Nutrition / Formulation Manager

Job Description:

Ready for your next step within Nutreco?

This is an opportunity to take on a broader leadership role within Nutrition & Formulation, combining your technical expertise with the chance to lead a team, influence our product portfolio and contribute to key business decisions.

As Nutrition / Formulation Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to Own your expertise, Own your impact and Own your growth, helping translate nutritional knowledge, research and market needs into innovative and competitive solutions that support our purpose of Feeding the Future.

What you’ll do

You will lead the Nutrition & Formulation team and take responsibility for maintaining high nutritional standards across our product portfolio, while supporting innovation, commercial teams and future business needs.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead Nutrition & Formulation, ensuring feed formulations meet nutritional, quality, animal health and cost-effectiveness standards.
• Drive product development and innovation, translating research, customer needs and market opportunities into new or improved products.
• Lead and develop the team, supporting technical experts and Product Managers in their growth and ensuring the right capabilities for current and future business needs.
• Provide nutritional expertise to the business, partnering with Sales, Marketing and Technical teams and supporting knowledge transfer and the development of technical and commercial materials.
• Turn technical data into business opportunities, overseeing the analysis and interpretation of trials and using insights to strengthen our products and solutions.
• Connect teams and stakeholders, working across functions to ensure Nutrition & Formulation priorities support our overall business strategy.

Who we’re looking for

This could be a great next step if you already have strong experience in animal nutrition and formulation and are ready to broaden your impact and take on greater leadership responsibility.

We’re looking for:

• Degree in Agricultural Engineering, Veterinary Science, Food Science or a related field.
• Master’s degree or specialization in Animal Nutrition or related.
• At least 8 years of experience in feed formulation.
• Previous experience leading or developing teams.
• Strong knowledge of the animal feed industry and market.
• Fluent Spanish and English.

What you’ll receive

This role offers the opportunity to take the next step in your career within Nutreco, expanding your influence across Nutrition, Product Management, Sales, Marketing and Technical teams.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Grow your leadership responsibilities and develop a team of technical experts.
• Increase your visibility and impact across different areas of the business.
• Play an active role in shaping our nutrition and product strategy.
• Continue developing your career within Nutreco and the wider SHV group.
• Contribute directly to our purpose of Feeding the Future.

#OwnIt

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.