JOB ADVERTISEMENT : Commodity Lead - WWF - The World Wide Fund for Nature, Cameroon - Fonds Mondial pour la Nature

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

You have a strong technical grasp of commodities trade and supply chain management. Ability to develop and/or structure business and impact investment plans that enables you to facilitate and nurture commercial investment (s) and market linkages between international and local private businesses with local farming communities.

● Relevant academic qualifications (university level) in Agriculture, Economics, Business, or related discipline.


● At least 15 years of relevant professional experience in dealing with commodities, including cocoa and sustainability.


Required Skills and Competencies

• Experience working on Cocoa/ NTFPs or related within a Private sector context
• In-depth knowledge of the cocoa and chocolate industry, from both a demand and supply, marketing and regulation perspectives e.g. understanding of importance of traceability
• Good understanding of key sustainability issues of the cocoa sector including on standards and certification.
• Proven experience in marketing and developing communication materials aimed at a private sector audience (ability to present information in a way that will resonate and appeal to this specific audience).
• Experience in managing client relationships, including engaging and negotiating with international or foreign companies, ideally across a number of different geographies
• Strong experience in Team and Program management. Good Leadership
• Proven ability and experience to engage corporates at national or sub-regional levels.
• Familiarity with the WWF Network and/or other international NGOs is an advantage.


Values and Behaviours

• Capacity to work effectively in teams
• Effective communicator with fluency in English & French
• Adherence to WWF’s values, which are: Courage, integrity, respect, collaboration
• Excellent people, diplomacy, and conflict resolution skills to handle complex and highly sensitive multi-stakeholder situations;
• Knowledge of cutting-edge research on the development of deforestation free agriculture;
• Strong training and coaching skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Quick thinking; capability of reacting under pressure.
• Identifies and aligns with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect & Collaboration.

Delivrables

1. Develop and maintain a robust list of "pre-requisites" to be in place to facilitate lasting commercial linkages, including for more stringent organic/ specialty market (s) and other potential partners have been put in place by field teams e.g. governance capacity of cooperatives have been addressed, documentary evidence of legal registration documents, polygon mapping/ traceability considerations, farmers opening bank accounts etc.

2. Create a database of private sector companies in the organic/ specialty market (s) for potential commercial linkages

3. Private sector engagement leading to X number of offtake agreements / MOUs other commitments

a. Organize X business and marketing events

b. Deliver regular internal sessions on Private Sector engagement challenges and opportunities, including writing publications and communications for internal and external publishing.

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at : https://cameroon.panda.org/apply_to_a_job/apply_for_a_job/ 

Application closes on Tue Aug 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0100