The Account Manager, Agribusiness & International Trade, will support multiple projects and clients in the food, drink, and agriculture sector. The role supports a small team focused on providing education, business development, marketing and promotion, and market entry consulting services to both domestic and international organizations operating in Canada.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting project management for client programs, including regular meetings, document management and invoicing support
• Supporting trade programs for clients; including planning, material development, outreach, and execution
• Managing logistics of client activities and events; work within budgets and timelines
• Liaising with clients and partners on project updates
• Providing on-site support for client activities, trade missions, and trade shows, as required
• Leading program reporting and evaluation; write detailed activity reports, program reports, and research reports
• Conducting trade research to develop informational and market assessment reports for clients
• Participating in trade consultations for international companies interested in entering the Canadian market
• Assisting with the development of strategic and tactical proposals for the client
• Supporting the management of trade relationships across multiple agribusiness related sectors
• Providing trade consultation for international companies interested in the Canadian market
• Attending trade shows and industry events
• Maintaining and managing vendor and partner relationships
• Supporting new business development

Qualifications:

Must have:

• 4-6 years of experience working on projects and/or in the Canadian trade, food, drink, and agriculture sectors.
• Knowledge of the Canadian grocery retail and food service trade landscape.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time management capabilities.
• Experience working with government organizations and/or trade development bodies
• Event management and/or organization of events
• Strong customer service and relationship management skills.
• Excellent writing skills, initiative, problem-solving, and critical thinking
• A passion for going the extra mile to get great results for every client.
• Self-motivated, proactive, flexible, organized, and attentive to detail.

Good to have:

• A degree in commerce, international business, marketing communications, or business communications.
• Understanding of Canadian food and agribusiness import related regulations.
• Experience with digital and/or social media marketing and influencer relations
• Creativity and a positive energy.
• Team spirit and a great attitude.

Unique Requirements:

• Willingness to travel across Canada and the USA.
• Availability to occasionally work after regular business hours and on weekends for travel and client events
• Ability to understand and comply with complex activity reporting requirements and contractual obligations.

We are ChangeMakers

ChangeMakers is a 400+ person independent reputation management, social impact and marketing firm with offices throughout Canada and in the US. ChangeMakers combines deep business specialization with human-centered strategies, working alongside our clients to succeed in a disruptive world.

An equitable employer:

ChangeMakers is committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in all its forms, a commitment that enriches our company culture, the ideas that we generate, and the quality of service that we provide our clients. We encourage applications from Indigenous communities, racialized communities, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ people, and people from other historically marginalized communities.

ChangeMakers is committed to providing employment accommodation under the Human Rights Code and the Accessibility Disabilities Act provincially by providing employment accommodations. If you are a job applicant with a disability, ChangeMakers will make every effort to accommodate you throughout the recruitment process. Please inform us if you require any accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

At ChangeMakers we recognize that the best candidate may not meet all the criteria listed above. We encourage all those interested and with relevant experience to apply even if you don't match the job posting perfectly. We welcome creative, out-of-the-box thinking, and lived-experience and we strive to provide an environment for best-in-class innovation that quickly and fulsomely meets our clients' needs.