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Sustainability Project Manager-Value Chain

Agropur · Minnesota Eden Prairie, WI · $102,600–$128,300 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a sustainability project you managed across commercial, supply chain or supplier teams.

What they are checking: Real project management experience in sustainability, not just reporting or advocacy.

Tell me about a time a project stalled because stakeholders disagreed. How did you get it moving?

What they are checking: Stakeholder management skills in cross-functional work where no one group owns the outcome.

How do you keep several projects with different partners on track at the same time?

What they are checking: Organization and follow-through across a portfolio of value chain initiatives.

What would you do

How would you work with dairy farmers to reduce on-farm emissions when they are not your employees?

What they are checking: Understanding that farm-level change depends on incentives, trust and practical support.

A major customer asks for data to support its own sustainability commitment. How would you respond?

What they are checking: Ability to meet customer requests with accurate data while protecting credibility.

How would you explain the business value of a sustainability project to a commercial team focused on sales?

What they are checking: Ability to frame sustainability as value creation, which is how the posting describes the job.

How do you avoid overstating sustainability claims?

What they are checking: Integrity and awareness of greenwashing risk in customer and public communications.

About the work

What do you know about Scope 3 emissions in the dairy value chain, and where are the biggest sources?

What they are checking: Technical grounding in dairy carbon footprints, where most emissions come from the farm.

How do you measure whether a sustainability initiative is actually working?

What they are checking: Their approach to baselines, metrics and verification, since the role measures performance.

What industry frameworks or programs, like the U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative or SBTi, have you worked with?

What they are checking: Familiarity with the standards customers and the dairy industry use to set and track commitments.

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The full job description

As published by Agropur.

Job Type: Regular Job Description People are at the heart of our success. Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, and accountability in order to generate value and achieve sustainable results. Being part of the team means committing to an environment where everyone’s impact truly matters. At Agropur, each role aims to generate value and have a tangible impact on collective performance. • Salary range 006: $102,600 - $128,300 (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.) • Monday - Friday • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance • 401(k) with 7% company contributions • 3 weeks Paid Time Off • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays • Paid parental leave • Advancement Opportunities Context to maximize your impact: We are looking for a Sustainability Project Manager - Value Chain in Eden Prairie, MN or Appleton, WI. The Sustainability Project Manager supports sustainability value creation across Agropur’s dairy value chain through cross-functional collaboration and project management. The role works with commercial, supply chain, and sustainability teams to implement initiatives, support customer and industry commitments, measure performance, and advance sustainability outcomes with customers, suppliers, and other key stakeholders Where you will drive value: • Focus on key environmental, economic, and social sustainability topics impacting the dairy industry, supporting Agropur's sustainability objectives and business priorities • Manage sustainability commitments and customer engagement initiatives with global workstream teams, with a particular focus on supply chain collaboration and value chain emissions performance. • Partner with Category, Sales, and Operations teams to support sustainability strategy implementation, planning, communication, and alignment with customer and business needs. • Develop and maintain tools, metrics, and reporting processes to evaluate, measure, and monitor sustainability performance across the value chain. • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to advance sustainability initiatives, support business cases and ROI assessments, and contribute to industry partnerships and knowledge sharing. • Develop relationships with Category VPs and Business Unit Presidents and Operations Leaders • Make recommendations to senior management on ways to support organizational goals What will enable you to have an impact: • 5+ years, ideally of mixed experience in the food industry, business development, client relations and project management • Food industry knowledge of sustainability objectives, goals and programming • Business understanding (P&L, end-to-end business development and sales processes) • Customer/consumer oriented • Project management skills: From Idea to Execution • Partnership Management • Business-oriented, proactive and problem-solving for marketing, sales A role aligned with what creates the greatest collective impact. #CH-1 Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

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