Job Description: 

What are you going to do?

•  Ensures formulation of established and new rations and premixes using our formulation software in accordance with nutritional values, customer requirements, new R&D information, and legal guidelines.
•  Formulates premixes and rations to maximize growth, reproduction, health and/or performance.
•  Translating research findings and practical experiences into the ruminant portfolio
•  Providing support and expertise in the area of ruminant nutrition to the marketing, technical and sales employees
•  Contributing to product development by introducing new nutritional concepts
•  Responsible for quality control, analysis and interpretation of trial data and preparations of final reports
•  Assists in managing and developing protocols, data and reports of all research and trials, as well as interactions with marketing to develop and leverage resulting data into sales.
•  Keeps track of new nutrition developmentsand innovations of  applicable R&D groups and companies outside Nutreco
•  Coordination and review of nutritional, quality and feed safety aspects and feed manufacturing implications of new and existing products with both internal and external groups
•  Supports the Ruminant team lead or marketing department in development of training, marketing, and sales materials for all related ruminant products.
•  Knowledge transfer and technical support to the sales and technical teams
•  Calculates and assesses the relative nutritional/technical values of various feeds, ingredients (feed/premix) for quality and technical services purposes.
•  Utilize specialist computer software to devise diets and compose reports and recommendations.
•  Advising sales and marketing  with regards to complex but known nutritional problems

Other Required Competencies:
 Coordination:

• Collaborates with other departments (research, sales, etc)

 Communicating:

• Communicates technical arguments.

 Impacting:

• Impacting technical products, tools, processes and procedures

 Freedoms:

• Supervised, though usually afterwards

What we offer:

• You will receive an attractive salary based on skills and experience – paid in 12/13 monthly payments
• You will get a Performance based bonus based on applicable Nutreco policies.
• Opportunity to work for a multinational company with access to global resources, growth and development opportunities. 

What you bring

• B.S.c Agric / animal science , Master degree preferable.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
• Knowledge in feed nutrition, premix and additives
• Market understanding
• Experience with formulation software
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good statistical and analytical skills
• Willing to travel to different customers
• Professional SACNASP registration