Commercial Manager - France

The Commercial Manager has the exciting role of implementing the MSC’s commercial outreach strategy and activities in the French seafood market in order to promote and enhance MSC’s partner engagement: retailers, brands, processors, foodservice operators, wholesalers. 

The CMF will report to and assist the Program Director France in delivering the MSC’s strategic targets, overarching aims and objectives of various projects. The Commercial Manager will work in close collaboration with the other members of the French team and the European team to deliver a consistent approach to the seafood harvest and market sectors in France.

This position requires a good knowledge of the French retail and foodservice landscape. Significant experience in a commercial or buyer position, ideally in the seafood sector, is needed. The post holder will have a central role in our outreach activities, where the capacity to adapt to a large range of stakeholders and audiences is required. This is a real opportunity to be part of the exciting evolution of the MSC in France and globally.

The role is based in our office in central Paris, with very regular travels in France to undertake outreach activities. French is the main language for this position but the MSC being a global organization, the post holder is required to have an excellent level in English.

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Application Process

To apply, please send your CV (in French and English) and a cover letter to edouard.lebart@msc.org  

Please ensure these items are sent as Word or PDF documents with the titles in the following format: "your name cover letter" and "your name CV". 

The email subject line should include "Commercial Manager”. 

Closing date for applications is 10 November 2016 (06:00pm French Time).  
 

More about the MSC

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a global not for profit organisation, established in 1999 to address the problem of unsustainable fishing and to ensure healthy oceans for the future.

Through our world-leading certification and eco-labelling program, we are helping to create a more sustainable seafood market.  We work with a diverse range of stakeholders – including consumers, retailers, food processors, the fishing industry and governments.  Having experienced remarkable growth over the last fifteen years, our blue ecolabel is now one of the most well recognised and successful ecolabels in use over five continents.  We now employ more than 160 staff across 15 offices around the world.