The Technical Lead Poultry Nutrition SSA will provide advice and consultation to the internal and external customers about the best nutritional solution and technology, by partnering and working alongside with the local commercial and technical teams. My client seeks a multifaceted professional to fulfill this crucial role for enabling the business to enhance its commercial growth agenda by bringing its best technology to an exclusive set of customers and prospects throughout the region that are targeted to achieve significant growth. In this role you will serve as the first point of contact for nutrition expertise within the local customer facing organization.
- Partner with key accounts and develop the approach with the local commercial team to achieve trusted advisor status at those customers and rally the team around the opportunity in order to be able to deliver on customer promise.
- Be the first point of contact for nutrition expertise within the local customer facing organization.
- Optimize nutritional requests, crafting the best offer from a nutritional and commercial perspective.
- Provide expertise in assessing new business opportunities and setting priorities in our innovation pipeline.
- Guide the local technical teams in the roll out of new solutions.
- Develop training tools and organize train-the-trainers sessions to improve our sales effectiveness.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Masters degree in animal Science, poultry nutrition or related field.
- Strong understanding of poultry technology transfer and application needs.
- Critical thinking on customer issue resolution.
- Over 10 years demonstrated expertise in poultry nutrition, feed manufacturing and on farm experience.
- Confirmed species nutrition knowledge and proficient use of formulation tools and concepts
- Proficient level in English, both written and verbal.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- International Travel >50%.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD degrees in animal nutrition.
- Confirmed success in project management and/ or product management.
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Medical Aid
- Provident Fund