Marketing Manager - Sustainability

About the position

Blue Diamond Growers—the world’s largest almond company and a cooperative owned by nearly 3,000 farming families—is seeking a Sustainability Marketing Manager to lead the integration of sustainability into global business strategies. This role will be responsible for positioning sustainable service offerings, driving demand, and accelerating growth across value-added ingredient sales. The successful candidate will champion Blue Diamond’s sustainability story to create customer value and strengthen strategic relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic marketing guidance by collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communication, and Sustainability teams.
• Develops integrated sustainability marketing plans and oversees resource allocation across product categories and customer segments.
• Partners with the commercial and sustainability teams to conduct customer and competitive analysis.
• Uses insights to inform strategic direction and tactical planning.
• Coordinates cross-functional responses to customer sustainability surveys and related inquiries.
• Analyzes results to inform the development of future sustainability strategies.
• Builds and strengthens partnerships with customer sustainability teams to co-develop initiatives that align with mutual sustainability goals and drive shared business value.
• Identifies opportunities supports execution of sustainability ratings and rankings to elevate Blue Diamond’s visibility and reputation as a socially and environmentally responsible cooperative.
• Works with internal stakeholders and external agencies to develop communication materials and promotional campaigns that support strategic accounts and drive customer engagement.
• Leads the development of marketing and sales enablement tools for ingredient marketing and corporate communication.
• Provides training to multi-channel ingredient sales teams and increases awareness among customers and prospects.
• Create marketing calendars structured around financial priorities and key results, with annual and multi-year strategic objectives.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in sustainability related customer-facing engagement and provides thought leadership on various platforms.
• Operates independently to identify challenges and solutions, while also mentoring team members and contributing to strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in marketing or related work experience, with at least 3 years experience within sustainability and/or environmental science.
• Knowledge of environmental science and practices related to agriculture.
• Functional capabilities in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree (if applicable) 10 years of marketing and/or sustainability experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of almond cultural practices, marketing trends, tendencies and procedures.
• Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
• Business-to-business (B2B) customer experience.
• Familiarity with sustainability principles and concepts.
• Food or consumer products marketing experience.
• Experience commercializing sustainability products or solutions.
• Experience contributing to value proposition development.
• Public speaking experience.
• Graphic design skills.

Benefits

• Safe and collaborative team environment.
• Numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement.