are looking for a Sustainability Project Manager - Value Chain in Eden Prairie, MN or Appleton, WI.

The Sustainability Project Manager supports sustainability value creation across Agropur’s dairy value chain through cross-functional collaboration and project management. The role works with commercial, supply chain, and sustainability teams to implement initiatives, support customer and industry commitments, measure performance, and advance sustainability outcomes with customers, suppliers, and other key stakeholders

Where you will drive value:

  • Focus on key environmental, economic, and social sustainability topics impacting the dairy industry, supporting Agropur's sustainability objectives and business priorities

  • Manage sustainability commitments and customer engagement initiatives with global workstream teams, with a particular focus on supply chain collaboration and value chain emissions performance.

  • Partner with Category, Sales, and Operations teams to support sustainability strategy implementation, planning, communication, and alignment with customer and business needs.

  • Develop and maintain tools, metrics, and reporting processes to evaluate, measure, and monitor sustainability performance across the value chain.

  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to advance sustainability initiatives, support business cases and ROI assessments, and contribute to industry partnerships and knowledge sharing.

  • Develop relationships with Category VPs and Business Unit Presidents and Operations Leaders

  • Make recommendations to senior management on ways to support organizational goals

What will enable you to have an impact:

  • 5+ years, ideally of mixed experience in the food industry, business development, client relations and project management

  • Food industry knowledge of sustainability objectives, goals and programming

  • Business understanding (P&L, end-to-end business development and sales processes)

  • Customer/consumer oriented

  • Project management skills: From Idea to Execution

  • Partnership Management

  • Business-oriented, proactive and problem-solving for marketing, sales

 A role aligned with what creates the greatest collective impact.

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. 

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

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