Commercial Nutritionist - Pig

MobilitySquare; Thirsk; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking an expert in technical sales to join their team, focusing on animal nutrition solutions for the swine industry. This role involves managing key client relationships and driving business growth through tailored nutritional solutions. The right candidate will have a strong technical sales background and interpersonal skills, with opportunities for career development and competitive salary.

Benefits

Company Car or Car allowance

BUPA Healthcare

Contributory pension

Life assurance

Performance related bonus

Employee assistance scheme

Qualifications

• Success in technical sales within the UK swine industry.
• Experience supporting diverse customer levels and communicating new products.
• Ability to travel across the UK as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts for pig producers and feed mills.
• Build relationships to enhance customer performance.
• Develop and maintain key-account plans.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Technical sales expertise

Communication

Commercial acumen

Job description

Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargills animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Benefits

Competitive base salary plus comprehensive benefits package including; Company Car or Car allowance, BUPA Healthcare, contributory pension, life assurance, performance related bonus and employee assistance scheme.

Job Purpose And Impact

Location: Thirsk (North Yorkshire, YO7 3HE) - Or remote UK with travel to Thirsk and customers as required.

Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) is one of the Global Cargill platforms. ANH delivers customised products and services to commercial feed manufacturers and farmers globally. AHN employs 18,000 people. At Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health, we deliver a full spectrum of feed, digital, biosecurity and farm management solutions to customers across multiple animal and aquaculture species. Our aspiration is to support a growing population while contributing to a more sustainable, equitable and resilient food system. Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health has Global capabilities delivered in local relevant ways.

The UK business is a leading provider of animal nutrition solutions, specialised in the development and production of, premixes, concentrates, additives, and specialties, such as piglet feeds and calf milk replacers. We focus on delivering core nutritional solutions to our clients to ensure we deliver optimum growth and have healthy animals produced sustainably for the future.

We Offer

• A broad portfolio of high-quality, cost-effective feed products
• Science-based feed additives to support animal health and performance
• On-farm expertise and customised solutions
• Cutting-edge technologies and nutrient analysis developed and supported by a team of global scientists delivered locally.
• Consistent values and a commitment to farmer success
  
  

Key Accountabilities

You will be responsible for account management of pig producers and feed mills. Your role will involve building strong relationships with our selected customers to assist them in expanding their business and support their customers (Pig producers) to increase their performance and profitability. You are responsible for introducing new products, concepts, and knowledge to our customer base.

• Develop and grow Trusted Advisor partnerships with target customers (Pig Producers, Feed Mills and Distributors) based on high nutritional solutions expertise.
• Cultivate and document broad and deep understanding of the customers business (economic drivers), strategy and (nutritional) needs.
• Develop and maintain key-account plans, regularly reporting progress and forecasts as input for the local business.
• Grow the business (delivering upon targets, measured by volume, market share and gross margin) through application of sales planning and Cargills nutritional technology.
• Pro-actively develop technical skills and expertise facilitated by the Industry Leading Practitioner framework to build and sustain superiority in applied animal nutrition.
• Develop Technical know-how (Production and nutrition) across the lifecycle of the sow and piglet driven by strong advisory skills
• Work cross functionally with a local team supported by a team of production and nutrition experts across Western Europe.
• Cultivate and develop your own nutritional and production knowledge to stay relevant with the customer and market expectations/progression
  
  

Qualifications

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in fluent English.

Demonstrated success in Technical Sales/ Customer Nutritionist positions in the UK Swine Industry.

Strong experience of technically supporting a range of customers at different levels and able to articulate new products, concepts and knowledge.

Commercial acumen to grow existing accounts and support on the development of new accounts.

Able to work cross functionally across a range of internal stakeholders.

Willing to travel to customer sites across the UK as required and to internal Cargill locations.

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:

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