Ruminant – Digital & Sustainability Solutions Lead

Job Description:

Nutreco is a global leader in Animal Nutrition and Aquaculture, employing more than 11,000 people in 35 countries. With a proven track record of success, Trouw Nutrition GB is a Nutreco company in the UK, manufacturing a wide range of animal nutrition products with a turnover of c£100million.

The Technical team are looking for a Digital & Sustainability Lead to provide sustainability and digital support for internal colleagues, liaise with the global and ECA teams to ensure sustainability and digital strategies are rolled out in the GB marketplace, assist with technical projects, engage with customers alongside technical and commercial teams to provide digital and sustainability platform support for the ruminant portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the technical team to develop the digital and sustainability strategy for the GB market
• Provide technical support for internal colleagues including product advice/creation/amendment, project development
• To assist in technical support for the formulations team, to include but not limited to, technical checking formulations, specification creation, training, customer spec creations and general nutritional support.
• Specialise in sustainability in the ruminant sector
• Involvement in the development of local/global technical innovation, products and solutions to benefit the future of the GB market
• Support internal procedures such as trials, laboratory data review, formulation package management, campaign development and nutritional training
• Keep up to date with sustainability legislature and feedback relevant information to technical and sales teams
• Keep up to date with the latest research from relevant scientific journals, conduct regular reviews on literature to present back to the wider technical team
• Support the technical team with customer specific sustainability and digital projects
• Develop the digital service offering, including but not limited to, managing invoicing, managing platform development, engaging stakeholders and driving the TNGB digital strategy alongside the technical team

To succeed in this role you will have a degree in Animal Nutrition or similar or have experience in the ruminant nutrition sector with an understanding of the farming industry. In addition you will have a background or knowledge of sustainability in farming systems and agriculture and have the confidence to present to internal and external stakeholders

Our organisation:

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees.  Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.