Animal Nutritionist

SUMMARY:
A national leader in the Agriculture market has an exciting opportunity.

POSITION INFO:
Animal Nutritionist Ruminants
3 - 5 years' experience
Eastern Cape

Duties & Requirements:

• Responsible for providing technical support to dairy customers advising on nutrition and feed product choice.
• Providing technical support to our dairy customers primarily on pasture-based systems through advising on nutrition, feed product choice and pasture management.
• Technical support and training of the sales team.
• Product development and application of current research and new technology in ruminant nutrition.
• Formulating new feeds as well as maintaining formulas of existing products.
• Identifying and conducting feasibility studies with alternative or additional raw materials.
• General support to all interdependent departments.
• Product registration.
• Relevant Agricultural Degree.
• Relevant post-graduate Degree in agriculture (e.g., M.Sc. Agric) would be advantageous.
• 3 – 5 years' experience in a similar position in the dairy feed industry will be advantageous.
• Experience in ration formulation for dairy cows (experience of formulating with current CNCPS biology will be beneficial).