Manager Marketing & Communication

Nutreco; Noord-Brabant; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed solutions, seeks a Marketing & Communications Manager to lead strategy and execution of communications that articulate value propositions and support business objectives across markets.

You will collaborate with species, category, commercial, innovation, and regional teams to build plans, campaigns, and customer-facing materials, ensuring messaging consistency and high-quality execution.

Qualifications

• Background in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• Min. 8-10 years of experience in marketing communications or a related marketing role.
• Proven experience developing and executing communication strategy, planning, campaigns and customer-facing content.
• Experience working in a complex, cross-functional, or matrix organisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop marketing communication strategy and execute plans aligned with agreed business and marketing priorities.
• Translate business priorities into clear communication frameworks, campaigns, and activation plans.
• Define communication objectives, messaging approaches, channel strategies, and success measures for key initiatives.
• Ensure consistency of messaging and customer experience across communication channels, working closely with branding, digital marketing, and business teams.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen brand visibility, thought leadership, and customer engagement.
• Translate complex technical, scientific, and commercial topics into clear and compelling customer-focused communications.
• Partner with species, category, commercial, innovation, and regional teams to understand business priorities and translate them into effective communication strategies and plans.
• Challenge and refine requests to ensure clarity of objectives, target audience, value proposition, and expected outcomes.
• Facilitate alignment across multiple stakeholders and functions, particularly in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Coordinate cross-functional contributors and manage delivery against agreed priorities, timelines, and quality standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Marketing & Communications team.
• Establish clear priorities, responsibilities, and success measures for team members.
• Build effective communication processes, governance structures, and quality standards to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Track and evaluate campaign and communication performance using agreed KPIs.
• Use insights and feedback to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and business impact.
• Leverage customer, market, and campaign insights to continuously enhance communication impact and business value.
• Act as a strategic communication partner to business stakeholders.
• Create clarity and direction in situations where objectives, priorities, or requirements are not fully defined.
• Translate complex business challenges into structured communication strategies and actionable plans.
• Balance stakeholder needs with business priorities, available resources, and expected impact.
• Build trusted relationships while constructively challenging assumptions and requests when required.
• Drive execution excellence through clear planning, governance, accountability, and follow-through.
• Develop a high-performing team and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high standards of quality, professionalism, and customer focus across all communication activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Organisational skills

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Content creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Business

Tools

Marketing automation

CRM

Content management platforms

Job description

Job Description

Nutreco is a member of the SHV family, committed to Feeding the Future through sustainable and innovative practices. Nutreco operates through two business lines: Skretting, a global leader in aquafeed solutions, and Trouw Nutrition, specializing in animal nutrition and livestock productivity.

Within Global Marketing, branding plays a critical role in ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact across all customer touchpoints worldwide. As part of our Global Marketing team, you will play a key role in translating business priorities into impactful marketing communications that strengthen our brand, support commercial growth, and engage customers worldwide.

About The Role

As Marketing & Communication Manager, you will lead the development and execution of marketing communication initiatives that clearly articulate Trouw Nutrition’s value propositions and support business objectives.

You will work closely with species, category, commercial, innovation, and regional teams to translate business needs into a strong communication strategy and build effective communication plans, campaigns, and customer‑facing materials. You will be responsible for ensuring that communication activities are aligned with business priorities, customer needs, and brand standards while maintaining a high level of quality and execution excellence.

This role requires a proactive and commercially minded professional who can effectively manage stakeholders, challenge unclear requests, guide teams in ambiguity, and drive projects from concept through delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Communication Leadership

• Develop marketing communication strategy and execute plans aligned with agreed business and marketing priorities.
• Translate business priorities into clear communication frameworks, campaigns, and activation plans.
• Define communication objectives, messaging approaches, channel strategies, and success measures for key initiatives.
• Ensure consistency of messaging and customer experience across communication channels, working closely with branding, digital marketing, and business teams.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen brand visibility, thought leadership, and customer engagement.
• Translate complex technical, scientific, and commercial topics into clear and compelling customer‑focused communications.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with species, category, commercial, innovation, and regional teams to understand business priorities and translate them into effective communication strategies and plans.
• Challenge and refine requests to ensure clarity of objectives, target audience, value proposition, and expected outcomes.
• Facilitate alignment across multiple stakeholders and functions, particularly in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Coordinate cross‑functional contributors and manage delivery against agreed priorities, timelines, and quality standards.

People Management

Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing Marketing & Communications team.

Establish clear priorities, responsibilities, and success measures for team members.

Build effective communication processes, governance structures, and quality standards to improve efficiency and consistency.

Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Performance & continuous improvement

• Track and evaluate campaign and communication performance using agreed KPIs.
• Use insights and feedback to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and business impact.
• Leverage customer, market, and campaign insights to continuously enhance communication impact and business value.

What We’re Looking For

• Background in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• Min. 8-10 years of experience in marketing communications or a related marketing role.
• Proven experience developing and executing communication strategy, planning, campaigns and customer‑facing content.
• Experience working in a complex, cross‑functional, or matrix organisation.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical or scientific information into customer‑relevant messaging.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent project management and organisational capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of business objectives.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Experience in managing diverse team members.
• Experience with marketing automation, CRM, sales enablement, and content management platforms is preferred.

Expectations of the Role

• Act as a strategic communication partner to business stakeholders.
• Create clarity and direction in situations where objectives, priorities, or requirements are not fully defined.
• Translate complex business challenges into structured communication strategies and actionable plans.
• Balance stakeholder needs with business priorities, available resources, and expected impact.
• Build trusted relationships while constructively challenging assumptions and requests when required.
• Drive execution excellence through clear planning, governance, accountability, and follow‑through.
• Develop a high‑performing team and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain high standards of quality, professionalism, and customer focus across all communication activities.

Why Join Us?

• Global career opportunities.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
• The opportunity to lead meaningful work that contributes to Feeding the Future.