Head of Global Technical - Species

AB Agri Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading animal nutrition technology company is seeking a Head of Global Technical. In this strategic role, you will manage a global technical team, develop innovative solutions, and collaborate closely with sales teams to enhance market success. Ideal candidates will have a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition or equivalent experience and a proven track record in the industry.

Benefits

Annual salary reviews

Incentive bonus

Company car/allowance

Ongoing career development

Enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Strong technical and commercial knowledge desired.
• Minimum five years' experience in feed additives and enzymes.
• Experience in leading global technical teams with customer interaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the global technical team.
• Deliver technical strategies supporting sales.
• Accountable for customer trials and technical training.

Skills

Technical knowledge

Commercial insight

Leadership skills

Fluency in English

Education

Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition

Degree in relevant field

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Head of Global Technical

Location: Flexible

Contract: Permanent

As the Head of Global Technical at AB Vista, you will lead and coordinate the company’s global technical team, driving the development and execution of agile technical strategies that support sales and meet evolving market demands. You will be responsible for overseeing a diverse team of technical managers across multiple species and regions, ensuring alignment with business goals and fostering collaboration within the wider AB Vista technical community.

This senior role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, commercial insight, and leadership skills to deliver innovative solutions and accelerate project implementation worldwide. Based in a dynamic international environment, you will play a key role in shaping the future of AB Agri’s technical capabilities and market success.

Some key responsibilities will include:

• Performance Agree and deliver effective strategies for the global technical team to support the AB Vista sales and technical teams.
• Agree, produce and review all global technical resources to support sales and technical teams. Implement relevant and cost-effective technical solutions and opportunities to delivery poultry sales.
• Prepare and review technical presentations, carrying out technical training and supporting the future business growth.
• Accountable for all customer trials carried out by AB Vista.

Skills and Experience

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match the job description. Your skills and motivation are what truly matter to us. We value our diverse workforce and believe that our inclusive culture creates an environment where everyone can thrive.

• Requires strong technical and commercial knowledge, ideally supported by a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition, though not mandatory with sufficient expertise
• Minimum five years' experience in feed additives and enzymes within the animal feed industry, with feed additive business experience essential
• Fluency in English mandatory, a second language essential, and a third language desirable
• Experience in animal production across species and leadership of global technical teams with significant customer interaction

About The Company

We’re looking for trail-blazers, non-conformists, innovators.

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, company car/allowance, 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

We’re AB Vista an animal nutrition technology company offering pioneering products and technical services to the global animal feed industry. We’re part of the AB Agri community of leading animal nutrition products and services businesses.

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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

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 – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. 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.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

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