Application Manager – Feed Enzymes, Europe

Novonesis; Emilia-Romagna; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking a regional European role in the Animal & Plant Biosolutions Europe commercial organisation. You will diagnose and solve application challenges at customer feed mills, lead projects from assessment through installation and optimisation, and build technical partnerships with equipment suppliers and installation partners.

You will travel across Europe (~30-50%), translating complex technical challenges into practical, commercially viable solutions while supporting commercial

Qualifications

• This role requires a degree in feed technology or related field with hands-on experience in feed manufacturing or process engineering.
• Candidates should have 5-7+ years in feed processes, production management or application engineering, with travel willingness.
• Fluent English is required; additional European language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and solve application challenges at customer feed mills across Europe.
• Lead technical projects from assessment to installation, commissioning and optimisation.
• Coordinate with external contractors and technical partners.
• Develop technical business cases and costings with Account Managers.
• Train and upskill Sales and Technical Service teams with market insights.

Skills

Feed technology

Process engineering

Production management

Application engineering

Customer facing

Fluent English

Travel willingness

Education

Degree in feed technology

Degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

PPLA systems

Job description

Interested in a career that matters?

About The Team

Join the Animal & Plant Biosolutions Europe commercial organisation, working alongside our monogastric sales and technical teams across Europe.

Our team helps feed millers, integrators, premixers and distributors get the best performance from Novonesis biosolutions, including enzymes, probiotics and related application solutions. You'll work closely with Account Managers, Technical Service colleagues and global application experts, combining practical feed-mill knowledge with science to solve customer challenges.

This is a regional European role with a strong hands-on and customer-facing focus. You'll play an important part in expanding our enzyme business by helping customers achieve reliable application and enzyme performance in their feed production processes.

Key responsibilities

• Diagnose and solve application challenges at customer feed mills, identifying the causes of variation in enzyme performance and in-feed recovery across conditioning, pelleting, cooling, dosing and sampling processes.
• Lead customer application projects from technical assessment through installation, commissioning, optimisation and handover, including post-pellet liquid application (PPLA), dosing and process improvements.
• Build and manage technical partners across Europe, including equipment suppliers, engineering companies and installation partners.
• Support commercial growth by developing technical business cases, project costings and customer solutions in partnership with Account Managers.
• Build technical capability across the organisation by training Sales and Technical Service colleagues and sharing market and application insights with global teams.

What You Bring

• Degree in feed technology, process/mechanical engineering, animal science or a related field.
• 5-7+ years of relevant experience in feed manufacturing, feed process engineering, plant/production management, or application engineering within feed equipment or feed additives.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of feed mill processes, including grinding, mixing, conditioning, pelleting, cooling and dosing.
• Experience leading technical projects involving installation, commissioning, start-up, optimisation and troubleshooting, including coordination with external contractors.
• Ability to work directly with customers and translate technical challenges into practical and commercially viable solutions.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel across Europe.

It would be a plus if you have

• Experience with liquid application or post-pellet liquid application (PPLA) systems.
• Knowledge of enzymes or other heat-sensitive feed additives, including recovery analysis and sampling protocols.
• Previous customer-facing or commercial experience, including business cases and project costing.
• An additional European language, such as French, German, Spanish or Polish.
• Additional training or certification in feed technology or feed processing.

Working model

Remote within Europe | Approx. 30-50% travel

This is a remote position with travel across Europe to customer and project sites. Travel requirements will vary depending on ongoing projects, with an expected average of approximately 30-50%.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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