Nutrition and Technical Manager Companion Animal

Job Description:

Companion Animal Business Unit
Technical Management
Griñón / Madrid Area Spain
Fulltime role

Why join us

Get ready to Own your potential as a Pet Nutrition & Technical Manager at Nutreco. As global leaders in animal nutrition and aquafeed our purpose is to Feed the Future.

Within our Companion Animal (Pet) Business Unit guided by our vision of advancing the nourishment of the worlds pets you will play a key role in strengthening our technical expertise and supporting the expansion of our new pet premix plant in Spain.

Join us in this impactful role and help elevate our customer support product quality and technical capabilities.
Own your direction Own your development and Own your path.

What youll do

Youll be responsible for delivering technical leadership for the Companion Animal(Pet) business primarily in Southern Europe while supporting customers with highquality nutritional expertise. Working closely with the Technical Nutrition Manager in the UK you will ensure regional alignment knowledge sharing and technical consistency.

Youll:

• Review optimise and approve formulations ensuring compliance with pet food regulations internal standards and customer specifications.

• Act as the technical signoff for new or adjusted formulas and regulatory/label checks.

• Provide routine nutrition and formulation support to customers partnering with Sales Managers to deliver valuedriven solutions.

• Develop and support claim packs technical proposals and customer trials.

• Collaborate with Quality and Production teams at the new Griñón plant to resolve technical issues and support process improvements.

• Contribute to New Product Development and nutritional concepts for premixes and functional ingredient blends.

• Deliver technical training presentations and knowledge sharing across internal teams and customers.

• Maintain accurate documentation SOPs and reporting to support compliance and continuous improvement.

Who were looking for

Were looking for someone who is technically strong customerfocused and ready to Own this role. Someone with a passion for pet nutrition problemsolving and supporting commercial growth with credible technical insight.

This is a handson role so we need a team player who thrives on collaboration and enjoys engaging with diverse stakeholders.

Youll also need:

• A university degree; MSc/PhD preferred (Animal Nutrition Veterinary Animal Science Food Science or related).

• 7 years experience in pet nutrition formulation or the pet food/premix sector.

• Strong knowledge of EU pet food regulations labelling claims and quality standards.

• Experience in customerfacing technical roles ideally supporting sales or product development.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Fluency in Spanish and English.

What youll receive

As part of Nutreco youll be a member of the SHV family a diverse group of companies with a global footprint. Join us and gain access to a wide network of expertise and exciting global career paths. Youll also benefit from the backing of one of the worlds largest privately owned businesses recognised for its stability and longterm vision.

Youll receive:

• A competitive salary package

• Generous pension scheme

• 26 vacation days flexibility

• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development within Nutreco and across SHV

• A flexible work environment including options to work from home

• The support to thrive within our inclusive international culture and dynamic environment

How and why to find out more

We can offer you a rewarding career with real meaning and purpose a place where youll feel proud of the impactful role you play in Feeding the Future.

If youre ready to join us get ready to Own your progress your potential and your career.
We aim to review all applications within five business days and will respond as soon as possible.

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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 Nutritions 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.