Consultant - Dairy UK

AB AGRI LTD; Luton; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural consulting firm is seeking a consultant to provide expert advice and support to dairy farmers in the UK. The role involves maximizing business potential, maintaining client portfolios, and overseeing consulting projects. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in dairy consulting, a strong understanding of the sector, and the ability to create sales opportunities. Competitive salary starting from £50,000 with a strong benefits package and pension contribution.

Benefits

Starting salary from £50,000

Benefits package

Matched pension contribution of up to 10%

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in dairy consulting or related field.
• Strong understanding of UK Dairy farming and market trends.
• Ability to travel across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Offer expert advice to clients on dairy farming issues.
• Work with farmers to maximize business potential.
• Maintain and grow a client portfolio.

Skills

Expert advice on dairy farming

Client relationship management

Business growth identification

Sales opportunity creation

Understanding of financial structures

Leadership experience in consulting

Job description

Overview

Offering expert advice to clients, based on nutritional, technical and business issues, enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the service offered.

Responsibilities

• Offer expert advice to clients based on nutritional, technical and business issues, enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the service offered.
• Work with farmers to maximise potential of their business, focusing on profit per cow and return on investment. Identify new business growth.
• Maintain and grow client portfolio, building long-term valuable relationships.
• Oversee the successful delivery of consulting projects, from start to finish, and identify new business opportunities within the Dairy sector to contribute to business growth.
• Strong understanding of UK Dairy farming and market trends.
• Ability to create sales opportunities for Kite and develop high-value consultancy.
• Good understanding of the financial structure of a farming business, including accounts and budgeting.
• Extensive experience in dairy consulting or a related field, with leadership experience.

Location

Location - We are looking for consultants to work in the North, South and West of England; you can be based anywhere in the UK but must be willing to travel.

About Kite / AB Agri

Not got a CV ready? No problem, reach out to the Talent Acquisition team. This is a great time to join AB Agri / Kite Consulting as we embark on a journey of exciting growth within Dairy consultancy. Kite is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading dairy consultancy companies. Our consultants provide practical and imaginative advice through close working relationships with our customers. We are part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and are 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. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive culture and will support applicants with additional needs where possible.

Application Notes: We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we'd love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early, so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can. When you do, we'll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions, and this won't affect your application.

Package

Package includes a starting salary from £50,000, plus a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and reward your impact and a matched pension contribution of up to 10%.