Ruminant Commercial Nutritionist

**The Role & Key Responsibilities**:
**Job Title**: Commercial Nutritionist - Ruminant

**Location**: UK (Flexible)

**Contract and Shift details**: 12-month fixed term contract - Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week

Are you a ruminant nutritionist looking for an opportunity to join a market leading business where we prioritise the welfare and nutrition of animals? If so, join our team today.

You will join a team of Ruminant Nutrition experts, supporting the UK and Ireland customer base. We focus on feed safety and independent animal nutrition, so you will use your expert knowledge to advise on bespoke premix products that meet and optimise the customers’ needs. You will be working closely with our customers, utilising data, and science behind the nutrition to develop practical solutions that enable their businesses to grow.

You will generate and support new and existing customers by providing advice on premix, supplements, feed formulation and general nutrition support that meet the needs of the business, farmer, or market, while ensuring that the specification of the products are safe, legal, and meet our business objectives.

Alongside your nutritional knowledge you will be a key part of our growth and ongoing development utilising commercial and strategic skills to support in the following areas:

- Develop and implement business growth strategy in UK and Ireland, but with wider Europe in mind.
- Input on literature, marketing and PR activities including preparation of articles and technical papers.
- R&D activities including research market trends, preparation of trial protocols, monitoring and reporting of trials and presenting outcomes.
- Working with operational and quality teams in production to review opportunities for improvements to quality, safety, or cost.

This is a great opportunity for someone with ruminant nutrition experience to put their knowledge into practice whilst contributing to the continued growth of a market leading brand.

To be successful we are looking for some of the following knowledge, skills, and experience:

- Time served experience in a similar role or Degree level or equivalent in a relevant field.E.g., animal science/animal nutrition.
- Sound ruminant nutritional and production knowledge and a good understanding of ruminant performance data
- Experience in a commercial role ideally with business development experience
- Good understanding of the Ruminant supply chain and customer focus
- Understanding of feed legislation requirements and potential product impacts

**Location**

This role is flexible in terms of location and will be Home based with travel. You will need to have access to our Rugeley & Fradley Park sites, and the role will cover the UK and Ireland.

**About The Company**:
**Rewarding your passion**

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

**About us**

Premier Nutrition are a leading provider of vitamin premix to manufacturers of animal feed across Europe and Asia and offers expert advice to customers from some of the worlds leading nutritionists.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

**Application Notes**

**Agencies and media sales**

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.