Senior Commercial Manager, Canada

Location: Ontario, Toronto

Salary: Competitive

Closing date: Thursday, March 26 at 23:59 GMT

Would you like to work for a global nonprofit committed to the preservation of the oceans? If so, this could be the opportunity for you!

The MSC Canada team is currently looking to recruit a Senior Commercial Manager to join the team.

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to lead on the implementation of MSC's commercial strategy in Canada and to help deliver the MSC’s overall goals.

This is a senior position, and the post holder will lead Canada’s commercial strategy with its aim to increase the availability of MSC-certified and labelled products for consumers.

Successful commercial outreach lies at the core of the MSC program and plays a crucial role in driving participation in the program. In this position, you will be responsible for promoting MSC certification and establishing connections with retailers, and seafood businesses. Your goal will be to encourage sustainability and certification, ultimately safeguarding our oceans.

To be successful in this role, besides sharing our enthusiasm for our oceans, our ideal candidate will also have the following key skills / experience:

• Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience in Business, Supply Chain Sustainability or Resource Management
• Extensive experience leading, developing and delivering integrated commercial strategies
• Ideally some experience working in, or with, the Canada seafood sector or an environmental organisation
• Extensive knowledge of the seafood industry, with existing contacts and networks highly desirable
• Previous line management experience an asset
• Fluency in both spoken and written English.

If this has inspired you, please apply on msc.org! 

We look forward to hearing from you!

We’re an international organisation and our employees all demonstrate a level of cultural awareness, and value the diverse views and approaches relevant to the MSC program.

The MSC is committed to flexible working. The successful candidate will need to work from the Toronto office for a minimum of 50% of their working time each month The remaining time can be worked from home.  During the onboarding process, hybrid work may require more in-office work than remote work. 

Please be aware, we are only able to progress with candidates who already have the right to work in the location(s) specified in this advert. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.  Through our internationally recognised certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and rewarded in the marketplace, through the leadership of our partners.  Over 400 fisheries around the world, representing more than 17% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 100 countries.

The MSC is committed to the principles of equality and fairness and we welcome applications from all communities. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, ethnicity, race, colour, religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.  If you consider yourself to have a disability and need reasonable adjustments made during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know how we can help you.