Drive new business development of specialty ingredients for animal nutrition portfolio and expand its customer base.
What You Will Do (but not limited to):
Drive Growth in Animal Nutrition Portfolio:
- Develop and expand the feed ingredient portfolio across segments such as poultry, dairy, aqua, and companion animals.
- Engage with Technical Teams Principals:
- Collaborate with technical experts from global principals to gain in-depth understanding of feed ingredients, their functionalities, and species-specific applications.
Cross-Functional Coordination:
- Work closely with regulatory, procurement, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure smooth execution of projects and product launches.
Market Insights Strategy Development:
- Track industry trends, competitor activity, and customer preferences to support strategic decision-making and share insights with the team.
Product Promotion Customer Engagement:
- Promote the technical benefits of feed ingredients through customer presentations, seminars, webinars, and digital campaigns.
Support Sales Project Development:
- Partner with sales and product management teams to identify new business opportunities, develop customer projects, and expand market reach.
Technical Support Query Resolution:
- Address customer technical queries independently or in collaboration with global technical teams and suppliers.
Brand Visibility Outreach:
- Represent the company at industry events, exhibitions, and customer innovation days to showcase new solutions and applications.
Principal Coordination Reporting:
- Coordinate with principals for customer meetings, business reviews, and periodic reporting.
Customer Base Expansion:
- Strengthen relationships with existing customers and actively develop new accounts across the assigned region.
Customer Visits Support:
- Conduct regular visits to customers and prospects to understand needs, identify opportunities, and provide technical-commercial support.
What we are looking for:
- Ability to drive aggressive growth through business development for the business unit.
- Extensive experience in developing animal nutrition related applications.
- Dynamic self-starter team player with sound verbal/ written communication skills and a customer centric mindset.
- Having experience of commercial evaluation of projects, developing product costing.
- Possess the ability to interface effectively with commercial and technical contacts from a range of major international companies.
- Be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and to prioritize accordingly.
- Ambitious, self-motivated, results driven and well-organized individual seeking a long-term association with the organization.
Key Stakeholders
External: Customers, Principals, Suppliers
Internal: Customer Service Representative, Warehouse Team, Sampling Team, Sales Team, Accounts Receivable team
Reporting Structure
Role Reports to: Lead Strategic Initiatives and Integrations Positions that report into this role: None
What we offer
- A competitive total compensation package including base salary and performance pay.
- A rewarding culture that focuses on not just fun at work but also holistic well-being.
- The opportunity to collaborate with global suppliers and high-performing teams.
- A dynamic, international environment that fosters innovation and sustainable growth.
- Resources and support to accelerate your personal and professional development.
Education Experience
- Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc AH)
- Candidates with a Master of Veterinary Science (MVSc) or even a Doctorate in Veterinary Science (Ph.D.) will be an added advantage
- Working knowledge of sales related CRM tools
- Conversant with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- 5+ years of relevant business development or sales experience into animal feed ingredients