Position Overview

Compensation: Salary with a targeted base salary range of $103,000.00 - $133,700.00.

Blue Diamond Growers—the world’s largest almond company and a cooperative owned by nearly 3,000 farming families—is seeking a Marketing Manager - Sustainability & Ingredients to lead global business strategies. In this role, you will position sustainable service offerings, drive demand, and accelerate growth across value-added ingredient sales while championing Blue Diamond’s sustainability story to create customer value and strengthen strategic relationships.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute multi-channel, performance-focused marketing campaigns across paid, owned, and earned media for almond ingredients, working with agencies.
Partner with the Sr. Manager to integrate sustainability into the ingredient business’s value proposition and oversee integrated marketing plans that embed sustainability as a competitive advantage.
Serve as a subject matter expert in sustainability for customer-facing meetings and coordinate cross-functional responses to customer sustainability surveys and inquiries.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders on competitive analysis related to ingredient sustainability.
Manage trade shows and marketing events, including pre-show promotion, booth messaging, sponsorship, and post-event lead management.
Plan, launch, and optimize advertising initiatives across digital and trade marketing channels.
Lead social media strategy with a focus on LinkedIn for B2B engagement and thought leadership.
Build and manage a robust content calendar to support demand generation and awareness around the ingredient brand, products, and sustainability.
Manage marketing automation and CRM tools to support lead generation and nurturing programs.
Optimize email drip campaigns to advance leads through the marketing funnel.
Measure, analyze, and report on campaign effectiveness by tracking KPIs such as traffic, conversion rates, engagement, and ROI.
Secure editorial coverage, press opportunities, and advertorial placements to support sustainability ratings and rankings for Blue Diamond Growers.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 5 years in marketing or related work experience, including at least 3 years in sustainability and/or environmental science.
Knowledge of environmental science and practices related to agriculture.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
Strong written communication skills.
A combined total of 10 years in marketing and/or sustainability demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of almond cultural practices, marketing trends, tendencies, and procedures.
Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
Experience with business-to-business (B2B) customer engagement.
Familiarity with sustainability principles and concepts.
Experience in food or consumer products marketing.
Proven experience commercializing sustainability products or solutions.
Experience contributing to value proposition development.
Public speaking and presentation skills.
Graphic design skills.

Benefits & Perks

Work with the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer.
Be part of a safe and collaborative team environment.
Enjoy numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits as highlighted in the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide.

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