Provide the unbiased choice - focused on what works best for the customer rather than promoting a specific product line
Nutritional additive consulting and technical guidance
Category level product evaluations and summaries
Technical insights to customers and sales teams
Strategic support for product education and formulation
Leverage resources, cultivate relationships & grow your networks to identify opportunities with commercial additives
Develop and deploy product training to sales, marketing, and strategic accounts
Generate technical content for marketing of commercial additive products including technical articles, presentations at industry events, technical reports, and sales tools
Contribute to commercial additive research and innovation
Engage with internal and external partners to provide market insights, emerging trends and competitor intelligence
Represent commercial additives at key industry & customer meetings
Education Required:
Minimum of PhD
Focus in Animal Science, Nutrition, Microbiology, or Immunology in Poultry or Monogastric
Experience Preferred
5+ years' experience in feed additive or animal health account management in the commercial poultry industry, including innovation, product development and technical services
Understanding of the impacts of additives on the health and performance
Track record of presenting complex technology, novel additive technologies and concepts in a clear and succinct manner
Formulation experience
Competencies Required
Self-starter and goal-oriented with ability to achieve results
Strong problem-solving abilities and a can-do attitude
Continuous learner with an innovation growth mindset
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to Travel (approximately 50-80%)
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
Strong understanding of gut health, gut receptor biology, immunity, and the impacts of additive ingredients on the health and performance of production animals
Understanding and experience in the design, research, implementation, monitoring and delivery of novel feed additives to the market
Aspiration to move quickly, and work within a multidisciplinary team, including demonstration of excellent collaborative skills
Benefits
Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between: $123,920 - $185,880Target bonus is: 17%In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.About Land O'Lakes, Inc.Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.Land O'Lakes does not use Automated Decision-Making Technology, as defined by California law, to substantially replace human decision-making or make significant decisions about applications for employment or contracting opportunities.Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Paid time offPerformance bonus
Additional Information
Commercial Additive Technical Specialist - Poultry Nutra Blend Nutritional Expert Advisory Team is seeking a Commercial Additive Poultry Technical Specialist to act as a customer solution expert to provide unbiased nutritional expertise, to identify the best solutions to specific production, nutrition, and formulation challenges. Commercial Additive Technical Specialists guide the two-way translation of innovation and the marketplace. They are the catalyst for technology transfer and education to sales teams and customers to reach our ambitious growth goals.
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