Senior Commercial Manager – Agriculture & Food Supply Chain Assurance

Overview

Senior Commercial Manager leads growth for NSF’s Agriculture & Food Supply Chain, including Agriculture Assurance and Supplier Assurance & Certification. You will shape the growth strategy, build industry partnerships, and engage senior stakeholders to unlock opportunities across the farm-to-fork landscape. This role blends commercial leadership with strategic account development in a high-visibility, cross-functional setting. You’ll work with customers, industry bodies, and internal teams to deliver long-term value and strengthen NSF’s leadership in the sector.

Pay / Benefits

• Industry Influence
• Commercial Leadership
• Business Ownership with P&L accountability
• Strategic visibility at events
• Leadership opportunity to coach teams
• Global organisation collaboration across UK, Europe & Africa

Responsibilities

• Lead the growth strategy for Agriculture & Food Supply Chain and expand opportunities across the portfolio
• Own revenue, profitability and P&L for the business area
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders across the supply chain
• Develop new business opportunities, partnerships and routes to market
• Translate customer challenges into commercially viable solutions
• Anticipate market trends to shape new services and growth
• Represent NSF at industry events and with customers
• Support strategic account development with the sales team
• Lead commercial negotiations for major opportunities
• Drive service delivery and customer experience improvements
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team
• Contribute to UK and EMEA Food & Nutrition strategy

Key requirements

• Significant leadership experience in agriculture, food production, manufacturing, supply chain, assurance, certification or related sectors
• Strong understanding of end-to-end food supply chain and associated commercial, regulatory and assurance challenges
• Established network and credibility across agriculture or food supply chain; agricultural experience desirable
• Proven track record leading a sizeable business with P&L accountability
• Experience building relationships with senior stakeholders across industry bodies, retailers, producers, manufacturers, government or supply-chain organisations
• Ability to identify customer challenges and translate them into growth opportunities
• Strong customer relationship, business development, influencing and negotiation skills
• Experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams

• stakeholder management
• influencing and negotiation
• leadership and coaching
• P&L management
• strategic partnerships
• business development

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