Technical Advisor Monogastrics – UK/Ireland/Benelux

Adisseo France S.A.S; Chester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global nutrition company is seeking a Technical Sales Manager for Poultry & Swine in Northern Europe. The role involves providing technical support for nutrition solutions, identifying business opportunities, and conducting field trials. Candidates should possess at least 5 years in a technical role with solid knowledge of monogastric nutrition. This is a full-time, permanent role requiring travel, with a focus on diversity and inclusion, and offers comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Benefits program including vacation and paid time off

Continuous training and mentoring

A multicultural and diverse workplace

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a technical role in the feed or health industry.
• Solid knowledge of monogastric nutrition including farm management practices.
• Fluent in English and/or Dutch; other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical and commercial positioning of products.
• Identify new business opportunities and share with colleagues.
• Design and analyze trials for specialty products in monogastric nutrition.

Skills

Technical knowledge in monogastric nutrition

Communication skills

CRM tools proficiency

Results driven

Education

Degree in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, or Agronomy

Master in monogastric nutrition

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Welcome diversity and apply as you are! At Adisseo, we cherish the value of diversity whatever it may be.

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Mission of the job

As Technical Sales Manager for Poultry & Swine in Northern Europe, you’ll provide technical support for the full range of Adisseo solutions used in poultry and swine nutrition. This includes contributing to the technical positioning and development of our solutions on the field, marketing materials leading field evaluations and trials of our solutions and new products and identifying new opportunities to expand the application of our existing solutions. Your role bridges science and customers’ needs, helping to translate innovation into measurable value in the field.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical and commercial positioning of products, by translating scientific insights into practical, value-driven messages tailored to the needs of customers and the poultry/swine industry.
• Identify new business opportunities and being able to share with his colleagues to follow-up the topic with the customer.
• Design, coordinate, and statistically analyze field and university trials to evaluate specialty and innovative products for monogastric nutrition (poultry and swine).
• Stay up to date with relevant scientific literature and market trends, sharing key insights with the Product Category Managers/Species Managers and the Business Units Business Managers to align technical direction with business goals.
• Develop deep expertise in our nutritional additives for monogastric, enabling high-level technical support for both internal sales teams and our customers.
• Actively participate in customer visits, on-site demonstrations, technical training, professional fairs/events and product presentations, becoming a trusted technical partner to our sales teams and strategic customers.
• Create technical marketing content and ideas, supporting the expansion of existing markets and identifying new commercial opportunities grounded in science.

Qualifications

Hard Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a technical role in the feed or health industry.
• Solid knowledge of monogastric nutrition (poultry/swine), including farm management practices.
• Ability to define, implement and follow a nutrition trial protocol on animals.
• Confirmed experience in formulation as Formulator / Nutritionist / Technical Manager within the animal feed sector.
• Fluent in English and/or Dutch. Another language knowledge is a plus.
• Good understanding of business issues and processes.
• Open to travel at least 50% of the time to be on the field.
• Comfortable use CRM tools (Salesforce preferred) and Microsoft Office.

Soft Skills

• Ability to work in a matrix organization.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and be results driven.
• Comfortable and willingness for teamwork, customer success, and being close to the field.
• Strong organizational skills.

Education

• Degree in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, or Agronomy.
• Master in monogastric nutrition is desirable.

What we offer

• A full-time, permanent role, based in the UK/Ireland/Belgium.
• Inclusive & diverse Culture: Be part of a multicultural and global team of 62 nationalities, operating in 100+ countries, that values diversity, promotes inclusion, and supports work-life balance in a respectful and safe work environment.
• Benefits:care program, vacation & paid time off, profit-sharing and performance incentives.
• Learning & Career Development:benefit from continuous training, mentoring, and learning programs, with equal access to career advancement and leadership opportunities.
• Sustainable and innovative company:work on meaningful projects using cutting-edge technology, with the freedom to innovate and make a real difference. Because we contribute to feeding 8 billion people, sustainability is not an option - it is our ambition.