Product Manager – Feed Additives

The above vacancy exists at Trouw Nutrition South Africa and reports to the Sales Manager. The main purpose of this role is to propose, implement, and monitor new product marketing plans to achieve future sales and profit objectives for allocated products.

Trouw Nutrition South Africa is part of Nutreco (a SHV company), one of the major players in animal nutrition. Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced feed solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future.

Job Description:

At Trouw Nutrition, part of Nutreco, our purpose is Feeding the Future. We develop innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions that help farmers improve animal performance and support responsible food production worldwide. We're looking for a Product Manager – Feed Additives who combines technical expertise with commercial drive to grow our feed additives portfolio in Southern Africa.

What You'll Do
As Product Manager, you will have a  commercial and technical function for our feed additives portfolio. You will work closely with customers, sales teams, technical specialists, and global colleagues to drive business growth and customer success.
Your key responsibilities:

• Drive the growth and sales performance of the specific feed additives portfolio.
• Act as the technical expert and first point of contact for product-related questions.
• Provide training and technical support to internal teams and customers.
• Plan, coordinate, and evaluate feed additive trials.
• Identify market opportunities and support product launches and portfolio development.
• Develop and execute product marketing plans.
• Create and maintain technical and commercial product materials.
• Monitor product performance, market trends, and customer needs.
• Support product quality management and follow up on customer complaints.

What You'll Bring

• Masters degree in Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in animal nutrition, feed additives, or a related industry.
• Strong commercial awareness and customer focus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate technical information into practical customer solutions.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Why Join Us?
At Nutreco, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in an industry that feeds the world. You'll work in an international environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth are encouraged.

Ready to Own It? If you're passionate about animal nutrition and enjoy combining technical expertise with business impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us Feed the Future.

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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.