Advisor, Poultry Nutrition

Cargill; Olathe (KS); Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural firm is seeking a Senior Poultry Nutritionist to provide expertise in nutritional solutions for key accounts. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Poultry Nutrition and at least six years of experience in the field. Responsibilities include leading accounts, developing training resources, and partnering with suppliers. The position offers a competitive salary of $150,000 - $180,000 and requires up to 50% travel. Join us in making a positive impact in the world.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program

Medical benefits depend on position

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree (PhD) in Poultry Nutrition.
• Minimum of six years of related work experience.
• Ability to travel up to 50% throughout the United States.

Responsibilities

• Be the nutritionist lead for key accounts.
• Serve as the point of contact for nutrition expertise.
• Work with teams to develop and implement account plans.
• Assess new business opportunities and optimize nutrition solutions.
• Partner with suppliers to test new technologies.
• Prepare research data for commercial teams.
• Develop training resources for sales effectiveness.
• Provide expert thought leadership and strategic contribution.

Skills

Poultry Nutrition Expertise

Communication Skills

Sales Effectiveness

Education

Doctorate degree (PhD) in Poultry Nutrition

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Poultry Nutritionist will provide industry expertise to our key internal and external accounts regarding the best nutritional solutions and technology. In this role, you will serve as an industry leading professional enabling the business to enhance its commercial growth potential by leveraging unparalleled technology and groundbreaking solutions to create value added solutions for our key customers and prospects in the United States.

Key Accountabilities

• Become the nutritionist lead for some key accounts.
• Serve as the point of contact for nutrition expertise and use this expertise to influence prospective customers.
• Work with regional commercial teams to develop and implement an account plan with key customers to become a trusted advisor and drive value added solutions to deliver on customer promise.
• Provide expertise to assess new business opportunities and identifying priorities in the innovation pipeline to optimize nutrition solutions and enable the ability to create optimal offers from a nutritional and commercial perspective.
• Partner with key internal and external suppliers and stakeholders to test new technologies and solutions.
• Prepare research data to keep internal commercial team and customers in the cutting edge of technologies.
• Develop training resources to provide guidance to regional and local commercial and technical teams to improve our value creation and sales effectiveness.
• Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You will provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctorate degree (PhD) in Poultry Nutrition
• Minimum of six years of related work experience
• Ability to travel up to 50% throughout the United States

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• On-farm experience in management and production of poultry
• Public speaking experience
• Proven experience creating, and communicating value and solutions to team members and customers

Position Information

Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Location: Remote USA

The expected salary for this position is $150,000 - $180,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.