Impact Giving Manager

OMNI Human Resource Management • Kansas City, MO

20d • $60,000 - $65,000

About The Position

Kanbe’s Markets is a quickly growing 501(c)3 creating fresh food access and mitigating food waste in Kansas City. In just nine years, Kanbe’s has rescued and redirected millions of pounds of food, reinvested over $260,000 back into the local community, and today, serves approximately 250,000 Kansas Citians with fresh food access in communities deemed “low-access” by the USDA. Corporate partnership plays a unique and vital role in the expansion of Kanbe’s mission, operating at the intersection between grants, sponsorship, individual fundraising objectives, and volunteerism. As Kanbe’s continues to grow its operational efforts and impact, the Development team is seeking a motivated and energetic individual to lead its corporate development efforts, attaining a $500,000 annual fundraising target in 2026 . The Position Overview As Corporate Impact Manager, you will be to be responsible for: leading and deepening relationships with existing corporate partners; expanding our corporate prospect list; creating a clear channel for engaging with corporate volunteers; managing the design and utilization of corporate communication materials; and managing all corporate-facing event strategy execution and securing sponsorships from corporate partners for these events. This role is based in Kansas City, MO and is part of the Kanbe’s Development team, reporting to the Director of Strategic Development.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in the people-side of a revenue earning operation (Fundraising, Sales, and/or Business Development).
• Understands the fundamentals of building lasting relationships.
• Willingness to go above and beyond for building relationships and cultivating connections.
• Possess experience in CRM systems (such as HubSpot).
• Has a passion for curating meaningful engagements with people and speaking on behalf of a mission-driven organization.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Enjoys a quick-paced workplace and managing multiple tasks at once.
• Understands how to be part of a people-facing revenue function at an organization (in-person preferred) and has a strong instinct for best practices and personalization.
• Knows how to communicate with the donor community through both written and verbal communications.

Nice To Haves

• An enthusiasm for managing processes and improving documentation and workflows.
• A creative mindset and strong willingness to propose and implement new ideas.
• Familiarity with the produce industry or food distribution.
• Desire to engage with the Kansas City community and introduce a network to a growing organization in the food access space.
• The food system is large, complex, far reaching, and broken at the systemic level. Being interested in learning about this is crucial to success in this role, but it is not crucial to bring that knowledge.
• Kanbe’s is responsible for quickly triaging and delivering fresh produce in the most efficient/effective way possible. This is something that we are more than happy to teach prospective applicants.
• We are at our core, a distribution company. However, this role does not necessarily need to have experience in distribution logistics to be successful.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of individual donors and develop an exceptional and highly personalized donor experience for these individuals.
• Create a clear system for introducing new partners to the organization.
• Build streamlined processes for donors who give between $1,000 and $7,500 annually.
• Meticulously track all touchpoints within Virtuous CRM and HubSpot and improve workflows on these platforms.
• Lead all logistical planning and day-of execution for key fundraising events such as Ugly Dinners and Ugly Happy Hours.
• Lead fundraising initiatives for assigned portfolio of donors and expand this portfolio as needed.
• Develop a strong and highly personalized communication strategy with donors.
• Solicit and collect donations to support the mission of Kanbe’s.
• Set a precedent for how relationships should be managed with this group of donors, and codify processes and procedures into actionable, replicable steps.
• Oversee the logistical planning and day-of execution of key fundraising events such as Ugly Dinners and Ugly Happy Hours.
• Lean in on all event planning as needed and communicate event updates to their portfolio regularly.
• Step in and assist the team as needed on additional fundraising projects and objectives.

Benefits

• Full-time (40 hours per week) position with health, vision, and dental insurance and retirement plan with matching.
• Up-to 176 hours of paid time off annually, available after 90 days of continuous employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed