Foodraising Manager

**Date**: February 2023
**Department**: Food Procurement
**Reports to**: Senior Manager, Food Procurement
**Status**: Permanent Full-Time
**Salary**: $60,000 Per Annum Plus Benefits
**Location**:Etobicoke, ON
**Time Required on-site**:20% (approximate)
**Time Required in the field**: 60% (approximate)

**We Are**
Second Harvest is Canada's largest food rescue organization and is a global thought leader on perishable food redistribution. We operate at the intersection of hunger relief and environmental protection, tackling food loss and waste through food redistribution, research, awareness, and education, continually innovating, and collaborating to ensure a more sustainable planet. We work with thousands of food businesses from across the supply chain utilizing logistics and technology to reduce the amount of edible food going to waste, thereby diverting unnecessary greenhouse gases from entering the environment.

The **_Foodraising Manage_**r will travel extensively within the GTA and across Ontario to engage food businesses to source surplus, unsold food for donation. This position will primarily focus on prospecting midstream and upstream food businesses, including producers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. The Foodraising Manager will implement and maintain a strategic food donor acquisition and retention plan, foster strong relationships with food donors, and work closely with the Ontario Operations team to rescue and redistribute food products to our non-profit network.

**You Will**
- Continuously improve Second Harvest's food donor landscape by implementing strategies for attracting and retaining food donors.
- Travel extensively within the GTA and across Ontario to actively recruit new food donors to work with Second Harvest with a goal to increase the quantity, quality, and efficiency of food donations.
- Conduct cold calls, follow-up on referrals, and convert opportunities into food donations. Track outreach activities, record touchpoints, and collect donor feedback.
- Engage lapsed donors as well as donors who are decreasing their food donation support to ensure consistent food donations.
- Help implement a food donor retention plan that celebrates and retains food donors by ensuring appropriate donor stewardship and recognition.
- Deliver presentations and participate in speaking engagements with businesses with the goal of increasing food donor acquisition and retention.
- Attend food industry trade shows/conferences, network with potential food donors, help organize and lead food collections.
- Participate in the development of overall food sourcing and food distribution strategies and policies.
- Create various reports on food procurement as requested.
- Perform other related duties as required or assigned to support the overall goals of the organization.

**You Are**
- **Entrepreneurial**: you have the initiative and drive to get the job done and can find (or build) the resources needed for any task.
- **Partnership-Minded**: you are a people person who makes connections easily and can leverage existing relationships to build program success; you can build trust and elicit confidence with prospects, donors, and stakeholders.
- **Communicator**: you have exceptional communication and diplomacy skills; you have a knack for making complex ideas seem clear and simple.
- **Self-Assured**: you remain composed, positive, and motivated when engaging with people who may be impatient (or disinterested).
- **Client-Focused**: slightly obsessive when it comes to the client/donor experience and strive to deliver an experience that is second-to-none.
- **Analytical**: data is your friend; you can translate numbers into action and pave the way for efficiency.
- Demonstrated success in a client or customer-facing role within the food industry.
- Experience working or volunteering in the non-profit sector is an asset.
- Interest in sustainability, food rescue, and hunger relief.
- Capacity to work flexible hours.
- Able to travel across Ontario for meetings and fieldwork (mileage compensated if using own vehicle); you have a valid Class G driver's license and access to reliable transportation.
- Bilingualism (French) is an asset.
- Second Harvest requires that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by Health Canada. The Organization will comply with its obligations pursuant to the applicable human rights legislation and accommodate any prospective or current employee who is unable to be vaccinated for substantiated reasons, such as medical or religious reasons. Second Harvest's vaccination policy is available upon request.

**To Apply**

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