Product Supervisor
Job Summary
1. Product & Portfolio full life cycle management
- Build product positioning target species/application priorities and value propositions execute product strategy and roadmap by region/channel/species.
- Contribute to SKU-level decisions (launches repositioning upgrades phase-outs) with structured analysis on volume margin and competitive fit.
- Design product Go-to-Market strategy (marketing activity plan and promotional materials of PPT brochure manuals videos etc).
2. Market & Customer Insight
- Conduct market intelligence on the animal nutrition value chain: market sizing by species and region growth drivers competitor benchmarking pricing dynamics and substitution risk.
- Translate Voice-of-Customer from key accounts (integrators feed mills pet food producers) and distributors into clear product technical and service requirements.
- Track regulatory changes (e.g. antibiotic reduction food safety sustainability) industry trends (precision feeding alternative proteins methane reduction gut health) and translate into product opportunities.
3. Technical Positioning & Trial Support
- Act as commercial-technical owner for assigned products: own the product story mode of action dose-response evidence and target performance claims.
- Design and coordinate animal trials with R&D application teams and external research partners (universities contract research organizations key customers); ensure trial protocols generate decision-grade evidence.
- Build evidence library: trial reports white papers ROI calculators and species-specific application guides.
4. Commercial Enablement
- Support pricing management: price maintenance regional differentiation value-based pricing analysis.
- Provide product/solution training and promotion tools for sales team and support key account projects;
- Join key customer visits and technical seminars to support negotiations tenders and product introductions.
5. Cross-functional Collaboration
- Maintain efficient communication with R&D supply chain sales regulatory quality control department and global team to ensure the efficient launch of products.
- Collaborate with Marketing & Communications on content technical articles technical seminars customer conferences industry trade shows ( EuroTier IPPE VICTAM Feed forum) collect market feedback and continuously optimize promotion strategy.
6. Product Performance Tracking & Regular portfolio review
- Track product KPIs: revenue volume gross margin share of wallet by key account NPD vitality index win/loss rate time-to-market.
- Provide regular portfolio reviews and ad-hoc analyses
Qualifications :
Job Requirements
- Masters degree or above majoring in animal nutrition animal science veterinary medicine or a closely related discipline.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in animal nutrition feed industry specialty feed ingredients at feed mills integrators premix companies additives specialty ingredient suppliers animal health companies or pet food companies.
- Solid understanding of animal nutrition and feed ingredient categories: digestive physiology nutrient requirements feed formulation and performance metrics across at least one priority species; working knowledge of specialty feed ingredient categories: such as phospholipids/emulsifiers probiotics/prebiotics/postbiotics or functional proteins/peptides.
- Proficient in using Office software (Word/Excel/PowerPoint); who can use design or content tools are preferred such as Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/ InDesign/Canva etc.
- Excellent written and spoken English; an additional regional language is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills and project management capabilities
- Strong self-motivation and a spirit of teamwork
- Be able to accept 50-60% business trips and adapt to the technical support and customer visit needs of the national market
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- Hands-on experience designing or interpreting animal performance trials (in vivo in vitro or commercial trials).
- Exposure to emerging areas: fermentation-derived feed additives precision livestock farming alternative proteins (insect single-cell algae) methane reduction or sustainability claims in feed.
- Direct exposure to Asia-Pacific or other high-growth animal nutrition markets.
- Experience using AI/data tools for market analysis pricing optimization sales enablement or trial-data analysis
Additional Information :
Additional Information for the job
What We Offer
- A dynamic and stimulating international environment which embraces diversity equity and inclusion.
- Learning & development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Insurance systems & schemes.
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people our business partners the communities we touch and the environment around us.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
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