About this role
Commercial Additive Technical Specialist – PoultryNutra 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.
Key responsibilities:
• 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
Compensation:
• Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between: $123,920 - $185,880 • Target 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.
Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k). 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.