Community & Partnership Manager

Community & Partnership Manager

32 - 40 hours per week (fixed contract)

€3500 - €4500 (full-time, based on experience)

About Wakuli

We love great coffee. That’s why we’re building an alternative coffee industry that actually works. For both farmers and consumers.

How? By working directly with farmer groups around the world. We set up transparent, traceable export lines, roast the beans ourselves and sell the coffee straight to customers. So no unnecessary middlemen or resellers. Those short supply chains make sure farmers always get a good price.

You’ll find us in 21 (and counting) bars across the Netherlands, and online through our own platform. For customers, that means freshly roasted specialty coffee that’s easy to access, relatively affordable and just seriously delicious.

We are building the new coffee brand of the 21st century with a team of like-minded innovators from all over the world. And we’re looking for you.

Your role

At Wakuli, we’re not only building an alternative coffee industry. We’re building a brand that lives in culture and community. We want to show up where our (future) fans are: at festivals and events across the country, in neighbourhoods around our bars, and through collaborations with exciting brands and creators.

We are looking for a Partnership & Community Manager who is equally comfortable running an activation as closing a deal. Someone who understands that a great partnership isn’t only very exciting, but that it has to have a clear business case too. And that a local event isn’t just really fun, but that it also has to drive people into our bars.

You will report directly to our Creative Director and work closely with our marketing, retail and product teams.

Job requirements

What you’ll do:

• Build and close partnerships with brands, creators, communities and events that fit our brand values.

• Evaluate opportunities by developing clear business cases, defining objectives and measuring results.

• Build and maintain relationships with our ambassador network. From local coffee lovers to bigger creators.

• Own partnership and event projects from strategy to execution.

• Grow Wakuli outside of our own channels. Think social reach, press mentions, event visibility and people talking about us IRL.

• Plan and run local activations together with our store managers. From neighbourhood events to collabs that bring new people into our bars.

• Track and report the impact of partnerships, activations and festivals. Then use those learnings to make the next one even better.

You are:

• A strong relationship builder who enjoys connecting people, brands and communities.

• Experience in project management, partnerships, community building or a similar stakeholder-facing role (around 3+ years).

• Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.

• Strong in communication. Clear, proactive and easy to work with.

• Commercially minded. You understand that a good collab should also make business sense.

• Both strategic and hands-on. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and make things happen.

• Fluent in English. Dutch is a big plus.

What we offer:

• Free coffee for at home! And when you’re working from a bar. 

• The opportunity to make a real difference in the world.

• A lot of responsibilities and a steep learning curve.

• Talented international and impact driven colleagues with a great team spirit. 

• €3500 - €4500 monthly pay (depending on experience / based on full-time (40 hours)).

How to apply

We’d love to hear from you (even if you don’t meet every requirement but are just really exited and believe you’d be a great fit)! To apply:

• Share your motivation with us in a letter: no need to be formal, just tell us why you’re excited about this role. 

• Tell us: which 3 brands should Wakuli collaborate first according to you? And what ideas do you have for how those partnerships could look?