Sustainable Supply Manager

3 Jul 2026 Sustainable Supply Manager at Farm Africa

• Own the end-to-end commercial pipeline: identify, qualify, pitch, negotiate and close contracts across the three focus areas. • Apply a clear Go/No-Go and ROI framework to opportunities — weighting faster-converting coffee, spice, agro-forestry and business-advisory work against slower, higher-risk, higher-return carbon contracts. • Develop compelling propositions, proposals and pricing that protect margin and reflect the true cost and risk of delivery. • Manage a profitable portfolio of contracts to time, budget and quality, using expert consultants for delivery and minimising the load on country project staff. • Manage working-capital exposure inherent in commercial terms (e.g. tranche-based or paid-on-delivery contracts) while delivering above standard cost-recovery margins. • Maintain and grow a vetted roster of sector specialists and consultants (coffee, horticulture, agro-forestry, carbon/PES, BDS). • Relationships & positioning Build trusted, senior relationships with corporates, traders, retailers, foundations and impact investors. Reframe Farm Africa’s offer from CSR towards commercial supply-chain ESG and investment de-risking and communicate it credibly to commercial decision-makers. Represent Farm Africa externally as the commercial face of the Unit. • Build trusted, senior relationships with corporates, traders, retailers, foundations and impact investors. • Reframe Farm Africa’s offer from CSR towards commercial supply-chain ESG and investment de-risking and communicate it credibly to commercial decision-makers. • Represent Farm Africa externally as the commercial face of the Unit. • Build and lead a lean core team, recruiting and developing talent whose profiles themselves attract investors and corporates. • Report to the Director of Programmes and the SMT; work with the Advisory Board and Programme Advisory Committee on horizon-spotting and innovation. • Embed ESG policy, KPIs, monitoring and reporting; track diversified income, impact capital raised and ESG compliance across the portfolio. • Steward the Unit through its pilot phase towards a sustainable structure — potentially a Farm Africa trading entity or social enterprise (CIC) — while avoiding material financial risk to Farm Africa.