Technical Feed Partner

Graincorp; New Zealand; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Health insurance

Hybrid work

Birthday leave

Wellbeing support

Job summary

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition in New Zealand is seeking a technically skilled, sales‑driven Technical Feed Partner. You will apply your dairy nutrition expertise to form rations, analyse feeds and guide customers on herd health and performance in on‑farm settings.

Travel and overnight stays are required as you support farmers and rural professionals, with hybrid work options and opportunities to shape the role as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in dairy cow nutrition and feed formulation.
• Knowledge of rations, feed analysis and nutritional strategies.
• Experience in agriculture sales or related dairy sector roles.
• Willingness to travel and stay away from home.

Responsibilities

• Form and optimize dairy cow rations and feeding programs.
• Perform feed analyses and interpret data to improve herd health and performance.
• Provide high‑level technical support and guidance to farmers and rural professionals.
• Travel as required to on‑farm sites and support customers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Agriculture sales experience

Nutrition communication

Education

Degree in Animal Nutrition

Job description

About our team

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition is a national animal feed business, dealing directly with corporate and farming customers across New Zealand. Offering a comprehensive range of high-quality dry and liquid dairy supplementary feeds suitable for a variety of feeding systems. GrainCorp Animal Nutrition has a solution for every customer, with a focus on helping improve on-farm production, reproduction, performance, and profitability.

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition utilise specialised tools to analyse diets and production limitations to identify individual farm opportunities to help achieve customer goals. We are local at heart with the backing of GrainCorp, one of Australasia's largest agribusinesses.

About the role

We’re looking for technically skilled and sales-driven individuals to step into an exciting new role - Technical Feed Partner - designed for those with specialist knowledge in dairy cow nutrition and feeding. As part of our ambitious growth plans, this newly created position offers the opportunity to shape its direction and make a real impact as we expand our team and services.

The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in ration formulation, feed analysis, and nutritional management strategies to support herd health and performance. This role is an excellent opportunity for someone with a passion for animal nutrition to apply their technical skills in a practical, on-farm context while providing high-level support and guidance to our customers.

About your experience

Our successful candidate will come to us with proven experience in dairy cow nutrition and feed formulation, with deep knowledge of rations, feed analysis, and nutritional strategies tailored for various production systems. A background in applied animal nutrition, preferably through roles such as nutritionist, ruminant feed specialist, Agri sales or similar in the dairy sector will be highly regarded. Other key criteria for this role include;

• Strong analytical skills, including data interpretation


• Experience within sales in Agriculture and/or Nutrition


• Demonstrated ability to communicate insights clearly to farmers & other rural professionals

Preferably some hands-on exposure to on-farm conditions or commercial feed operations.

This role will require some travel and overnight stays away from home.

What we offer:

• Professional development & leadership programs


• Health insurance


• Hybrid work and flexible leave options including birthday leave


• Health & wellbeing support


• Inclusive, values-driven culture