AB Agri
Agricultural Sustainability Manager
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Job Title: Agricultural Sustainability Manager
Location: Remote/Hybrid
Package: Salary from £45,000 - £65,000 per annum (depending on experience), plus a rewarding bonus scheme, benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and reward your impact, car allowance, private healthcare, and a matched pension contribution of up to 10%
Do you have experience of managing complex projects and programmes within agriculture? We’re looking for an Agricultural Sustainability Manager to focus on strategy and business development in order to support our corporate customers respond to evolving sustainability challenges across the agricultural supply chain.
This is a broad, influential role combining sustainability strategy, customer relationship management, business development and project delivery. You’ll work with processors, retailers and farming audiences, translating complex policy and technical developments into practical strategies, projects and content.
The role offers significant scope within a larger organisation and the opportunity to shape how we support customers in this evolving area.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with processor and retailer customers.
- Help mid-sized processors develop and implement sustainability strategies.
- Direct and coordinate customer projects while balancing technical quality and commercial delivery.
- Act as a trusted technical reference on emerging sustainability policy and developments affecting agriculture and food supply chains.
- Translate complex topics—including areas such as water quality, carbon, biodiversity and air quality—into clear, commercially relevant guidance.
- Produce technical content for customers, colleagues and internal training.
- Equip consultants with the knowledge and materials they need to deliver customer and farmer meetings.
- Deliver meetings and presentations directly to customers and farming audiences where appropriate.
- Identify and cultivate new business opportunities while reinforcing current client relationships.
- Work across the organisation, drawing on subject matter knowledge where needed.
- Potentially take on people-management responsibilities as the team evolves, depending on your experience and strengths.
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What We’re Looking For
- Extensive experience in sustainability strategy across agriculture, food, retail, processing, or a closely related field.
- An ability to manage customer relationships, accounts or business-development activity.
- Experience leading projects and turning strategic objectives into practical delivery.
- Up-to-date awareness of sustainability policy and emerging issues affecting agricultural supply chains.
- The credibility to advise customers and communicate technical subjects clearly to varied audiences.
- Well-developed writing skills, along with experience preparing technical or training resources.
- A relevant degree.
- A collaborative, commercially minded approach and the ability to work across different specialist teams.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the UK for customer visits, site meetings and events.
We’re prioritising someone who can combine sustainability understanding with solid account management and commercial skills. You do not need to be the deepest technical specialist in every sustainability topic; knowing how to identify what matters, bring in the right expertise and turn it into value for customers is key.
Location and Travel
This is a UK-wide role involving regular travel to processor and retailer customers, sites and farmer meetings. A Midlands base or strong access to the motorway network would be helpful, but we won’t use geography as an unnecessary barrier for the right person with the appetite to travel.
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What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.
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