The Poultry Team Lead is responsible for technical support for all poultry customers in relation to all our products and service offerings to our external customers as well as internal stakeholders. Employee identifies business potential in existing customers as well as prospects and provides complete solutions (in combination with other team members) to ensure growth.
This position is the lead in terms of technical support for the poultry segment in our OpCo and will be responsible for offering value added service, support and products to various customers and internal stakeholders.
Provides professional nutritional expertise to key customers, junior nutritionists, formulators, area managers and other industry players and safeguards high level nutritional standards of the product portfolio.
Ensures the development and marketing of new products, based on knowledge of costumer needs, nutritional requirements, raw material inputs and technological opportunities.
This position provides the technical execution of new product ideas, in line with the company strategy and in co-operation with various teams, to achieve feasible and profitable product developments and innovations.
Ensuring optimal production efficiency (minimizing unnecessary raw materials, assisting in operational discussions, ensuring timeously reworks) with regards to product portfolio.
Part in developing and guiding junior nutritionists and formulators within the team.
Key Accountabilities
Nutrition and Formulation
Responsible for technical requirements (nutritional, product offering, service offering etc) of key accounts
Translating research findings and practical experiences into animal feed portfolio
Monitoring feed formulations to meet quality performance and animal health standards
Coordinating and liaising with internal and external stakeholders
Providing support, expertise and development of training, marketing and sales materials for Poultry portfolio (products and nutritional concepts) for the technical and sales team
New product development and marketing
Developing new products based on your knowledge of customer needs and opportunities in the market
Manages and develops protocols, data and reports of all trials of registered products
Responsible for quality control, analysis and interpretation of trial data and preparations of final reports
Key in determining marketing routes and feasibility of new product developments.
Increasing Poultry market footprint
Management
Lead and develop the junior nutritionists and/or formulators in monogastric team.
Qualification and Experience
Our organisation:
Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
Nutreco, an SHV company, is a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed. Our advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide.
Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for livestock farming and aquaculture.
Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future. Nutreco employs approximately 11,000 people in 35 countries, with sales in over 90 countries.
