Sustainability Manager, Food & Beverage

Quantis • Denver, CO

10d • $126,000 - $139,000

About The Position

As a Sustainability Manager focusing on client relationships, you’ll lead client engagements, manage major accounts and complex projects within Food & Beverage sector. You’ll play a key role in growing business by cultivating strategic partnerships, identifying new opportunities, securing new business and co-creating solutions aligned with client needs. You will contribute significantly to the company’s revenue growth and strengthen our market presence in the sector. You’ll craft and implement account strategies that reflect client priorities and sustainability goals, working closely with internal experts to ensure quality and consistency across delivery. You’ll collaborate with experienced consultants, and junior colleagues to deliver impactful work — primarily within your sector, while occasionally contributing to projects across other areas. In doing so, you’ll continue building your consulting and relationship management skills in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment. You’ll also mentor junior colleagues and may progressively take on management responsibilities to support their growth and development.

Requirements

• 4-8+ years of work experience relevant to the role, with exposure to sustainability and/or consulting.
• Actively shaping your long-term path as a business development professional and feel confident to manage accounts around Food and Beverage businesses.
• Good understanding of key sustainability and business challenges in the Food & Beverage sectors.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Solid knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bring a Master’s degree or equivalent experience that equips you to guide companies to understand and design transformative and science-based strategy (Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Economics...).
• Intellectually curious, have a science-based mindset, and motivated to learn and grow.
• Motivated for teamwork and can coach, teach and mentor team members with your knowledge and skills.
• Confident using generative AI tools, while maintaining a critical and thoughtful mindset.
• Communicate effectively in fluent English.

Nice To Haves

• Additional knowledge in further corporate sustainability topics and/or sectors other than your specific sector.
• A good knowledge of sustainability frameworks for Pharma and eventually Cosmetics.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements within the Food & Beverage sector.
• Manage major accounts and complex projects.
• Cultivate strategic partnerships to grow business.
• Identify new business opportunities and secure new business.
• Co-create solutions aligned with client needs.
• Craft and implement account strategies reflecting client priorities and sustainability goals.
• Collaborate with internal experts to ensure quality and consistency.
• Mentor junior colleagues and support their growth and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level